Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri

Chairman

José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, born in Bilbao in 1954. He has been the executive Chairman of CaixaBank since 2021.

He has a degree in Economics and Business Studies from the Commercial University of Deusto (Bilbao). Graduate in Finances and Strategic Planning from the University of Leeds (United Kingdom).

He is also currently the Deputy Chairman of the Spanish Confederation of Savings Banks (CECA). 

Furthermore, he is a Trustee of CEDE, Pro-Spanish Royal Academy Foundation, honorable Trustee of the US-Spain Council Foundation, Chairman of Deusto Business School, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Benjamin Franklin American Institute of Research, and Chairman of the Garum Foundation. He is also Chairman of the CaixaBank Dualiza Foundation. 

Before taking on the Chairmanship of CaixaBank and since 9 May 2012, he was the executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bankia, Chairman of its Technology and Innovation Committee, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of BFA, Tenedora de Acciones, S.A.U. He began his career in the Bank of Bilbao in 1977, where he was Managing Director of the BBV and member of the Management Board of the company, with responsibilities in Commercial Banking in Spain and operations in Latin America. He was responsible for Retail Banking at BBVA and Chief Executive Officer of the company until 2009. During this period, he was also a Director of BBVA-Bancomer (Mexico), Citic Bank (China) and CIFH (Hong Kong). He served as Deputy Chairman at Telefónica and Repsol and Spanish Chairman of the Spain-USA Foundation. 

Last updated: December 2021

Tomás Muniesa

Deputy Chairman

Tomás Muniesa born in Barcelona in 1952; He has been Deputy Chairman of CaixaBank since April 2018.

Mr. Tomás Muniesa Arantegui holds a Degree in Business Studies and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the ESADE Business School.

He joined ‘la Caixa’ in 1976 and was appointed Deputy General Manager in 1992 and General Manager of Insurance and Asset Management of CaixaBank from 2011 until November 2018. Besides, he has been executive Deputy Chairman and CEO of VidaCaixa, from 1997 to November 2018.

Mr. Muniesa is currently Deputy Chairman of CaixaBank, VidaCaixa and SegurCaixa Adeslas. He is also member of the ESADE Foundation Board of Trustees and a board member of Allianz Portugal.

Previously, he served as the Chairman of MEFF (Sociedad Rectora de Productos Derivados) and Deputy Chairman of BME (Bolsas y Mercados Españoles), Second Deputy Chairman of UNESPA, Director and Chairman of the Audit Commission of the Insurance Compensation Consortium, Board Member of Vithas Sanidad SL and Substitute Board Member of Grupo Financiero Inbursa in Mexico.

Last updated: December 2021

Gonzalo Gortázar

CEO

Gonzalo Gortázar, born in Madrid in 1965, has been CEO of CaixaBank since June 2014.

Mr Gortázar holds a dual degree in Law and Business from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) and an MBA with distinction from the INSEAD Business School.

He is also currently board member of Banco BPI.

Mr Gortázar served as CaixaBank's Chief Financial Officer prior to being appointed CEO in June 2014. Before that, he was CEO of Criteria CaixaCorp between 2009 and June 2011. From 1993 to 2009, he worked at Morgan Stanley in London and Madrid, holding several posts in the investment banking division and leading the European Financial Institutions Group until he joined Criteria in mid-2009. Previously, he held various corporate and investment banking positions at Bank of America.

He has been Chairman of VidaCaixa, First Vice-Chairman at Repsol and a board member of Grupo Financiero Inbursa, Erste Bank, SegurCaixa Adeslas, Abertis, Port Aventura and Saba.

Last updated: December 2021

John S. Reed

Lead Independent Director

John Reed born in Chicago in 1939, has been member of the Board of Directors of CaixaBank since 2011 and the Lead Director from 2020.

