Former Inditex chairman Pablo Isla attends a press conference at a Zara factory, headquarters of the Inditex group, in Arteixo, near A Coruna, Spain, March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal
MADRID, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Former chief executive of textile giant Inditex Pablo Isla has launched his own film production company, saying in a statement on Friday that he hoped to use his “deep passion for film” and business experience to advance. The film industry in Spain.
Isla stepped down as the owner of global fashion brand Zara in April after more than a decade leading the company’s global expansion, passing the torch to Marta Ortega, daughter of Inditex owner Amancio Ortega, who took over as non-executive chairman. Read more
“I intend to contribute my business experience to the audiovisual world and, based on my deep passion for film, help develop the thriving Spanish audiovisual industry,” Isla wrote in the statement released by the new company, Fonte Films.
Founded by Isla together with Goya Award-winning producer Carla Perez de Albeniz and lawyer Maria Jesus Roman, it aims to “develop projects of high technical quality for a global audience and promote new forms of audiovisual expression”.
Following his departure from Inditex in April, Isla has remained a Nestlé board member, joined US private equity firm General Atlantic as senior global advisor and became chairman of the advisory board at Spain’s IE University.
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