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Board Of Directors
Top ManagementTop Management [Six top executives]
Board Of Directors
Profiles of Top ManagementHector Grisi ChecaCEO & Executive Director Executive director Board member since 2023. Nationality: Mexican and Spanish. Born in Mexico City (Mexico) in 1966. Education: Degree in Finance from Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City). Experience: Mr Grisi has more than three decades of international banking experience. He joined Grupo Santander in 2015 as Executive Chair and CEO of Banco Santander Mexico and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Between 2019 and 2022, he was Regional Head for North America, overseeing operations in Mexico and the United States. Previously, he spent 18 years at Credit Suisse, where he held several senior management roles that included Head of Investment Banking for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and Chair and CEO of Credit Suisse Mexico. He began his professional career in investment banking at Casa de Bolsa Inverlat, Banco Mexicano and Grupo Finaniero Santander Mexicano. He has also been Vice Chair of Asociacion de Bancos de Mexico (ABM) and a member of the boards of Bolsa Mexicana de Valores and Universidad Iberoamericana. Other positions of note: Mr Grisi is non-executive Chair of Cogrimex, S.A. de C.V. Positions in other Group companies: Mr Grisi is a non-executive director of Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico, S.A. de C.V. and PagoNxt, S.L. Membership of board committees: Executive committee and innovation and technology committee. Ana Botin-Sanz De Sautuola Y O'Shea Executive Chairman & Director Ana Botin-Sanz de Sautuola y O'Shea EXECUTIVE CHAIR Executive director Board member since 1989. Nationality: Spanish. Born in Santander (Spain) in 1960. Education: Degree in Economics from Bryn Mawr College of Pennsylvania. Experience: Ms Botin joined Banco Santander in 1988, after working at J.P. Morgan in New York (1980-1988). Up to 1998, she held several executive positions and led the Group's expansion across Latin America. In 2002, she was appointed Executive Chair of Banesto. Between 2010 and 2014, she was CEO of Santander UK plc and was a non-executive director until April 2021. In 2014 she was appointed Executive Chair of Banco Santander. She was also a non-executive director of Santander UK Group Holdings plc (2014-2021) and Chair of the European Banking Federation (2021-2023). Other positions of note: Ms Botin is a member of the board of directors of The Coca-Cola Company and Chair of the Institute of International Finance (IIF). She is also founder and Chair of CyD (a foundation that supports higher education) and Fundacion Empieza por Educar (the Spanish subsidiary of international NGO Teach For All), and sits on the advisory board of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Positions in other Group companies: Ms Botin is non-executive Chair of Open Bank, S.A., Santander Consumer Finance, S.A., Open Digital Services, S.L., PagoNxt, S.L., Universia EspaNa Red de Universidades, S.A. and Universia Holding, S.L.; and is a non-executive director of Santander Holdings USA, Inc. and Santander Bank, N.A. Membership of board committees: Executive committee (Chair) and innovation and technology committee. Jaime Perez Renovales Company Secretary Joined the Group in 2003. Nationality: Spanish. Born in 1968 in Valladolid, Spain. Education: Degree in Law and Business Administration from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE E-3) and State Attorney for Spain. Experience: Jaime Perez Renovales was director of the office of the second deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Economy, deputy secretary to the Spanish Prime Minister, Chair of the Spanish State Official Gazette and the committee for Government Reform. Previously, he had been Vice General Counsel, vice secretary of the board and Head of Grupo Santander's legal department, General Counsel and secretary of the board at Banesto, and deputy director of legal services at the CNMV. He is the Banco Santander representative on the board of trustees of the Princess of Asturias Foundation and is a member of the jury for its award for Social Sciences. He is Chair of the ICADE Business Club, Chair of the board of trustees of the Fundacion Universitaria Comillas-I.C.A.I. and professor of Constitutional Law in the Faculty of Law at Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE). Jaime Perez Renovales is the secretary of every board committee. Jose Antonio Alvarez Vice Chairman & Non-Executive Director Non-executive director Board member