José M. Linares

Senior Executive Vice-President of Banco Santander  and Global head of Santander CIB

Senior Executive Vice-President of Banco Santander and global head of Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB). He reports directly to the Group CEO and is also a member of the Management Committee and the Executive Risk Committee of the Firm.

José joined Santander in 2017 to lead the deep transformation and expansion of the Corporate & Investment Banking business globally, positioning the business as a full-fledged global CIB player.

Additionally, he has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Santander Holdings US, Inc., Santander Bank, N.A. and Santander CIB New York, and serves as member of the Strategy Committee. He was also a member of Santander´s Asset Management Board.

Prior to joining Santander, José spent more than 17 years at J.P. Morgan in a number of senior roles in New York, Hong Kong and London in the Investment Bank. During his tenure Jose has been a member of the EMEA leadership team, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of J.P. Morgan Bank International and Vice-Chairman of the Balance Sheet Committee. He has also been a member of the Global Equities Executive Committee and Commitments Committee.

He started his Wall Street career covering Latin American stocks at Morgan Stanley in New York.

José holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from Babson College, where he graduated summa cum laude, and an MBA from Columbia University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.