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Daniel Diez Zapardiel

Global People Leader

€400/day
Madrid, ES
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Daniel

I am a passionate Human Resources professional with extensive experience in large-scale multinational organizations, having spent the last 8 years in the payments/technology sector, where dynamic, fast paced, global elements are key to build a successful People strategy aligned with the broader business pillars.

My expertise spans talent management, employee experience, organizational development and transformation, employee relations, compensation and benefits and talent acquisition, among other critical areas of HR.

As a respected leader, I believe in the power of empowering individuals, cultivating high performing teams and fostering innovation. I have been shaping sustainable and profitable people-centric cultures, based on delivering continuous operational excellence, business partnering and a consultative approach.
  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Italian

    Conversational

  • Portuguese

    Basic

  • Catalan

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Madrid (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Truethics
    Founder
    March 2025 - Today (1 year and 3 months)
    In Truethics, I combine my expertise in global businesses and a powerful and driven vision to transform organisations so they can thrive in the current complex environment.
  • Planet
    Head of People Global Partners
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    April 2023 - August 2024 (1 year and 4 months)
    Madrid, Spain
    Upon an internal promotion, oversaw a team of 6 HR People Partners and was responsible for managing, supervising and coordinating all aspects of related to human talent in Planet in the following countries: Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Poland and Nordics (circa 1.500 employees).
    • Planet reorganization – Was on an environment of continuous transformation I led on the different integrations and restructuring processes on a challenging environment. As a result Planet was able to lean on the business pillar "right people, right skills, right place".
    • Centralization of Payroll and Administration – On the same note of transformation the People group was a transformation journey, including the creation of a Polish hub. I delivered the handover of many different processes including Payroll, onboarding and HR admin from the local to the Warsaw team.
  • Elavon
    Human Resources Business Partner
    April 2022 - April 2023 (1 year)
    Created the position from scratch, was in charge of identifying, reviewing, optimizing and aligning globally a number of local activities regarding Payroll, Compensations and Benefits, Employee Relations, Data protection, Health and Safety, Immigration, etc.
    • Supported the strategic plan of talent acquisition by expanding our headcount a 33% in just one year. Planet was immerse at that time on an ambitious plan of acquiring talent in order to deliver

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Education

  • Executive Program
    Managing the Luxury Industry, IE
    2014
    Executive Program
  • Master's in Human Resources
    COLPOLSOC
    2010

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