Antonio Simões

Antonio Simões was appointed Non-Executive Director on 30 April 2021.

Antonio Simões is currently CEO of Spain and Head of Europe. He joined the Banco Santander group in September 2020 as regional head of Europe with managerial responsibility and oversight of the bank’s businesses in Europe with reporting lines from the country heads of Spain, UK, Portugal and Poland. He joined Banco Santander group from HSBC where for 13 years, he led a number of businesses, both in London and Hong Kong. Most recently he was CEO, Global Private Banking and before that Antonio was CEO for the UK and continental Europe. Before joining HSBC, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company in their London office and also at Goldman Sachs.

Antonio Simões is a Trustee for the Prince’s Trust International.