He was raised in Argentina and Brazil. He came to go to college in the United States and graduated from Washington and Jefferson College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961 under a joint degree program earning a BA and a BS degree. He served as a Lieutenant in the Corp of Engineers, US Army from 1962-64 and then returned to MIT for his MS. Mr. Reed spent thirty five years with Citibank/Citicorp and Citigroup, the last sixteen years as Chairman. He retired in April of 2000.

Mr. Reed returned to work as Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange from September 2003 until April 2005. Served as Chairman of the Corporation of MIT -2010 – 2014.

He was appointed Chairman of the Board of American Cash Exchange in February 2016.

Mr. Reed is President of the Boston Athenaeum and Trustee of NBER. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Philosophical Society.

Last updated: December 2021

Joaquín Ayuso

Director

Joaquín Ayuso, born in Madrid in 1955. He has been a member of the CaixaBank Board of Directors since 2021. 

He has a degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. 

He is currently the Chairman of Adriano Care Socimi, S.A., a member of the Advisory Board of the Benjamin Franklin Institute of the University of Alcalá de Henares and of the Advisory Board of Kearney. He is also Chairman of the management board of the Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo. 

He was previously on the Board of Directors of Bankia, where he held the roles of Independent Director and Coordinator, a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Remuneration Committee, Chairman and member of the Appointments and Responsible Management Committee, and Chairman and member of the Bankia Risk Advisory Committee. 

He pursued a career at Ferrovial, S.A., where he served as Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman of its Board of Directors. He was also a Director of the National Express Group, PLC. and Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios, and has served as Chairman of Autopista del Sol Concesionaria Española. 

He was awarded the Medal of Honour by the Spanish Association of Civil Engineers in 2006. 

Last updated: December 2021

Francisco Javier Campo

Director

Francisco Javier Campo was born in Madrid in 1955. He has been a member of the CaixaBank Board of Directors since 2021. 

He has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. 

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Meliá Hotels International, S.A., Chairman of its Audit and Compliance Committee, and a member of its Appointments, Remuneration and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. He is Vicechairman of the Spanish Commercial Coding Association (AECOC), a member of the Advisory Board (senior advisor) of AT Kearney, a member of the Palacios Food Group and a member IPA Capital, S.L. (Pastas Gallo). 

He is a Director of the Spanish Association for the Advancement of Leadership (APD) and a Trustee of the CaixaBank Dualiza Foundation, the F. Campo Foundation and the Iter Foundation. 

He was previously on the Board of Directors of Bankia, was Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Risk Advisory Committee, and a member of the Appointments and Responsible Management Committee, the Technology and Innovation Committee and the Delegated Risk Committee. 

He started his career in Arthur Andersen, was the global Chairman of the Dia Group and a member of the Global Executive Committee of the Carrefour Group, and Chairman of the Zena Group and the Cortefiel Group. 

He was awarded the National Order of Merit of the French Republic in 2007. 

Last updated: December 2021

Eva Castillo

Director

Eva Castillo was born in Madrid in 1962. She has been a member of the CaixaBank Board of Directors since 2021. 

She has a degree in Law and Business Studies from the Comillas Pontifical University (E-3) of Madrid.

She is currently an independent Director of Zardoya Otis, S.A., Chair of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee. Furthermore, she is an independent Director of International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. (IAG) and a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Comillas-ICAI Foundation and the Board of Trustees of the Entreculturas Foundation. Recently, she has become a member of the Council for the Economy of the Holy See and a member of the A.I.E Advantere School of Management.

Formerly, she was a member of the board of Directors of Bankia, S.A., having previously served as Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Appointments and Responsible Management Committee and the Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Technology and Innovation Committee, the Risk Delegate Committee, and the Risk Advisory Committee. 

She was also a Director of Telefónica, S.A., Chair of the Supervisory Board of Telefónica Deutschland, AG, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Telefónica Foundation. Previously, she was an independent Director of Visa Europe Limited and a Director of Old Mutual PLC. Furthermore, she was the Chair and CEO of Telefónica Europe and held various positions at Merrill Lynch, where she became the Chair of its Spanish subsidiary Merrill Lynch Capital Markets España, Chair and CEO of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management for EMEA, and a member of the Executive Committee of Merrill Lynch International for EMEA.

