Marc Murtra i Millar

Marc Thomas Murtra Millar (born 1972), better known as Marc Murtra, is a British-born, Spanish engineer and businessman. Since January 2025, he has been the executive Chairman of Telefónica. From 2021 to 2025, he was President of Indra Sistemas. He is also a board member of Fundació Bancaria "la Caixa" and independent counselor of Ebro Foods, S.A.

Early life and education The son of a cardiothoracic surgeon, he was born and raised in Blackburn, England. He moved to Barcelona and studied industrial engineering 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 Paul Krugman and Paul Samuelson, among others.

Career 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 2011, he returned to the private sector, forming investment company . In 2020, he became managing partner of investment company Closa Investment Bankers. He also became an assistant professor of economics and business at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, in 2017.

He has served on the boards of several organizations, including La Caixa, Paradores de Turismo de España, and Inteco, (later The National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE)). Between 2018 and 2025, he authored a monthly op-ed column for La Vanguardia.

In 2021, he was appointed chairman of Indra Sistemas, as proposed by the Government of Spain. Since 2022, he is also an independent advisor of Ebro Foods. In 2025, he was succeeded by Ángel Escribano.

In January 2025, Murtra was appointed executive chairman of , succeeding José María Álvarez-Pallete, and tasked with adapting the company to its new shareholding structure

Personal life He is the father of three children.