since 2015. Nationality: Spanish. Born in 1960 in Leon, Spain. Education: Degree in Economics and Business Administration. MBA from the University of Chicago. Experience: Mr Alvarez joined Banco Santander in 2002. He was appointed Senior Executive Vice President (director general) and Head of the Financial Management and Investor Relations division in 2004 (Group Chief Financial Officer) and was Group CEO from 2015 to 2022. He served as director at SAM Investments Holdings Limited, Santander Consumer Finance, S.A., Santander Holdings USA, Inc., and as non-executive Vice Chair of Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. He sat on the supervisory boards of Santander Consumer Bank AG, Santander Consumer Holding GmbH and Santander Bank Polska, S.A. He was also a board member of Bolsas y Mercados EspaNoles, S.A. Other positions of note: Mr Alvarez is an independent director of Aon PLC and a member of the advisory committee of Grupo Buenavista. Positions in other Group companies: Mr Alvarez is a non-executive director of PagoNxt, S.L. Membership of board committees: Executive committee, risk supervision, regulation and compliance committee and innovation and technology committee. Glenn Hogan Hutchins Vice Chairman & Lead Independent Director Board member since 2022. Nationality: American. Born in 1955 in Virginia, US. Education: Graduated with a AB, MBA and JD from Harvard University. Experience: Mr Hutchins co-founded US technology and investment firm Silver Lake, where he was CEO until 2011. Prior, Mr Hutchins had been a senior managing director at The Blackstone Group (1994-1999) and Thomas H. Lee Co. (1985-1994), and a consultant at Boston Consulting Group. He has also served on the boards of SunGard Data Systems (Chair, 2005-2015), NASDAQ (2005-2017), Virtu Financial (2017-2021) and AT&T (2014-2025). He served as a director and Chair of the audit and risk committees of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2011 to 2021. Additionally, he served on the board of the Harvard Management Company, which manages Harvard University's endowment. Mr Hutchins worked with President Clinton in his transition to power and the White House as special advisor on economic and healthcare policy. Other positions of note: Mr Hutchins is non-executive Chair of investment firm North Island Ventures and Lead Independent Director of CoreWeave, Inc. He is a member of the international advisory board and investment board of Singapore's Government Investment Corporation (GIC), co-Chair of the Brookings Institution, Chair emeritus of not-for-profit organization CARE, and Vice Chair of the Obama Foundation. He also serves on the executive committee of the Boston Celtics basketball team. Membership of board committees: Nomination committee, remuneration committee (Chair), and innovation and technology committee (Chair). Profiles of Board of DirectorsLuis Isasi Fernandez de BobadillaNon-Executive Director Board member since 2020. Nationality: Spanish. Born in 1956 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. Education: Degree in Economics and Business Administration and MBA from Columbia Business School. Experience: Mr Isasi began his career at Abengoa, before holding various executive positions at JP Morgan in New York and First National Bank of Chicago in London. In 1987, he joined Morgan Stanley where he was managing director of investment banking for Europe and Chair and Country Head for Spain (1997-2020) and senior advisor (2020-2023). He has also been director of MadrileNa Red de Gas, S.A. and Sociedad Rectora de la Bolsa de Madrid, S.A., as well as an independent director of Grifols, S.A. Other positions of note: Mr Isasi is the non-executive (independent) Chair of the board of directors of Logista Integral, S.A. (LOGISTA). Positions in other Group companies: Mr Isasi is non-executive Chair of the board of Santander EspaNa. Membership of board committees: Executive committee, remuneration committee, and risk supervision, regulation and compliance committee. Pamela Ann Walkden Non-Executive Independent Director Board member since 2019. Nationality: British. Born in 1960 in Worcester, England. Education: Master's Degree in Economics from Cambridge University. Experience: Mrs Walkden has served in a number of senior management positions at Standard Chartered Bank, including as Group Head of Human Resources, Chief Risk Officer, Group Treasurer, Group Head of Asset and Liability Management and Regional Markets, Group Head of Internal Audit, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Group Manager of Investor Relations. In addition, she served as an independent member