Ana Botín-sanz De Sautuola Y

Biography

Mrs. Ana Botín-Sanz De Sautuola y O'Shea, also known as Patricia, has been Executive Chairman of the Board of Banco Santander, S.A. since September 2014 and its Executive Director since February 4, 1989. Mrs. De Sautuola y O'Shea served as an Executive Chairwoman of the Board of Banesto from 2002 to 2010. Mrs. De Sautuola y O'Shea served as the Chief Executive of Santander UK Group Holdings PLC since December 1, 2010 until September 29, 2014. Mrs. De Sautuola y O'Shea served as the Chief Executive Officer of Alliance & Leicester plc and also served as an Executive Director since December 1, 2010. She joined the Banco Santander group in 1988. She has extensive financial services experience having led Banco Santander, S.A.’s Latin American expansion in the 1990s and was responsible for the Latin American Corporate Banking, Asset Management and Treasury divisions. She served as an Executive Vice President of Banco Santander, S.A. since 1992 and served as its Executive Vice President of Banesto. She served as an Executive President of Vista Capital de Expansión, S.A., SGECR. She has led corporate and investment strategies at JP Morgan in New York, established and headed Santander's International Corporate Banking business in Latin America. She served as Deputy Chairman and Vice President of Inmobiliaria Urbis, S.A. She serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Banco Santander Central Hispano. She served as Executive Chairwoman of Banco Español de Crédito, S.A. until January 24, 2011 and its Executive Director from February 13, 2002 to January 24, 2011. She has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Santander UK plc and Santander UK Group Holdings plc since September 29, 2014. She has been a Director of The Coca-Cola Company since July 18, 2013. She serves as a Member of Global Advisory Board and Member of European Advisory Board at JER Partners L.L.C. She served as a Director of Sam Investment Holdings Limited since December 17, 2013 until September 5, 2016. She served as a Director at Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. since April 1998 and Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. from 2004 to April 2011. She serves as a Trustee of The Mayor's Fund for London. She is the Founder and Vice Chairman of Empresa y Crecimiento Foundation and Founder and Chairman of the Conocimiento y Desarrollo Foundation. She was a Member of Georgetown University's Board. Named the BBC's third most powerful woman in Britain, she earned her B.A. in Economics from Bryn Mawr College and attended Harvard University.

Research Interest

Finance and  Business