Antonio Mota De Sousa Horta-osorio

Biography

António joined the board of Lloyds Banking Group on 17 January 2011 as an Executive Director and became Group Chief Executive on 1 March 2011.  Born in 1964, Mr. Horta-Osório is a graduate of management and business administration at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He has a MBA from INSEAD where he was awarded the Henry Ford II prize – and an AMP from Harvard Business School. In June 2011, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, and in July 2012 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bath.  António started his career at Citibank Portugal where he was Head of Capital Markets. At the same time, he was an assistant professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He then worked for Goldman Sachs in New York and London. In 1993, he joined Grupo Santander as Chief Executive of Banco Santander de Negócios Portugal. He was CEO of Banco Santander Brazil 1997-1999 and in 2000 he became CEO of Banco Santander Totta in Portugal, moving to the UK in 2006 to become CEO of Abbey and its successor Santander UK.  In 2014 the Government of Portugal awarded António with the Order of Merit Grã-Cruz, which is the highest Order of Civil Merit. Previously a non-executive Director to the Court of the Bank of England, António is currently a non-executive of Fundação Champalimaud in Portugal, serves on the CBI President’s Committee and is a Governor of the London Business School. In 2015 António was appointed Chairman of the Wallace Collection by the Prime Minister. The Wallace Collection is one of Europe’s foremost art collections.

Research Interest

Business