José R. González

José R. González was appointed President and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York on April 2, 2014. Mr. González joined the FHLBNY on October 15, 2013, as Executive Vice President. Mr. González served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY from 2008 through 2013, and as an elected industry director since 2004. Prior to joining the FHLBNY, he served as Senior Executive Vice President, Banking & Corporate Development for OFG Bancorp (formerly Oriental Financial Group, Inc.). Mr. González is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions since July 2014.

Mr. González was a member of the Board of Directors of Santander BanCorp (“Santander”), a bank holding company, from 2000 to 2010. From 2002 to 2008, he was Vice Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of Santander. After joining Santander in 1996 as President and CEO of its securities broker-dealer, Mr. González was named Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the holding company in 2001.

Mr. González began his career in banking in the early 1980s as Vice President, Investment Banking, for Credit Suisse First Boston (“CSFB”) and, from 1989 through 1995, served as President and CEO of CSFB’s Puerto Rico operations. He served as President and CEO of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, a government instrumentality that acts as the Commonwealth’s fiscal agent, from 1986 to 1989.