Jaime Smith Basterra joined the Telefónica Group in 1999 as Director of Financial Planning at Telefónica Internacional and was promoted to CFO in November the same year. In October 2000, Mr. Smith was appointed Controller of the Telefónica Group. Since December 2002, Mr. Smith has been CFO of Telefónica de Espana.
Prior to joining Telefónica, Mr. Smith worked in the financial sector for a Spanish brokerage firm and for Banesto (BSCH Group) as Director for Global Equities in its fund management division.
Mr. Smith obtained a BA degree in Business Administration (Universidad Comercial Deusto, Spain) and also holds an MA in Finance and Investments (Exeter University, UK).
Mr. Smith serves as member of the Board of the following companies: Telefónica I+D, Telyco, TTP and Telfisa.
Following Telefónica’s acquisition of O2, Mr. Smith joined the Board of Telefónica Europe, as an Executive Director.
