Elena Pisonero

Elena Pisonero
In 2018
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
5 April 2000 – 26 October 2000
ConstituencyMadrid
Secretary of State for Trade, Tourism, and Small and Medium Enterprises of Spain
In office
16 July 1998 – 5 May 2000
MonarchJuan Carlos I
PresidentJosé María Aznar
Preceded byJosé Manuel Fernández Norniella
Succeeded byJuan Costa
Personal details
BornMaría Elena Pisonero Ruiz
(1963-01-17) 17 January 1963
Madrid, Spain
PartyPeople's Party
EducationAutonomous University of Madrid
Awards
Order of Isabella the Catholic (2000)
Websiteelenapisonero.com

María Elena Pisonero Ruiz (born 17 January 1963) is a Spanish business executive and politician. The founder and president of Taldig Group, she is also a member of Avio's board of directors. Pisonero participates on the advisory council of UNICEF Spain and think tanks such as Elcano Royal Institute.

Biography

Elena Pisonero Ruiz was born in Madrid on 17 January 1963.[1][2] After earning a licentiate in economics from the Autonomous University of Madrid, she joined Siemens as an analyst, Ernst & Young as a senior consultant, and the Institute of Economic Studies as an economic analyst.[3]

In 1992, she was appointed head of the Economic Advisory Office of the People's Party (PP) Parliamentary Group in the Congress of Deputies. After the PP's victory in the 1996 general election, she went on to serve as advisor and chief of staff to the minister of economy and finance and vice president of the government, Rodrigo Rato.[4]

In June 1998, at Rato's suggestion, Pisonero was appointed Secretary of State for Trade, Tourism and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises by the Council of Ministers,[5] a position she held until May 2000.[6][7]

That June, she was made a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.[8]

In the 2000 general election, Pisonero ran as number six on the PP's list for Madrid,[3] and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[4] For a few months, she served as the PP's spokesperson on the Committee on Economy and Finance. She resigned as a deputy in October 2000,[4] when she was appointed by the Council of Ministers as Spain's ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a post she held until 2004.[3]

In May 2004, she was appointed by the Government of the Community of Madrid as a member of its Economic and Social Council.[9] In October 2004, at the 15th National Congress of the PP, she was appointed member of the party's National Executive Committee.[10]

In March 2005, Pisonero began working at KPMG, developing its Infrastructure and Public Administrations area, and later as a partner and advisor to the president until March 2012.[11]

In March 2012, at the proposal of the Spanish government, she was appointed president of the satellite operator Hispasat, a post she held until October 2019.[11][12]

She was appointed independent director of PRISA in April 2016, serving until November 2017.[13]

Elena Pisonero is the founder and president of Taldig, a company that provides strategic support to leaders and organizations and promotes innovation projects.[14] Since June 2019, she has been a member of the board of directors of Avio, an Italian company in the aerospace sector.[1] She participates on a pro bono basis on the board of UNICEF Spain,[15] with think tanks such as Elcano Royal Institute, and the GATE Center.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Elena Pisonero". Avio. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Addendum to the General Meeting Brochure (PDF). Lagardère Group. 2020. p. 13. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Elena Pisonero, nueva embajadora de España ante la OCDE" [Elena Pisonero, Spain's New Ambassador to the OCDE]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 7 October 2000. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Pisonero Ruiz, Mª Elena" (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Real Decreto 1252/1998, de 19 de junio, por el que se nombra a doña Elena Pisonero Ruiz Secretaría de Estado de Comercio, Turismo y de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa" [Royal Decree 1252/1998, of 19 June, Appointing Ms. Elena Pisonero Ruiz as Secretary of State for Commerce, Tourism, and Small and Medium Enterprises]. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (147): 20395. 20 June 1998. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Real Decreto 673/2000, de 5 de mayo, por el que se dispone el cese de doña Elena Pisonero Ruiz como Secretaria de Estado de Comercio, Turismo y de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa" [Royal Decree 673/2000, of 5 May, Which Orders the Dismissal of Ms. Elena Pisonero Ruiz as Secretary of State for Commerce, Tourism, and Small and Medium Enterprises]. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 6 May 2000. p. 17180. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Casqueiro, Javier; Díez, Anabel (9 May 2000). "Los ex altos cargos del Gobierno hallan acomodo relevante en el Congreso" [Former High-Ranking Government Officials Find Prominent Positions in Congress]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Real Decreto 1061/2000, de 2 de junio, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica a doña Elena Pisonero Ruiz" [Royal Decree 1061/2000, of 2 June, by Which the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic is Granted to Ms. Elena Pisonero Ruiz]. Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (133): 19658. 3 June 2000. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "El Gobierno regional nombra a tres ex altos cargos de Aznar miembros del Consejo Económico y Social" [The Regional Government Appoints Three Former High-Ranking Officials From Aznar's Administration to the Economic and Social Council]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 28 May 2004. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Marcos, Pilar (2 October 2004). "El líder del PP se 'reparte' el Comité de Dirección con Acebes" [The PP's Leader "Shares" the Steering Committee With Acebes]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  11. 1 2 Noriega, Javier L. (8 March 2012). "El Gobierno apuesta por Elena Pisonero para ocupar la presidencia de Hispasat" [The Government Backs Elena Pisonero to Head Hispasat]. Cinco Días (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  12. ↑ Alonso, Nuria (25 October 2018). Written at Logroño, Spain. "Las personas, por delante y a los mandos de la tecnología" [People First, Now in Control of Technology]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Valencia, Spain. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Muñoz, Ramón; Gómez, Rosario G. (15 November 2014). "La Junta de PRISA aprueba la renovación del consejo de administración" [PRISA's Board Approves the Renewal of the Board of Directors]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Elena Pisonero: 'Tienes que escuchar a la gente que se cruza en tu camino que te va ofreciendo vías que nunca imaginaste'" [Elena Pisonero: "You have to listen to the people who cross your path, who offer you paths you never imagined"] (in Spanish). Espacios de Educación Superior. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "UNICEF pone en marcha su Consejo Asesor" [UNICEF launches its Advisory Council] (in Spanish). Madrid: UNICEF. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "GATE Center, a think tank created to focus on global changes". GATE Center. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
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