
Jose Antonio Alvarez
CEO of the Santander Group
Education
- Degree in Economics and Business Administration -
- MBA - University of Chicago
Overview
José Antonio Álvarez Álvarez is vice chairman and CEO of Santander Group, Inc.(SAN) the Spanish banking group centred on Banco Santander, the largest bank in the Eurozone by market value.
Álvarez has been CEO of Santander Group since January 2015 and an executive vice chairman since January 2019.
He was appointed CEO at the group's council meeting in November 2014, replacing Javier Marín Romano.
Mr Álvarez joined Santander in 2002, was appointed Senior Executive Vice President of the Financial Management and Investor Relations division in 2004 (Group Chief Financial Officer) and was CEO of Group from 2015 to 2022. He served as director at SAM Investments Holdings Limited, Santander Consumer Finance, S.A. and Santander Holdings US, Inc. He also sat on the supervisory boards of Santander Consumer Bank AG, Santander Consumer Holding GmbH and Santander Bank Polska, S.A. He was a board member of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, S.A.
Early Life
Álvarez born 1960 in León, Spain
Career
- Santander Group - CEO