Gema Esteban Garrido

Gema has an Advanced Management degree from IESE Business School, an Investment Management degree from Universitá of Geneva, and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca in Madrid.

Gema is Global Head of ESG at IG4 Capital a private equity firm where she is responsible for fully embedding ESG into its Investment Cycle as well as driving its portfolio companies towards the highest ESG standards. She is president of the ESG Committees of the Board in IGUÁ Saneamento (water infrastructure), OPY Health(healthcare infrastructure),CLI (agrilogistic), AENZA (Infra) and ADELCO (B2B logistics). She serves as Board member at AENZA infrastucture.

Prior to joining IG4 Capital, she spent several years at Telefónica, most recently as ESG Investors Director (2018-2020), where she revamped Telefónica’s ESG strategy in order to attract ESG investors and positioned the company as a leader amongst the most influential ESG ratings, ere Telefónica consistently achieved a top 5 ranking. Previously she held different executive roles at Telefónica ranging from Digital Strategy, Industry Analyst Relations, Global Operations Strategy or Strategic Business planning. Prior to these roles she worked at British Telcom and in the Software Industry.

She is an expert in ESG investing and digital strategy. She is able to develop future strategic insights and embed ESG parameters in the company strategy focusing in the company value generation.

She is associated professor in the Corporate Governance Center of ESADE and IE Business School where she teaches Digital Strategy and was awarded in 2010 with MAKE award (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise).