Maite Arango: Maite Arango was born in Mexico in 1958 and she owns a double nationality, Spanish and Mexican, and has a Bachelor of Arts by the University of Scripps, in California. She is fellow 2018 of the Distinguishes Careers Institute of Stanford University.

Until December 2018 she was shareholder and Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Vips Group (currently Alsea).

Between 2016 and 2021 she held the position of Chairperson of of Ashoka Spain. She currently serves on its Board of Trustees and is also a full partner of Ashoka.org worldwide and co-leads Next Now since its launch in 2019.

She is founder, Vice-Chairperson and member of the Executive Committee of the SERES Foundation, which brings together more than 150 companies and represents approximately 70% of IBEX 35 companies.After experiencing Lee Strasberg’s Actor’s Studio for her first year following college, Maite Arango began her career in the retail sector, first working for Macy’s USA before joining the family business, Grupo Vips, a leading Spanish multi-brand and multi-format company in the food service and retail sector.

Maite is currently actively involved with national and global social innovation initiatives projects and foundations such as Ashoka, where she chaired the Spanish Board (2016-2022. She is passionate about systems change. Since 2019, she has co-led Next Now (powered by Ashoka). Maite is a member of the Governing Body, and Trustee of the Princess of Asturias Foundation and a member of Accioin’s Board of Directors.

There is no mention of Maite in the DOJ Epstein Library.

References:

1. https://epsteinsblackbook.com/names/maite-arango
2. https://dci.stanford.edu/fellow/maite-arango/
3. https://www.acciona.com/shareholders-investors/corporate-governance/board-directors-committees/maite-arango-garcia-urtiaga