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Last update: 12/12/2024
For the past 14 years, Santander Open Academy runs Santander W50, an exclusive leadership programme to support talented women and drive gender equality.
This international initiative, in collaboration with London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), seeks out women in senior management positions in every industry to help them refine their leadership style, boost visibility, gain recognition, and form part of a prestigious global network.
Since the programme’s launch, over 800 women from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the UK, Uruguay and the US have taken part in its 14 editions.
At Santander we are firmly committed to women talent and leadership and promote gender equality everywhere we operate.
What's the XV Santander W50 all about?
This edition SW50 now offers you the chance to be recognised locally as one of the top 50 leaders in your country. The bank looks to uncover 50 sector-leading women through a contest launched in the 11 countries mentioned above.
Applicants who want to sign up don’t have to be Santander customers or employees. They will need to register on the Santander Open Academy website and write a short biography and cover letter about how their leadership can have a positive impact on their organization, immediate circle, country or even the world.
Once registered women leaders have between 4 November 2024 and 7 January 2025 to apply to the call for your country.
After the local evaluation process in each country, the 550 women chosen in total (50 women from 11 countries) will become part of the SW50 global community and undertook a course with an official LSE certificate on female leadership.
What’s more, they’ll also have the opportunity to submit their candidacy for the Global SW50 2025 call. LSE will select from the 550 winners the 50 participants who will attend an in-person training at the LSE campus in central London.
These 50 women will work to develop and perfect their leadership style through exclusive courses and insight into global management techniques. They will get access to high impact conferences and one-on-one and group coaching sessions. And will also share career experiences and broaden their international network.
Beyond the training and recognition that Santander W50 bestows, most women who experienced the programme see its value in the connection it generates among its 50 participants.
This perception only gets stronger, as the participants of previous editions attest to, and results in a mutually supportive community. Participants mentor, help, and promote each other, which — to them — proves invaluable.
This is just further evidence of Santander’s dedication to education, employability and entrepreneurship, three priorities we’ve been working on for over 27 years. During this time, we’ve deployed over EUR 2.3 billion and provided over EUR 1.5 billion to help people and businesses through agreements with some 1,200 universities and organizations across the different countries in which we operate.
