Ana Patricia Botín-Sanz de Sautuola O'Shea (born 4 October 1960) is a Spanish banker who has been the executive chairman of
Santander Group since 2014.[1][2]
She is the fourth generation of the Botín family to hold this role. Prior to this she was chief executive officer (CEO) of
Santander UK, a role she held from December 2010 until her assumption of the chairmanship.
Botín worked at
JP Morgan in the US from 1981 to 1988.[9] In 1988, she returned to Spain and began working for the Santander Group. During that time, she was involved in the bank's 1997 acquisition of a 51 percent stake in Banco Osorno y La Union, the largest bank in Chile, for $495 million.[10] In 2002, she became the executive chairman of the Spanish bank,
Banesto. In November 2010, Botín succeeded
António Horta Osório as chief executive of Santander UK.[11]
In September 2014, Botín was appointed chair of the
Santander Group.[13] She is the fourth generation of the Botín family to hold this role.[14] Since taking charge she has brought in more international board members, embraced technology and strengthened the US and Latin America management teams.[15]
2015 – FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism[30][31]
Personal life
In 1983, Botín married fellow banker Guillermo Morenés y Mariátegui, son of the
9th Marquess of Borghetto, a wealthy landowner.[32] They have three children: Felipe Morenés Botín, Javier Morenés Botín, and Pablo Morenés Botín.
The family owns a large estate in
Ciudad Real, south of Madrid.[33] In 2010, Morenés y Mariátegui bought a six-bedroom home in
Belgravia, London.[34] They also own a house in the Swiss ski resort of
Gstaad.[32]
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^Pérez, María Jesús (15 September 2014).
"Ana Botín, la discreta sombra de su padre" [Ana Botín, the discreet shadow of her father]. ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 20 June 2018.