CUDECA.ORG - Key Persons


Alfonso Pinedo

Job Titles:
  • Retired Doctor and Medical School Professor of Malaga University

Antonio Banderas

Job Titles:
  • Actor, Film Director
Actor, Film Director and charity supporter in Malaga. Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Malaga and the Dickinson College University of Pennsylvania. Advisor for the Cervantes Institute in New York and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations. President of the "Lágrimas y Favores" Foundation, created in 2010 with the aim of supporting the University of Malaga and Cudeca Cancer Care Hospice.

Assumpta Eceiza

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Financial & Facilities Manager / Fundraising & Communication Manager

Chucho Valdés

Born in Quivicán (Cuba), Chucho is considered one of the best pianists in the world, having won to date eight Grammy awards: five Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy. In 2012 he was proclaimed by the New York Times as "the Dean of Latin Jazz." In addition, he is a professor at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, a Goodwill Ambassador of FAO for the UN, and has numerous doctorates and awards worldwide. Chucho actively supports Cudeca Hospice since 2007, when he participated as a guest artist in the first charity concert performed by his father, the great Bebo Valdés. Since then, Chucho has helped Cudeca Hospice on countless occasions donating his music to aid our "special kind of caring".

Curro Herrera Gaona

Job Titles:
  • Journalist and Businessman

Daniel Beaudet

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Retail Manager

Dr. Marisa Martín - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive
  • Medical Director
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Dr. Rafael Gómez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Assistential Manager

Emilio Alba

Job Titles:
  • Head of Oncology of Málaga University Chief
Head of Oncology of Málaga University Chief of Medical Oncology Department of Hospital Regional Universitario y Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, de Malaga

Fernando Gil

Job Titles:
  • Secretary & Treasurer / Lawyer and Qualified Accountant / Málaga

Juan Antonio Astorga

Job Titles:
  • Ex - President

Liz Parry B.

Job Titles:
  • Retired Newspaper Editor

Rafael Olalla

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chief Executive
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Deputy Chief Executive / Director of Finance, Communications & Fundraising

Ricardo Urdiales

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • President of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • President / Lawyer

Susan Hannam - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President

Ángel Bataller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Training & Research Manager