Last updated: December 2021

Fernando María Ulrich

Director

Fernando Maria Ulrich, born in Lisbon in 1952. He has been a member of the CaixaBank Board of Directors since 2021. 

Degree in Business and Economics from the Higher Institute of Economics and Management at the University of Lisbon. 

Currently, and since 2017, he is a non-executive Chairman of Banco BPI, S.A., a subsidiary of the CaixaBank Group, having previously held various senior positions in Banco BPI and the group, working as the managing Director of the company from 2004 to 2017. 

He was also a non-executive Chairman of BFA (Angola) (2005-2017); member of the Board of Directors of APB (Portuguese Banking Association) (2004-2019); Chairman of the General and Supervisory Board of the University of Algarve, Faro (Portugal) (2009-2013); non-executive Director of SEMAPA, (2006-2008); non-executive Director of Portugal Telecom (1998-2005); non-executive Director of Allianz Portugal (1999-2004); non-executive Director of PT Multimedia (2002-2004); member of the Advisory Board of CIP (Portuguese industrial confederation) (2002-2004); non-executive Director of IMPRESA and SIC, a Portuguese media conglomerate (2000-2003); Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of BPI SGPS, S.A. (1995-1999); Deputy Chairman of Banco de Fomento & Exterior, S.A. and Banco Borges & Irmão (1996-1998); member of the Advisory Board for the Treasury Reform (1990/1992); member of the National Board of the Portuguese Securities Market Committee (1992-1995); executive Director of the Banco Fonsecas & Burnay (1991-1996); Deputy Chairman of the Banco Portugués de Investimento (1989-2007); executive Director of Banco Português de Investimento (1985-1989); assistant manager of Sociedade Portuguesa de Investimentos (SPI) (1983-1985); chief of cabinet of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Portugal (1981-1983); member of the Secretariat for Economic Cooperation of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1979-1980), and member of the Portuguese delegation to the OECD (1975-1979). Responsible for the financial markets section of the newspaper Expresso (1973-1974) 

Last updated: December 2021

María Verónica Fisas

Director

Born in Barcelona in 1964, Verónica Fisas has served on the Board of Directors of CaixaBank since February 2016.

She holds a degree in Law and a Master in Business Administration. She joined Natura Bissé very early in her career, thus acquiring extensive knowledge of the company and of all its departments.

She has been the CEO of the Board of Directors of Natura Bissé and the General Director of the Natura Bissé Group since 2007. Since 2008, she has also been a trustee of Ricardo Fisas Natura Bissé Foundation.

In 2001, as the CEO of the United States subsidiary of Natura Bissé, she was responsible for the expansion and consolidation of the business, and obtained outstanding results in product distribution and brand positioning.

In 2009 she joined the Board of Directors of Stanpa, Asociación Nacional de Perfumería y Cosmética, becoming Chair of Stanpa in 2019 and, in turn, Chair of Fundación Stanpa.

She received the Work-Life Balance Award at the 2nd Edition of the National Awards for Women in Management in 2009, and the IWEC Award (International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge) for her professional career, in 2014.

In November 2017, Emprendedores magazine named Verónica Fisas as 'Executive of the Year'.

Last updated: December 2021

Cristina Garmendia

Director

Cristina Garmendia Mendizábal was born in San Sebastian in 1962. She has been a member of the CaixaBank Board of Directors since June 2019.

She has a degree in Biological Sciences, specialising in Genetics, an MBA from the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra and a PhD in Molecular Biology from the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Centre of the Autonomous University of Madrid.

She is currently a Director of Compañía de Distribución Integral Logista Holdings, S.A., Mediaset and Ysios Capital.

