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Elena Salgado Mendez

Elena Salgado Mendez
Minister of Health and Consumers

Professional Experience

  • Feb. 2004 - Abertis Telecom - Member of the Board of Directors
  • 2003 - Present - 11811 Nueva Información Telefónica  (Subsidiary of Telegate AG) - President
  • 2002 – 2003 - Vallehermoso Telecom - Executive Director
  • 1997 – 2002 - Lenci Consulting S.L - Director Strategic consulting services for leading companies in advanced technologies sectors and the energy sector
  • 1999 – 2002 - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Member of the Social Council** body that promotes relations between the university and society
  • 1999 – 2000 - Arthur Andersen - Member of the Advisory Council
  • 1991 – 1996 - Ministry of Public Works, Transport and the Environment - Secretary-General for Communications Supervision of postal and telecommunications policy

Other responsibilities

  • Telefonica S.A.    Member of the Board of Directors
  • Retevision   Public body under supervision
  • Hispasat S.A.   President of the Board of Directors
  • Correos y Telégrafos  President of the Board of Directors
  • Caja Postal   Member of the Board of Directors

 

  • 1988 – 1992 - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Member of the Social Council**body that promotes relations between the university and society
  • 1985 – 1991 - Ministry of Economy and Finance - Director-General for Personnel Expenditure and Public Pensions - Responsibility for drawing up the lists of posts and salary scales for all the State Civil Service, public bodies and autonomous bodies. Management of the civil servants’ pensions system as a whole and Civil War pensions and implementation of the Amnesty Legislation.

Other responsibilities

  • Hunosa - Member of the Board of Directors
  • RENFE - Member of the Board of Directors
  • Trasmediterranea - Member of the Board of Directors
  • National Mint - Member of the Board of Directors              
  • 1982 -1984 - Industry Ministry - Director of the Department of Studies in the Institute for Small and Medium-sized Businesses
  • 1976 - 1982 - Economics Department of the School of Industrial Organization      

Academic Background

  • 1972 - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Industrial Engineer, specializing in Energy
  • 1977 - Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Graduate in Economic Science, specializing in Structure
  • 1973 - Escuela Organización Industrial - Masters in Quantative Management Methods
  • 1972-1974 - Universidad Politécnica Madrid - Specialization: Industrial Organization

Languages

  • English and French

Honours

  • 1996 - Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Militar con distintivo blanco (Cross of the Order of Military Merit with white emblem) 
  • 1987 - Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil