Yolanda Ausín Castañeda

Managing Director, ARI, Spain

Yolanda Ausín Castañeda holds a degree in Political Science and an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. She began her professional career in marketing, first at Johnson & Johnson, then at Sanitas, and later at Vodafone, where she served as Director of Customer Marketing.

She played a key role in the launch of Cosmopolitan TV as Managing Director. In the media sector, she served as Managing Director of Discovery Networks for Spain and Portugal, and in November 2007 she was appointed Programming Director at Telemadrid.

Since 2012, she has been Managing Director of ARI, the Spanish Magazine Publishers Association. She is a member of the Executive Committee of FIPP, the Global Media Association, and of EMMA, the European Magazine Media Association. She also serves as Board Member and Second Vice Chair of INTROL, S.A. (OJD).

Yolanda Ausín is a member of the Board of Directors of IWF (International Women’s Forum). She mentors young women executives and postgraduate students.

She is a regular speaker at national and international courses and seminars on Media, Digital Transformation, and Event Management.