BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Squirrel Capital S.L. Single Member Company (Pablo Pereiro Lage)
Chairman & CEO

Law school laureate from San Pablo CEU University in Madrid and a Master of Law at the Lugo Bar Association.

In 2000 he founded his own law office, which eventually coalesced into the firm Pereiro Lage Abogados. In September 2003 he created the holding company Squirrel Capital, where he incorporated and founded multiple companies, such as: Best Option Media in September 2012, Best Option Products in November 2012, Best Option Media Italy and Best Option Products Italy in January 2013, BOM Comunicación in May 2013, Segam Real Estate in April 2014, Best Option Games in October 2014, Best Option Group Brazil in January 2016, Vértice 360 in May 2016, Squirrel Global Media in May 2016, Squirrel Business Service in December 2016, Radio Total in December 2017, and several others.

He is currently the Chairman and CEO of the companies that make up his holding company, Squirrel Capital, as well as the Vértice 360 group.

In 2017 he was awarded with the “Gold Medal for Merit at Work” by the European Association for the Economy and Competitiveness. As for their companies, in 2016 and 2018 they received the “Best Company Award” granted by the National Federation of Consulting and Service Associations of Spain; In 2017 their media group, was named an “Inspiring European Company“ by the London Exchange Group; also in 2017, it received the “Gacela Award for the Company with the Largest Projection” granted by Emprendedores and Iberinform; in 2018 it merited the “Award for the Best Optimization Strategy“ at the Fox Media Awards; that same year, it received the first prize in the category of “Best Nature Branded Content” at the Discovery Awards by Effies 2018. Likewise, his group has been recognised by the Financial Times as a member of the “FT 1000 – Europe's Fastest Growing Companies” in 2017, 2018 and 2019, and since 2018 it has been a member of “CEPYME 500”, an association that celebrates Spanish companies with outstanding growth figures.


Ms Paula Eliz Santos
Independent director

A Member of the Madrid Bar Association, she has developed her professional career in both companies and professional law firms. Since 2002, she has been part of the Legal Counsel at Telefónica Group (Terra and Telefónica Spain). She graduated in Law and Business (San Pablo CEU University), specialising in Intellectual Property, Audiovisual Services, Data Protection, Telecommunications, Information Company Services and Electronic Commerce, Competition, and Consumer and User Protection. She is also a postgraduate in Intellectual Property, New Technologies, and Audiovisual Rights (Recoletos Formación). Master of Telecommunications Law, Audiovisual Services, and the Internet (Instituto de Empresa). Certified Data Privacy Professional at the Data Privacy Institute of the ISMS Forum Spain. From Ideas To Business Advanced Programme (Escuela de Excelencia Comercial Telefónica). Member of the Board of Directors of DENAE (Spanish Association of Entertainment Law). Professor and Partner. Regular speaker at courses, conferences, conventions, and webinars organised by universities and prestigious entities (Telefónica, CEU, IE, Cremades, FIDE, IAB, IFE).

Independent Director and Chair of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee at Squirrel Media.


Mr Uriel González-Montes Álvarez
Independent director

Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee since December 2016.

Laureate of Economic and Business Sciences - Business Specialty at the University of Oviedo and Master of Business Administration and Management (MBA) from Strathclyde Graduate Business School (Glasgow, UK). He has been an Associate Professor at Pompeu Fabra University for more than 10 years. He worked at Andbank Andorra for four years until 2016, being responsible for the areas of Compliance, Auditing, and Internal Control. Previously, he spent 13 years at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) as an auditor and specialist consultant in the Services sector.

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Squirrel Media and a Partner of Near Solution.


Mr Javier Calvo Salve
Independent director

Independent director since October 2019.

Law School graduate, with a specialization in Public Law and Urban Planning. He has been a partner and director of the CALVO SOBRINO law firm since 2001. He holds the positions of Legal Advisor and External Legal Advisor in several public entities, such as City Councils and Provincial Councils. He holds management positions in several commercial entities in the field of urban planning and promotion, in addition to partnered urban planning entities.

Appointed independent director by co-opting on the 28th of October 2019, and ratified by the Shareholders' Meeting on the 30th of July 2020.


Mr Hipólito Álvarez Fernández
Independent director

Independent Director since July 2022.

He holds an E-2 Degree in Economic and Business Sciences from ICADE Business School.

Chartered Accountant .

Professor imparting courses at several business schools.

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Squirrel Media.


Ms María José Pereiro Lage
Director

Proprietary Director and Deputy Secretary since December 2020.

Graduated in Law and Business at San Pablo CEU University.

Practicing lawyer at the Madrid Bar Association since 2003, providing counsel and comprehensive legal assistance, both in Courts and in all public and private legal areas. Law of Persons and Companies.

Lawyer at Pereiro Lage Abogados SLP since its establishment in 2006. Legal Representative and Advisor at Squirrel Capital SL since 2014. Non-Board Secretary at Vértice 360 since January 2018.

She is currently a Proprietary Director and Deputy Secretary of the Squirrel Media Board of Directors, appointed by the Board in December 2020.


Mr Francisco Roldán Santías
Non-Board Secretary

Practicing lawyer since 1996, specializing in commerce law and civil litigation. Member of the legal area of law firm RSR, Asesores Tributarios & Abogados. Associate Professor of Commercial Law at the Madrid's Complutense University. He holds the position of legal advisor and board secretary in various business entities.

Appointed as Non-Board Secretary by the Board of Directors on the 25th of May 2023.


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