Jaime Malet

Jaime Malet (1964 in Barcelona) is a business leader, businessman and attorney. He has been the elected Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain since 2002, and is CEO and Founder of TELAM Partners, a strategy advisory firm specialized in infrastructure, technology, energy & market entry.[1]

Malet received his law degree from the University of Barcelona. In 1987 and 1988, he studied international law and economics at the University of Houston, where he received his master's degree (LL.M). In 2002, he completed the IESE’s Senior MBA (PADE).

He began his professional career at Arthur Andersen in Spain. In 1995, he founded his own law and economic advisory firm rendering services to multinationals. In 2008, he left the legal profession behind to focus on the world of international business consulting.

He has been Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain since 2002. Founded in 1917 and part of the worldwide network of AmChams, AmChamSpain represents around 280 Spanish and American multinational corporations, which have a combined turnover in Spain of around €245 billion.[2]

The Chamber is part of the US Chamber of Commerce, the world's leading business organization based in Washington, DC, as well as a member of AmChamEU and ECACC, the institutions which represent major American investors in Europe.

AmChamSpain has supported the massive Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of Spanish companies in the US over the past 15 years and the investment decision-making processes of US multinationals and funds in Spain.[3]

In 2008, Malet and AmChamSpain lead a lobbying campaign in the US to secure observer status for Spain at G-20 summits. The Chamber has also pushed for a number of legislative changes concerning business and labor issues and tax policies, including the new Double Taxation Treaty between Spain and the US, which has been approved by both countries and is awaiting ratification.

Malet is a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) expert network and attends the WEF in Davos yearly. He is a member of the Consejo de Acción Empresarial of the CEOE (Spanish Employers Association), as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fundación Consejo España-Estados Unidos (US-Spain Council), the Fundación Joan Bosca and of the Fundación Código Venezuela.

Malet has served as advisor to major companies such as NextEra Energy, Cisco Systems, Alvarez & Marsal, Sacyr, Tyco Electronics, Betfair, Air Products, Itinere, T-Systems, Indra Systems and Cosentino. Malet also chairs the Advisory Board of Zurich Insurance Group in Spain. As an investor, he has supported numerous startups in the field of disruptive technologies.

From his institutional position, Malet advocates for responsible capitalism: respectful of the environment and of society and based on principles of ethical governance.