Pilar Plasencia

Holds a law degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, master in business consultancy and labor law in the Escuela de Práctica Jurídica and master in new technology law and intellectual property rights in the Instituto de Empresa, among other courses and masters.

She has developed her professional career in Telefónica for more than 25 years. Most of this time she led the Legal Department and acted as Secretary of the Board of Directors, in the Research and Development Center of Telefonica, which was dedicated to research and innovation activities for the telco sector. Later, she joined the CCDO (Chief Commercial Digital Officer) team, made up of different companies, leading the Legal Department in the Product Innovation Unit. When she left the Telefonica Group, she worked for several companies and clients in the technological field until she joined Sigma´s Project.

She is expert in telecommunications and new technology law, corporate law, data protection, intellectual property rights, technology transfer and licensing, and national and international contracting among others. Enthusiastic advocate of equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion in the conviction that teamwork, together with the union of different profiles, effort and personal enthusiasm are the drivers of change to a better world.