Ana Botín

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Botín-Sanz de Sautuola and the second or maternal family name is O'Shea.

Ana Botín
Botín in 2015
Born	Ana Patricia Botín O'Shea (1960-10-04) 4 October 1960 (age 64) Santander, Spain
Alma mater	St Mary's School Ascot Bryn Mawr College
Occupation(s)	Chairman, Santander Group
Employer(s)	JP Morgan Santander Group
Spouse	Guillermo Morenés y Mariátegui
Children	3
Parent(s)	Emilio Botín Paloma O'Shea

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.

In February 2013, she was ranked the third most powerful woman in the UK by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[3] In 2017, 2019, and 2020, Forbes ranked her the 8th most powerful woman in the world.[4] Forbes ranked her 18th in the list of "World's 100 most powerful women" in 2023.[5]

She was ranked 19th on Fortune's list of 100 Most Powerful Women in 2023.[6]

Early life and education

Botín was born on 4 October 1960 in Santander, Spain.[7][8] She is the daughter of Spanish banker Emilio Botín, who was the executive chairman of Spain's Grupo Santander, and Paloma O'Shea, 1st Marchioness of O'Shea. She received her high school education at St Mary's School Ascot.[9] She studied economics at Bryn Mawr College.[10]

Career

Botín worked at JP Morgan in the US from 1981 to 1988.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

In 2013, Botín was appointed a director of the Coca-Cola Company.[14]

In September 2014, Botín was appointed chair of the Santander Group.[15] She is the fourth generation of the Botín family to hold this role.[16] Since taking charge she has brought in more international board members, embraced technology and strengthened the US and Latin America management teams.[17]

Other activities

In 2015, Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom named Botín to become a member of his business advisory board.[18] In 2020, the International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva appointed her to an external advisory group to provide input on policy challenges.[19] In early 2021, she was appointed by the G20 to the High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) on financing the global commons for pandemic preparedness and response, co-chaired by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Lawrence Summers.[20]

Other positions include:

• Mayor's Fund for London, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2012)[21]
• Bilderberg Group, Member of the Steering Committee[22]
• Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies, Member of the Board of Trustees[23]
• Fundación Albéniz, Member of the Board of Trustees[24]
• Fundación Conocimiento y Desarrollo (Fundación CYD), Founder and President[25]
• Fundación Mujeres por África, Member of the Board of Trustees[26]
• Institute of International Finance (IFF), Chair-Elect[27]
• National Museum and Research Center of Altamira, Member of the Board of Trustees[28]

Recognition

First listed in 2005,[29] Botín was ranked as the eighth most powerful woman in the world by Forbes in 2018, 2019, and 2020.[30]

• 2015 – Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the British financial sector[31]
• 2015 – FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism[32][33]

Personal life

In 1983, Botín married fellow banker Guillermo Morenés y Mariátegui, son of the 9th Marquess of Borghetto, a wealthy landowner.[34] 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.[35] In 2010, Morenés y Mariátegui bought a six-bedroom home in Belgravia, London.[36] They also own a house in the Swiss ski resort of Gstaad.[34]

See also

• List of female top executives

References

1. "Santander appoints Ana Botin as chairwoman". BBC News.
2. "Ms Ana Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y O'Shea". santander.com.
3. "BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour - The Power List 2013". BBC.
4. "World's Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
5. "The World's Most Powerful Women 2023". Forbes.
6. "Most Powerful Women". Fortune.
7. "The CNBC Next List: Ana Botín". CNBC. 6 October 2014.
8. "Ana Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y O'Shea". Santander. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
9. Agnew, Harriet; Jenkins, Patrick (16 January 2015). "London: Sexism and the City". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
10. 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.
11. "Ana Botín: the most powerful woman in finance". worldfinance.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
12. John Tagliabue (1 January 1997), Spain's Santander Hopes to Become No. 1 in Latin America The New York Times.
13. "Ana Patricia Botin to Head Santander UK". The New York Times. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
14. "Coca-Cola board elects Ana Botin as a director". Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
15. "Ana Botín, unanimously appointed to chair the board of Banco Santander".
16. "Emilio Botín - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
17. Patrick Jenkins (9 June 2017), Santander’s Ana Botín has no trouble playing hardball Financial Times.
18. Elizabeth Rigby and Sarah Gordon (27 July 2015), David Cameron replaces his entire business advisory board Financial Times.
19. Andrea Shalal and David Lawder (10 April 2020), IMF's Georgieva creates external advisory panel on pandemic Reuters.
20. Ministry of Economy and FinanceThe G20 establishes a High Level Independent Panel on financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Ministry of Economy and Finance, press release of 27 January 2021.
21. Ana Botín joins Board of Trustees^[permanent dead link‍] Mayor's Fund for London, press release of 5 November 2012.
22. Steering Committee Archived 21 May 2014 at archive.today Bilderberg Group.
23. Board of Trustees Archived 15 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies.
24. Board of Trustees Fundación Albéniz.
25. About us Fundación Conocimiento y Desarrollo (Fundación CYD).
26. Board of Trustees Fundación Mujeres por África.
27. Board Institute of International Finance (IIF).
28. Board of Trustees National Museum and Research Center of Altamira.
29. "#99 Ana Patricia Botín". forbes.com. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
30. "The World's Most Powerful Women 2019". Forbes. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
31. Trotman, Andrew (8 December 2015). "Santander boss Ana Botin awarded honorary damehood". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
32. Manley, Simon (17 December 2015). "Ana Botín, of @bancosantander receives the FIRST award for Responsible Capitalism 2015 from @sajidjavid in Londonpic.twitter.com/Dku5DijzrR".
33. Dobbs, Harry (8 January 2016). "2015 Award". Responsible Capitalism.
34. Ruiz, Borja (13 September 2014). "Guillermo Morenés, el consorte de la nueva primera dama de la banca". El Mundo. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
35. Patrick Jenkins (12 September 2014) A worldly scion of Spanish finance picks up the torch Financial Times.
36. Penty, Charles (8 March 2011). "Banking Queen Botin Plans U.K. IPO in Santander Succession Test". Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

External links

• Profile of Ana Patricia Botin - Santander.com (in Spanish)
• Ana Patricia Botín - Twitter