Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001193125-25-027348
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Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 6-K
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.A. She has been Chair of the Executive Board and CEO of the Merck Group since 2021, Chair of the European side of the EU-JapanBusiness Round Table, member of the Executive Committee of the German Chemical Industry Association, member of the European Round Table for Industry and member of The Business Council. She has sat on the Board of Directors of L’Oreal from 2014 to 2024 and has previously held various senior positions at various companies, including Abbot Laboratories (1989–1996), Rhône-Poulenc(1996–1999), Aventis Pharma (1999–2004), Sanofi Aventis (2004–2011) and Merck (since 2011). She has a degree in Medicine from the University of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid and is a specialist in Clinical Pharmacology at the Hospital de la Paz – Autonomous University of Madrid. She also holds a Master’s degree in Business and Management from Ashridge Management School (United Kingdom). 15 / 49

ANNUAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT OF LISTED COMPANIES OTHER EXTERNAL DIRECTORS Identify all other external Directors and explain why they cannot be considered proprietary or independent Directors, detailing their relationships with the company or its executives or shareholders: Name or corporate name of the director Reasons Company, executive or shareholder with whom the relationship is maintained Profi le CRISTINA DE PARIAS HALCÓN Applying a criterion of prudence in interpreting the rule, Ms. de Parias has been assigned the category of external director of BBVA, based on her membership of the governing bodies of companies related to BBVA Mexico at the time of her appointment as a BBVA director. GRUPO FINANCIERO BBVA MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V. She is an independent director at Endesa, S.A. and Sanitas Seguros. She currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the BBVA Microfi nance Foundation and of Fundación Professor Uría, among others. She was a member of the Board of Directors of BBVA México, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero BBVA México and Grupo Financiero BBVA, S.A. de C.V. until 2024. From 1998 to 2019, she held various senior positions at BBVA as head of the Consumer Finance subsidiary (Finanzia) and CEO of Uno-eBank, Head of New Digital