In the past, she has been Executive Deputy Chair and Financial Director of the Amasua Group, President of the Association of Biotechnology Companies (ASEBIO) and member of the Governing Board of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE). She has also been a member of the governing bodies of, among other companies, Science & Innovation Link Office, S.L., Naturgy Energy Group, S.A. (formerly Gas Natural, S.A.), Corporación Financiera Alba, Pelayo Mutua de Seguros, President of the Hispano-American company Satlantis Microsats and President of Genetrix S.L.

She has been Minister of Science and Innovation in the Spanish Government during the entire IX Legislature from April 2008 to December 2011.

She is President of the COTEC Foundation, a member of the España Constitucional, SEPI and member of the Advisory Council of the Women for Africa Foundation.

Last updated: December 2021

María Amparo Moraleda

Director

María Amparo Moraleda (Madrid 1964) has been a member of the Board of Directors of CaixaBank since 2014.

She graduated in Industrial Engineering from the ICAI and holds an MBA from the IESE Business School.

She is an Independent Director at several companies: Airbus Group, S.E. (since 2015), Vodafone Group (since 2017) and A.P. Møller-Mærsk A / S A.P. (since 2021).

She is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Spanish High Council for Scientific Research (since 2011), member of the Advisory Boards of SAP Ibérica (since 2013) and of Spencer Stuart (since 2017).

Between 2012 and 2017 she was a member of the Board of Directors of Faurecia, S.A. and member of the Advisory Board of KPMG Spain (since 2012), and between 2013 and 2021 she was a member of the Board of Directors of Solvay, S.A.

Between January 2009 and February 2012 she was Chief Operating Officer of Iberdrola SA's International Division with responsibility for the United Kingdom and the United States. She also headed Iberdrola Engineering and Construction from January 2009 to January 2011.

She was General Manager of IBM Spain and Portugal between July 2001 and January 2009, with the area for which she was responsible extended to encompass Greece, Israel and Turkey from July 2005 to January 2009. Between June 1999 and 2001 she was assistant executive to the President of IBM Corporation. From 1998 to 2000 Ms. Moraleda was General Manager of INSA (a subsidiary of IBM Global Services). From 1995 to 1997 she was HR Director for EMEA at IBM Global Services and from 1988 to 1995 held various professional and management positions at IBM España.

She is also a member of various boards and trusts of different institutions and bodies including the Academy of Social Sciences and the Environment of Andalusia, the Board of Trustees of the MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Madrid, the Vodafone Foundation and the Airbus Foundation.

In December 2015 she was named a full academic member of the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Science.

In 2005 she was inducted into the Women in Technology International (WITI) organisation's Hall of Fame, established to recognise, honour, and promote the outstanding contributions women make to the scientific and technological communities that improve and evolve society, while her numerous distinctions include: the Values Leadership Award (FIGEVA Foundation – 2008), the Javier Benjumea Award (Engineering Association of the ICAI – 2003) and the Award for Excellence (Spanish Federation of Female Directors, Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs – Fedepe – 2002).

Last updated: December 2021

Eduardo Javier Sanchiz

Director

Eduardo Javier Sanchiz Irazu was born in Vitoria in 1956. He has been a member of the CaixaBank Board of Directors since 2017.

He holds a degree in economics from the University of Deusto, San Sebastián campus, and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Instituto Empresa in Madrid.

He was CEO of Almirall from July 2011 until 30 September 2017. During this period, the company underwent a significant strategic transformation with the aim of becoming a global leader in skin treatment.

Previously, after joining Almirall in May 2004, he was Executive Director of Corporate Development and Finance and Chief Financial Officer. In both positions, Eduardo led the company's international expansion through a number of alliances with other companies, and through licensing of external products, in addition to five acquisitions of companies and product portfolios. He also coordinated the IPO process in 2007.

He has been a member of the Almirall Board of Directors since January 2005 and a member of the Dermatology Committee since its creation in 2015.

