Today I had the pleasure of interviewing a real woman: one who chooses to live with authenticity, coherent to the end, where the word efficiency comes to life. Now you'll get to know her up close.

María has just joined the team, although she has known the Larimar City project and the CLERHP multinational very well for more than a year. This, as she tells us, has made her adaptation "easy and at the same time challenging."

Her role will be strategic and key in decision making: promoting operational efficiency, integrating innovative processes across all areas of the group, and strengthening the internal structure to support the international growth projected for 2025-2026. A position she knows well thanks to her experience in leading Spanish companies and international firms that relied on her for precisely these challenges.

But María is, above all, a close and direct woman, who doesn't just meet objectives — she helps make any dream come true. She's like those signs on the road that guide us toward our destination and confirm we're going in the right direction. From a distance she might seem authoritative, but nothing could be further from the truth: she knows what prudence means and understands that sincerity, when not paired with kindness, can turn into something negative.

If we ask her about the most important thing in her life, she answers without hesitation: her family. And when we ask her what she wants to leave rooted in her daughters, it's clear: "that they be strong, decisive, courageous women; that they know what is truly important and not get distracted by things that don't deserve our attention." She acknowledges that she isn't a perfect woman, but she assures she has the perfect team: her husband, with whom she forms a perfect duo.

Regarding the challenges she's taking on now, she's aware of the barriers to overcome and the obstacles that arise in a large, growing company. But she has a clear goal: define processes, improve the team's capabilities, and make everything flow — one of her great gifts. In this she agrees with the president: "what you see in her eyes becomes reality." She's a woman without doubts, decisive. A flagship woman.

Her professional track record, combined with her warmth and human quality, speak for themselves. But when we share her most personal side, she gets emotional: she's a people person. She talks about how she became an engineer because of her father, and how life sometimes brands us deeply and forces us to overcome ourselves. And when we do, leaving the comfort zone, things like this happen: professional opportunities and excellent people who make a company better in every way.

We also talked about books, cinema, travel, and the future — but that will be for another interview. The best thing is to get to know her in day-to-day life: when you don't know how to tackle a problem and she's there, with a smile, to offer you an alternative… or even to invite you to dinner at her home, because she's the best host you can have in Punta Cana.

She is María Piñole, our Director of Processes and Operations.

Macarena Perona

Deputy Director

CLERHP