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Since March 2024, she holds the position of Chairwoman at Bankinter, one of the leading financial institutions in Spain. Previously, between October 2010 and March 2024, she held the position of Chief Executive Officer of this company. In her years at the helm of this entity, she successfully overcame two major economic crises, in addition to the exceptional pandemic situation between 2020-2022, leading the bank to its highest levels of profit, profitability and efficiency over the last decade, and being one of the healthiest and most solvent institutions in Europe.

 

Previously, between 1995 and 2010, she pursued her professional career at the insurance company Línea Directa, being part of its founding team as General Secretary and of the Board of Directors, until she became the company’s Chief Executive Officer at the start of 2008. During that period, she positioned the company as the fifth largest car insurer operating in Spain. In April 2021, with the flotation of Línea Directa, she ceased to be a member of its Board of Directors.

 

Her academic background includes a bachelor’s degree in Law from Madrid Complutense University, supplemented by several Management Programs at Harvard Business School, an Advanced Management Program at the INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleu, and a master’s degree in human resources and business strategy from the Euroforum-INSEAD University Institute (Madrid).

 

Among her contribution to other boards of directors, her participation between 2013 and 2018 stands as an independent director at Esure, a major UK insurer, as well as her role as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors at EVO Banco, S.A. and at Avancard DAC (a consumer credit company in Ireland) between 2019 and 2024.

 

She is currently a trustee of the Princess of Girona Foundation, where she chairs its Audit and Compliance Committee, and a trustee of the Bankinter Innovation Foundation. She is also part of the Creciendo Foundation Trust (CRE100D) and Línea Directa Foundation Trust. Since 2021, she has been an independent director of ACCIONA and chair of its Appointments and Remuneration Committee. Since April 2024, she has been an independent external director of Puig Brands, S.A. and a member of its Audit and Compliance Committee.

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