Company: BCDRF
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000891478-25-000054
Chunk: 273

Company: Banco Santander, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 20-F
Chunk 273
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 |     | Corporate governance |     | Economic and financial review |     | Riskmanagement and compliance |

| Antonio FrancescoWeiss               
 Non-executive director (independent) |

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 Société 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.

Skills and competencies : Mr Weiss has a lengthy track record in financial services, public policy and non-profit organizations. He also has vast international experience in executive positions in the US, Europe and other regions. Having held key positions in both the public and private sectors, he contributes extensive knowledge of the US market and financial sector to the board, most notably in matters of economic policy.

| JaimePérez Renovales                       
 General Counsel and secretary of the board |

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 Pérez 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,