The Catalan multinational fragrance company Puig has appointed a new CEO. Executive José Manuel Albesa, currently the company's deputy CEO, will assume this role, which is currently held—along with the chairmanship of the group—by Marc Puig, the company announced in a statement on Tuesday. With this appointment, Marc Puig will step down from the chairmanship but will remain as executive chairman. "Marc Puig will work closely with José Manuel Albesa to align the strategic vision, while remaining focused on the mergers and acquisitions strategy," the statement reads. The appointment is effective immediately and has already been approved by the multinational's board of directors, with the endorsement of the appointments and remuneration committee. The decision to separate the chairmanship and CEO positions, which were previously held by the same person, is "in line with best practices for listed companies," according to the company. "The separation of roles aligns with the highest standards of best practices," the group's president stated in the same press release. Puig, a family-owned company since its inception, went public in May 2024 and It entered the select group of the Ibex 35 —the index that groups the 35 largest companies on the Spanish stock exchanges— two months later.

Jaume Puig's move to become director of the Catalan investment group GVC Gaesco and the changes at the top of Seat are the main executive moves among the business community this week, in which Caja de Ingenieros ratified a new term for its president, Félix Masjuan. Also noteworthy are the appointments at Eroski, Lorena Canals, and Culmia.

The board of directors of El Corte Inglés has dismissed its CEO, Gastón Bottazzini, and restructured the company's top executive team, according to a statement released by the department store chain on Wednesday. Bottazzini is leaving the Madrid-based company just over a year after his appointment, on the eve of the Christmas season, a crucial period for the retailer. According to the statement, the CEO's departure was "by mutual agreement" between both parties "after a period of reflection." The retailer has appointed Santiago Bau as CEO, with direct responsibility for all of the group's businesses, as well as the corporate and financial areas. Furthermore, Rafael Díaz Yeregui, currently deputy secretary of the board and general secretary of the company, will assume the roles of legal counsel, sustainability, and human resources directors. In both cases, these positions report directly to the board's monitoring committee, chaired by Marta Álvarez, the group's president.

He Catalan Salvador García-Ruiz has been in the news this week because he made the jump from Indra to Telefónica, another signing by the president of Telefónica (and formerly Indra), Marc Murtra, who since taking office at the beginning of the year has hired several people from the defense company. This week also saw notable appointments at the funeral home Mémora, the airline EasyJet, and the fund managers CaixaBank Asset Management and Invivo.

Salvador García-Ruiz, formerly CEO of ARA and currently the General Manager of Indra in Catalonia, will succeed Eduardo Navarro as Director of Corporate Communications and Marketing of the multinational telephone and telecommunications company Telefónica.

After the chaos caused by the error that forced the Ministry of Education to repeat more than 50,000 teaching awards in the month of July, schools and institutes face the school year with an uncertainty that has been present for years: which teachers will be added to their teaching staff. One of the most unpredictable pieces of this puzzle is the number of teachers who, once the final appointments for the school year have been made (on June 11, using data from vacancies as of the end of May), are leaving their jobs. A situation that, according to data provided by the department to ARA, 1,319 teachers have experienced this summer, either due to retirement, because they have changed jobs, or because they have moved to other regions—many to the Valencian Country—leaving their positions empty at a time when the mechanism for filling them is halted during the summer holidays.

For years, a brown-haired girl would ask moviegoers to be quiet when they were about to see a film in one of the theaters that had a navy blue B as their seal. It was a B for Grup Balañá, and the girl who ordered the audience to be quiet through a brief pre-film announcement was closely linked: she was Anna Martínez Balañá (Barcelona, 1992). Now, she is part of the fourth generation of one of the most influential families in the Catalan business world, the Balañá family. has just set foot in Telefónica. The telecom The Catalan bank, chaired by Marc Murtra, has appointed her as a member of the board of directors, and since last week she has held the position of independent director, making her one of the youngest directors on the Ibex35.

Spanish executive Pablo Isla has been appointed global chairman of the Swiss multinational food company Nestlé, the company announced in a statement issued Wednesday. Isla will take office in April 2026, replacing Paul Bulcke.