Maite Arango was born in Mexico in 1958 and she owns a double nationality, Spanish and Mexican, and has a Bachelor of Arts by the University of Scripps, in California. She is fellow 2018 of the Distinguishes Careers Institute of Stanford University.

Until December 2018 she was shareholder and Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Vips Group (currently Alsea).

Between 2016 and 2021 she held the position of Chairperson of of Ashoka Spain. She currently serves on its Board of Trustees and is also a full partner of Ashoka.org worldwide and co-leads Next Now since its launch in 2019.

She is founder, Vice-Chairperson and member of the Executive Committee of the SERES Foundation, which brings together more than 150 companies and represents approximately 70% of IBEX 35 companies.

Since 2003, she has been a member of ESADE's Professional Board and, until January 2024, she was also a member of its International Advisory Board. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Friends of the Prado Museum Foundation, as well as of the two boards that make up the Princess of Asturias Foundation.