Mario Rodríguez Valderas
Mario Rodríguez Valderas was named President of Mediaset España on March 10, 2026. Mario Rodríguez Valderas holds a degree in Business Law from ICADE and a Master’s degree in Legal Management of Companies from the Instituto Libre de Derecho y Economía (Free Institute of Law and Economics). After beginning his career at the law firm of Santiago Muñoz Machado, Professor of Administrative Law (1991-1998), he joined Gestevisión Telecinco -now Mediaset España- in 1998. There, in 2000, he was appointed Secretary of the Board of Directors and in 2003, Secretary General, establishing the Legal Department and the Internal Audit, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Regulatory Compliance departments. In December 2010, he was appointed Corporate General Manager of the company.
he has represented the company before government agencies and various regulatory bodies, participating in the drafting of the regulations governing the television and audiovisual sector, as well as in the main forums of the audiovisual industry.
In this capacity, he has served as a member of the Telecommunications Advisory Council and vice president of UTECA (Union of Commercial Free-to-Air Television Stations), and is currently a board member of ACT (Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe).