Shareholders and Investors Corporate governance Board of directors Board of directors The composition of the board of directors is shown below. If you would like to know the professional profile of the directors, please click on each of them. Ana Botín Group executive chairman José Antonio Álvarez Vice chairman and chief executive officer Bruce Carnegie-Brown Vice chairman and lead independent director. Non-executive director (independent) Sergio Rial Executive director Homaira Akbari Non-executive director (independent) Álvaro Cardoso Non-executive director (independent) Sol Daurella Non-executive director (independent) Henrique de Castro Non-executive director (independent) Gina Díez Non-executive director (independent) Ramiro Mato Non-executive director (independent) Belén Romana Non-executive director (independent) R. Martín Chávez Non-executive director (independent) Pamela Walkden Non-executive director (independent) Javier Botín Non-executive director Luis Isasi Non-executive director Jaime Pérez Renovales General secretary and secretary of the board Please refer to the following table to consult the composition of the board, indicating the dates of the first appointment and subsequent re-election of directors, as well as the composition of the board committees. The board of directors aims to ensure that the external directors represent a broad majority over executive directors (currently 80% - 20%), and that, among these, the number of independent directors represents at least a third of all directors (currently 66.67%). Likewise, the board of directors shall ensure that the procedures for selection of members guarantee the individual and collective expertise of directors, encourage diversity in terms of gender, age, geographical origin, experience and knowledge, and do not carry any implicit bias that could lead to any form of discrimination on grounds such as disability, race or ethnic origin. The board currently has a balanced presence of both genders (40% - 60%). The Annual Corporate Governance Report provides more detailed information on the skills and competences of each director, the board skills and diversity matrix, as well as its commissions. Following this link you may consult the Bank’s shares held by directors as well as the options over these shares. USEFUL LINKS LEGAL LINKS OF INTEREST © Banco Santander S.A. All rights reserved. Corporate Headquarters: CGS Av. Cantabria s/n 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid (Spain) COOKIE CONFIGURATION For Banco Santander, it is important to adapt to your tastes and preferences. To this end, we use proprietary and third-party cookies to differentiate your experience from that of other users, for analytical purposes and to deliver personalised advertising based on a profile drawn from your browsing habits. You can configure cookies or accept all of them. This banner will remain active until you run one of the two options. For further information, please consult our Cookie Policy. CONFIGURE COOKIES It only takes you a few seconds ACCEPT ALL COOKIES