Mrs. Flora Pérez Marcote, Mr Amancio Ortega’s wife, joined Fundación Amancio Ortega Gaona Board of Trustees in March 2003. After being vice chairwoman since 2005, she was named president in August 2023.
She has had a long career at Inditex Group and has always worked there, managing areas related to design and purchasing products. She has experience working as a company director since 1992. Since 2005, she has been a member of Inditex’s board of directors as a representative of Pontegadea, where she is the first vice chairwoman.
Mr. Amancio Ortega is member of the Board and founder of the institution named after him, created thanks to his personal initiative in 2001 for channeling his and his family’s concern to promote the welfare of others.
Born into a working family in 1936, he began working in the textile trade at a very young age. In 1963, he launched his first clothing company, the seed of Inditex Group. Creator of Zara (1975) and chairman of Inditex until 2011, he is currently still a member of its board of directors. Through the company Pontegadea which he chairs, he has a majority stake in Inditex. During his day-to-day, he combines his work at Inditex and his role as a member of the board of this company with his roles as chief executive of Pontegadea Group and member of the board of the Fundación Amancio Ortega.
Mrs. Marta Ortega Pérez, Amancio Ortega and Flora Pérez Marcote’s daughter, joined Fundación Amancio Ortega Gaona Board of Trustees in 2015. She was named first vice chairwoman in August 2023.
Since April 1st 2022, she is Inditex’s non executive chairwoman. Marta Ortega has built her entire career within the Inditex Group, which she joined in 2007 after she graduated in International Business from Regent’s University London. During her first years at the Group she carried out her professional duties in several international branches and business areas, later joining the Zara Woman design and product development team. In recent years she has been part of Zara’s executive team, with a particular focus on defining the brand and product strategy. She also sits on the boards of Pontegadea Inversiones S.L. and Partler Participaciones, S.L., both Inditex’s significant shareholders.
Mr. José Arnau Sierra has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Amancio Ortega Foundation since its establishment in 2001.
He holds a Law degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela and is a State Tax Inspector. He held various positions within the Tax Administration, including serving as President of the Galician Economic-Administrative Court, before joining Inditex in 1993 as Director of Tax Advisory Services.
He was the first Chief Executive of the Pontegadea Group from its establishment in 2001 until his retirement in 2025, a member of the Board of Directors of Inditex between 1997 and 2000, and Vice Chairman of Inditex from 2012 to 2025. He also served as a member of the boards of directors of several listed and unlisted companies belonging to or invested in by the group.
He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Santiago Rey Fernández-Latorre Foundation since 2007, a founding trustee of the Kaertor Foundation and the Xesús Bal y Gay Foundation, and represents Inditex at various philanthropic institutions.
Mr. Roberto Cibeira Moreiras became a trustee on the Board of Trustees of Fundación Amancio Ortega in 2020.
He holds a degree in Business Studies (majoring in Finance) from the University of Santiago de Compostela. He further completed his studies by taking the Executive Development Programme at IESE Business School.
He began his professional career at the audit firm Arthur Andersen where he became the head of its office based in A Coruña and led audit and consulting projects for the financial sector and advising on debt instruments in international markets. He has been a member of the ROAC since 2001.
He joined the Pontegadea Group in 2003 as head of international real estate and financial investments and was appointed CEO of Pontegadea Inmobiliaria, S.L.U. in 2016. During his 22-year career at the Pontegadea Group, he has participated in numerous real estate investment transactions in different countries, as well as corporate transactions, private equity deals and financing structuring transactions
From 2010 to 2013, Mr Cibeira served on the board of directors of NH Hoteles as legal representative of Pontegadea Inmobiliaria, S.L.U. He currently sits on the board of the subsidiaries of Pontegadea Inversiones, S.L. and of its investee companies.
From July 2025, he has been member of Inditex's Board of Directors.
Mr. Francisco Ordóñez Armán joined the Board of Trustees of the Amancio Ortega Gaona Foundation in April 2026.
He holds a Law degree from the University of Santiago and practiced as a notary for over 44 years. He served as Dean and Vice-Dean of the Notarial Association of Galicia and was a member of the working group of the General Codification Commission on legislation governing mergers, spin-offs and transformations of commercial companies, both national and cross-border.
He is a full member of the Royal Galician Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation and a member of the High Commission for the Study of the Development of Galician Civil Law. He also lectures on various courses and master’s programs and is the author and co-author of several works on Galician private law and commercial companies.
