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
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 Madrid, S.A., as well as an independent director of Grifols, S.A.

Other positions of note : Mr Isasi is the non-executive (independent) Chair of the board of directors of Logista Integral, S.A. (LOGISTA).

Positions in other Group companies: Mr Isasi is non-executive Chair of the board of Santander España.

Membership of board committees : Executive committee, remuneration committee, and risk supervision, regulation and compliance committee.

Skills and competencies : Mr Isasi has vast experience in a wide range of sectors and international markets (in particular, finance and investment banking) as well as a strong institutional network within Spain.

(*) In the opinion of the nomination committee and the board of directors, Mr Isasi meets the requirements to be considered independent, despite being categorized as other external based on a standard of prudence. For more details, see subsection 'Other external directors' in section 4.2.

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| Contents |     | Business model and strategy |     | Sustainability statement |     | Corporate governance |     | Economic and financial review |     | Riskmanagement and compliance |

| BelénRomana García                   
 Non-executive director (independent) |

Board member since 2015.

Nationality : Spanish. Born in 1965 in Madrid, Spain.

Education : Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She is also a State Economist for Spain.

Experience : Ms Romana was formerly director general of Economic Policy, director general of the Treasury of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, and director at Banco de España and the CNMV. She was also a director at the Instituto de Crédito Oficial and other entities on behalf of the Ministry of Economy. She served as a non-executive director at Banesto and as Executive Chair of Sociedad de Gestión de Activos Procedentes de la Reestructuración Bancaria, S.A. (SAREB). She has also been non-executive director of Aviva PLC and Aviva Italia Holding S.p.A.

She has also been co-Chair of the board of trustees of The Digital Future Society and advisory board member at Inetum and TribalData.

Other positions of note : Ms Romana is an independent director of Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (Inditex), SIX Group AG and its subsidiary Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, Sociedad Holding de Mercados y Sistemas Financieros,