Marc Thomas Murtra Millar (born 1972), better known as Marc Murtra, is a Spanish engineer and businessman. Since January 2025, he has been the executive Chairman of

Telefónica , S.A. () is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company with registered office and headquarters located in two different places, both in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the ...

. From 2021 to 2025 he was President of

Indra Sistemas Indra Sistemas, S.A. () is a Spanish information technology and defense company. Indra is listed on the Bolsa de Madrid and is a constituent of the IBEX 35 index. The current executive chairman is Ángel Escribano. In 2018 and 2019 Indra was fi ...

. He is also a board member of Fundació Bancaria "la Caixa" and independent conselor of Ebro Foods, S.A.

Biography

The son of a cardiothoracic surgeon, he was born and raised in

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. He moved to Barcelona and studied

industrial engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

and specialized in Machine Mechanics at Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Afterwards, he completed his studies with an MBA in New York, at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, where he learned from economists such as

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and

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, among others. He started working as a nuclear industry engineer at British Nuclear Fuels Ltd in the UK, and continued as a strategy consultant at DiamondCluster, where he worked for large technology companies. In 2003 he was appointed director of the local radio station Ràdio Estel and later manager of Barcelona Televisió,

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

's local public broadcasting agency. Between 2006 and 2011, he held various positions in the public sector: manager of social services at Barcelona City Council, general director of Red.es (2006) and chief of staff of Joan Clos while he was Minister of Industry (2006–2008). In 2011 he went back to private sector and created an investment company, Crea Inversión, and later in 2020 he started working as a managing partner of the investment company Closa Investment Bankers. On the other hand, since 2017 he has been working as an assistant professor of economics and business at

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, in Barcelona. Throughout his career he is or has been a board member of several organizations, including the Fundación la Caixa, Paradores de Turismo de España or Inteco, (currently The National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE)). Between 2018 and 2025 he regularly published a monthly op-ed column at

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. In 2021 he was appointed Chairman of

at the proposal of the

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. Since 2022 he is also an independent advisor of Ebro Foods. In January 2025 he was appointed executive chairman of Telefonica, in substitution of José María Álvarez-Pallete, to adapt the company to its new shareholding structure. In Indra he was replaced by Ángel Escribano. He is the father of three children.

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