Telefónica Group People Moves, October-November 2019

By Telefónicawatch2019-11-21T15:59:00+00:00

Latest people moves include: Eduardo Cubeddu, Marta Belmonte Gómez, Wilson Dawson, Paola Morales, Celine Lazard.

People movement highlights
Company	Executive	Activity	Details
Sources: Telefónica; various.
GROUP	Eduardo Cubeddu	Departure	Eduardo Cubeddu, Global Digital Sales Acceleration Manager for Latin America at Telefónica, left the Group to join cloud services vendor Oracle as Senior Sales Programs Manager for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
DIGITAL SERVICES	Marta Belmonte Gómez	Appointment	Telefónica appointed Marta Belmonte Gómez as Global Head of Data Product at LUCA, the Group’s data unit. Gómez joins from rival Orange Spain, where she was Orange TV Product Manager.
	Wilson Dawson	Appointment	Telefónica appointed Wilson Dawson as Global Head of Financial Cyber Fraud. Dawson returns to the fold, having held several cybersecurity managerial roles at Telefónica between 2013 and 2018 before joining Swiss travel retailer Dufry Group as Global Chief Information Security Officer.
	Paola Morales	Departure	Paola Morales, Global Head of Data Business at Telefónica Group, left to join Spanish financial services provider Banco Santander as Digital Transformation Director of Card Business & Mobile Payment.
GLOBAL RESOURCES Telefónica Empresas	Celine Lazard	Appointment	Telefónica Empresas appointed Celina Lazard as Sales Director for France. Lazard was previously Marketing Director for Fixed Services at French operator Bouygues Telecom Enterprises.

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