of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) Regulatory Reform Panel, as member of the European Banking Authority Stakeholder Group, and was a lay member of the Welfare and Ethics Committee of the Royal Veterinary College. Other positions of note: Mrs Walkden is a member of the advisory board of JD Haspel Limited. Positions in other Group companies: Mrs Walkden is a non-executive director of Santander UK PLC and Santander UK Group Holdings PLC. Membership of board committees: Audit committee, risk supervision, regulation and compliance committee (Chair), and responsible banking, sustainability and culture committee. Henrique de Castro Non-Executive Independent Director Board member since 2019. Nationality: Portuguese. Born in 1965 in Lisbon, Portugal. Education: Degree in Business Administration from the Lisbon School of Economics & Management and MBA from the University of Lausanne. Experience: Mr de Castro was Chief Operating Officer at Yahoo. Previously, he had been the manager of worldwide devices, media and platforms at Google, European sales and business development manager at Dell Inc., and a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He was also an independent director at First Data Corporation. Other positions of note: Mr de Castro is an independent director of Fiserv Inc. Positions in other Group companies: Mr de Castro is a non-executive director of PagoNxt, S.L. Membership of board committees: Audit committee, remuneration committee and innovation and technology committee. Belen Romana Garcia Non-Executive Independent Director Board member since 2015. Nationality: Spanish. Born in 1965 in Madrid, Spain. Education: Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. She is also a State Economist for Spain. Experience: Ms Romana was formerly director general of Economic Policy, director general of the Treasury of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, and director at Banco de EspaNa and the CNMV. She was also a director at the Instituto de Credito Oficial and other entities on behalf of the Ministry of Economy. She served as a non-executive director at Banesto and as Executive Chair of Sociedad de Gestion de Activos Procedentes de la Reestructuracion Bancaria, S.A. (SAREB). She has also been non-executive director of Aviva PLC and Aviva Italia Holding S.p.A. She has also been co-Chair of the board of trustees of The Digital Future Society and advisory board member at Inetum and TribalData. Other positions of note: Ms Romana is an independent director of Industria de DiseNo Textil, S.A. (Inditex), SIX Group AG and its subsidiary Bolsas y Mercados EspaNoles, Sociedad Holding de Mercados y Sistemas Financieros, S.A.U. She is also the non-executive Chair of its other subsidiaries, SIX Digital Exchange AG and SDX Trading AG. Furthermore, she is an independent director of Werfen, S.A.; an advisory board member at Rafael del Pino Foundation; senior adviser to Arta Capital; and academic director of the IE Leadership & Foresight Hub Programme. Positions in other Group companies: Ms Romana is the non-executive (independent) Chair of Santander Insurance, S.L. Membership of board committees: Executive committee, audit committee, nomination committee (Chair), risk supervision, regulation and compliance committee, and innovation and technology committee. Sol Daurella Comadran Non-Executive Independent Director Board member since 2015. Nationality: Spanish. Born in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. Education: Degree in Business and MBA from ESADE. Experience: Ms Daurella sat on the board of Circulo de Economia de Barcelona and was an independent director of Banco Sabadell, S.A., Ebro Foods, S.A. and Acciona, S.A. She was also honorary consul general of Iceland in Barcelona (1992-2021). Other positions of note: Ms Daurella is Chair of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC, Executive Chair of Olive Partners, S.A., and holds several roles in Grupo Cobega companies. She is also Vice Chair of the board of trustees of the FERO Oncology Research Foundation and a board member of Instituto de la Empresa Familiar. Membership of board committees: Nomination committee, remuneration committee and responsible banking, sustainability and culture committee (Chair). Antonio Francesco Weiss Non-Executive Independent Director Board member since 2024. Nationality: American and Italian. Born in 1966 in New York, US. Education: Degree in Comparative Literature from Yale University and MBA from Harvard University. Experience: Mr Weiss was Counselor to the Secretary of the US Department of the Treasury from 2015 to 2017, where he led the Department of Domestic