Company: BCDRF
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000891478-25-000054
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Company: Banco Santander, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 20-F
Chunk 272
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 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 Artá 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.

Skills and competencies : Given her background as a government economist and overall executive and non-executive experience in finance (particularly from serving on the audit committees of listed companies), Ms Romana is a recognized financial expert. Having held key positions in credit institutions and the regulatory and supervisory bodies of the financial industry and securities markets in Spain, she also provides strategic insights into banking, financial regulations and government relations in Spain and Europe.

| PamelaWalkden                        
 Non-executive director (independent) |

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.

Skills and competencies : She brings to the board extensive experience in the international banking industry and deep expertise in auditing, which underscores her recognition as a financial expert.

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