2024-09-06 09:18:42
This Friday, Banco Santander appointed Ignacio Juliá as CEO in Spain, until now CEO of ING in Spain and Portugal, to replace Ángel Rivera, who after more than 11 years of work in senior management positions in the group and ” Once the goals are determined. has passed in terms of customers, growth and profit in Santander Spain, will start “a new professional level in the business field,” the bank explained in a note.
Rivera will resign on October 1, once regulatory approvals are received. After that date, it will remain in the bank until the end of the year to support the transition. After that, he will leave the group with the intention of developing his professional career in other areas of the business world.
Ignacio Juliá has been “one of the protagonists of ING’s trajectory since its launch as the first digital bank in Spain in 1999”, and is director of finance and risk and director of retail business.
Juliá’s decision “will help accelerate the process of changing the business model to provide better customer service and, at the same time, drive growth and efficiency,” Santander explained.
The president of Banco Santander, Ana Botín, has been “pleased” with the addition to the staff of “a young professional, who has great experience in the banking model we want to be. I am sure that his experience and profile will help us. to speed up the implementation of international platforms and boost the growth of Santander Spain”.
He also wants to thank the outgoing CEO, Ángel Rivera, for his contribution “in his long career in the group and for his leadership in Santander Spain”, which has allowed Santander “to progress in the construction of a more customer-oriented and posture. bank.” “.
The vacancy left by Juliá at ING will be filled in the interim by Almudena Román, who left the retail banking department last June to become general director of Business Development. Juliá has been CEO of ING since January 2021.
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