Finance, working on matters related to financial markets, regulatory reform, job creation and economic growth. He previously held a number of senior management positions at Lazard, including Global Head of Investment Banking, Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, and Vice Chair of European Investment Banking. Other positions of note: Mr Weiss is a founder and partner of investment firm SSW Partners, LP. He is a research fellow of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a trustee of several non-profit, economic policy organizations, including the Volcker Alliance, the Citizens Budget Commission and the Bretton Woods Committee. He is non-executive director of Societe Familiale d' Investissements, S.A., associate of AFWCo LP and senior advisor to the investment company JAB Holdings. He is a director and former publisher of The Paris Review. Membership of board committees: Remuneration committee. German de la Fuente Escamilla Non-Executive Independent Director Board member since 2022. Nationality: Spanish. Born in 1964 in Madrid, Spain. Education: Degree in Economics and Business Administration with a diploma in auditing from the Complutense University of Madrid. Experience: Mr de la Fuente has spent his professional career at Deloitte, where he has been Head of the audit business for the financial services industry (2002-2007), managing partner of Audit & Assurance (2007-2021) in Spain, and Chair and CEO of Deloitte, S.L. (2017-2022). He was also a member of the global board of directors of the firm from 2012 to 2016 and of the global audit and risk services committee until June 2021. He has been involved in auditing major Spanish financial groups and in multiple consulting and advisory projects. Membership of board committees: Audit committee (Chair), and risk supervision, regulation and compliance committee. Gina Diez Barroso Azcarraga Non-Executive Independent Director Board member since 2020. Nationality: Mexican. Born in 1955 in Mexico City, Mexico. Education: Degree in Design from Centro de DiseNo of Mexico City. Experience: Ms Diez Barroso was an independent director of Banco Santander Mexico and other Grupo Santander companies in Mexico until 2020. She has been the founder and non-executive Chair of Grupo Diarq, S.A. de C.V. and member of the board of directors of Dalia Women, S.A.P.I de C.V. (Dalia Empower), Americas Society and Council of the Americas, Laurel Strategies and Qualitas of Life Foundation. She was also a founder and a trustee of the Pro-Educacion Centro and Diarq foundations. Other positions of note: Ms Diez Barroso is the founder and non-executive Chair of Centro de DiseNo y Comunicacion, S.C. (Universidad Centro). She is also a non-executive director of Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV), a member of Comite de 200 (C200) and represents Mexico at the W20, the G20 women's initiative to promote gender diversity. Positions in other Group companies: Ms Diez Barroso is a non-executive director of Universia Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Membership of board committees: Nomination committee and responsible banking, sustainability and culture committee. Juan Carlos Barrabes Consul Non-Executive Independent Director Board member since 2024. Nationality: Spanish. Born in 1970 in Huesca, Spain. Education: Tour Operator Management from the School of Tourism of Aragon and Global Leadership and Public Policy for the XXI Century Program from Harvard Kennedy School. Experience: Mr Barrabes sat on the board of Santander EspaNa and the advisory council of Vodafone. He was also director of the master's degree in Strategic Design Lab at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) and of the MBA at Escuela de Organizacion Industrial (EOI) in Madrid, and a trustee of Fundacion Ashoka Emprendedores Sociales. Other positions of note: Mr Barrabes is the founder and Chair of Grupo Barrabes, which advises large corporates on digital transformation, innovation, new technologies, e-commerce and the Internet, and SMEs on innovation and using technology efficiently in business processes. He founded and sits on the advisory council of Escuela de Negocios del Pirineo (ESPENI); founded and sits on the management board of Epsilon Ecologia, Asociacion para la Defensa del Medio Ambiente; founded and is a trustee of Fundacion Empieza por Educar; and is an adviser to Centro de Finanzas Sostenibles y Responsables de EspaNa (centre for sustainable and responsible finance, FINRESP). Membership of board committees: Nomination committee; responsible banking, sustainability and culture committee; and innovation and technology committee. |