• José María Roldán appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director

 

Santander UK announces the appointment of José María Roldán as an Independent Non-Executive Director (‘INED’) to the Boards of Santander UK plc and Santander UK Group Holdings Plc (together ‘Santander UK’), effective from 1 June 2023. José María Roldán will also join the Board Risk and Board Responsible Banking Committees. 

José María Roldán was former Chairman and CEO of the Spanish Banking Association (2014-2022) and spent 13 years as Director-General at the Banking Regulation and Financial Stability department of the Bank of Spain and member of its Executive Board.  He was also a Board Member and Vice-President to the European Banking Federation; founded and Chaired the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) (the forerunner of the European Banking Authority (EBA)); was President of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) and chaired the former Banking Advisory Committee (BAC) of the EU.

Santander Chairman, William Vereker, commented: “I am delighted to announce that José María Roldán will be joining the Boards of Santander UK as an Independent Non-Executive Director. His depth of knowledge and expertise in banking supervision, financial stability and public policy will be of benefit to both the Boards and the business as a whole and I look forward to working with him in the months and years ahead.”

 

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Santander UK is a financial services provider in the UK that offers a wide range of personal and commercial financial products and services. At 31 December 2022, the bank had around 19,000 employees and serves around 14 million active customers, via a nationwide branch network, telephone, mobile and online banking. Santander UK is subject to the full supervision of the FCA and the PRA in the UK. Santander UK plc customers’ eligible deposits are protected by the FSCS in the UK.

Banco Santander (SAN SM, STD US, BNC LN) is a leading commercial bank, founded in 1857 and headquartered in Spain. It has a meaningful presence in 10 core markets in the Europe, North America and South America regions, and is one of the largest banks in the world by market capitalization. Santander aims to be the best open financial services platform providing services to individuals, SMEs, corporates, financial institutions and governments. The bank’s purpose is to help people and businesses prosper in a simple, personal and fair way. Santander is building a more responsible bank and has made a number of commitments to support this objective, including raising €220 billion in green financing between 2019 and 2030. In the first quarter of 2023, Banco Santander had €1.2 trillion in total funds, 161 million customers, 9,000 branches and 210,000 employees.

 

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