13 December
2024
Santander UK plc and
Santander UK Group Holdings plc - Board Appointment
of Executive Director
Santander UK today announces the
appointment of Enrique Alvarez Labiano, Chief Executive Officer of
Retail and Business Banking, as an Executive Director to the Boards
of Santander UK plc and Santander UK Group Holdings plc. His
appointment to the Board of Santander UK plc is subject to
regulatory approval and both appointments will take immediate
effect on receipt of that approval.
Enrique began his Santander career
in 2015 as Group Head of Strategy and Head of the Group Chairman's
office. He moved to the UK in 2019 as Head of Strategy and
Corporate Development, before he took up the role of Chief People
Officer in 2020 and was subsequently
appointed Head of Everyday Banking in 2021. He's been CEO of Retail
and Business Banking since 2023.
Santander UK Chair, William Vereker said:
"I am delighted
to welcome Enrique to the Boards of Santander UK.
He brings us
over 20 years of international business experience from a range of
blue-chip companies and the wider Santander Group and
I look forward to working with him."
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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 30 June 2024, the bank had
around 19,600 employees and serves around 14 million active
customers, including 7 million digital customers via a nationwide
444 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 and one of the largest banks in the world by
market capitalization. The group's activities are consolidated into
five global businesses: Retail & Commercial Banking, Digital
Consumer Bank, Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB), Wealth
Management & Insurance and Payments (PagoNxt and Cards). This
operating model allows the bank to better leverage its unique
combination of global scale and local leadership. Banco 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. Banco
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 2024, Banco Santander had €1.3 trillion in total funds,
166 million customers, 8,400 branches and 211,000
employees.