Prior to joining Almirall, he worked for 22 years (17 outside Spain) at Eli Lilly & Co, an American pharmaceutical company, in finance, marketing, sales and general management positions. He was able to live in six different countries and some of his significant positions include General Manager in Belgium, General Manager in Mexico and, in his last position in the company, Executive Officer for the business area that encompasses countries in the centre, north, east and south of Europe.

He was a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico and of the Association of Pharmaceutical Industries in a number of countries in Europe and Latin America.

He is a member of the Strategic Committee of the French Laboratory Pierre Fabre and since May 2019 a member of the Board of Directors of this company.

Last updated: December 2021

Teresa Santero

Director

Teresa Santero was born in Camporrells (Huesca) in 1959. She has been a member of the CaixaBank Board of Directors since 2021.

She has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Zaragoza and a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago (USA).

Since 2012, she has also been a professor at the IE Business School in Madrid.Previously, she held management positions in the Central Administration (General Secretary for Industry in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism from 2008 to 2011), and in Provincial Administration, in the Government of the Autonomous Community of Aragon (Director of Economic Policy in the Department of Economy and the Treasury, from 2003 to 2007, and General Secretary for the Department of Social Services from 2007 to 2008). She previously worked for 10 years as an economist at the Economics Department of the OECD in Paris. She has been a visiting lecturer at the Economics Department of the Complutense University in Madrid and associate professor and research aide at the University of Illinois at Chicago (USA). 

She has been on various Boards of Directors, was an independent member of the General Board of the Spanish Official Credit Institute, ICO (2018-2020), a director of the Spanish Industrial Holding Company, SEPI (2008-2011) and Navantia (2010-2011), a member of the Executive Committee and Board of the Consortium of the Zona Franca of Barcelona (2008-2011), and a director of the Technological Institute of Aragon (2004-2007). She has also been a Trust member of various foundations: the Zaragoza Logistics Center, ZLC Foundation (2005-2007), the Foundation for the Development of Hydrogen Technologies (2005-2007), and the Observatory of Prospective Industrial Technology Foresight Foundation (2008-2011). 

Last updated: December 2021

José Serna

Director

José Serna Masiá was born in Albacete in 1942, and has been a member of the CaixaBank Board of Directors since July 2016.

He graduated in Law at Madrid’s Universidad Complutense in 1964, and began his professional career in the legal department at Butano, S.A. (1969/70).

In 1971 he joined the State Lawyer Corps, and worked in the Corps in Salamanca and at the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Finance. He then joined the State’s contentious services division at what was then known as the Madrid Territorial Court (now the High Court of Justice) until he applied for leave in 1983.

Between 1983 and 1987 he worked as Legal Advisor at the Madrid Stock Exchange. In 1987 he was admitted as a Forex and Stock Market Broker at the Barcelona Stock Exchange, and was elected Secretary of its Union Board. He was involved in the 1988 stock market reform as Chairman of the Promoter of the new Barcelona Stock Exchange, and also as a member of the Consultative Committee of the newly created National Securities Market Commission.

In 1989 he was elected Chairman of the Barcelona Stock Exchange, a post he held for two consecutive terms until 1993. From 1991 to 1992 he was Chairman of the Spanish Stock Market Body representing Spain’s four Stock Exchanges, and Vice-Chairman of the Spanish Financial Futures Market in Barcelona. He was also Vice-Chairman of the “Barcelona Centro Financiero” Foundation and of Sociedad de Valores y Bolsa Interdealers, S.A.

In 1994 he started work as Forex and Stock Market Broker at the Official Traders College in Barcelona.

He sat on the ENDESA Board between 2000 and 2007, and was also a member of its Control and Audit Committee, and in fact chaired the Committee between 2006 and 2007. He also worked as advisor to ENDESA Diversificación and ENDESA Europa.

He was a Barcelona Notary Public from 2000 to 2013.

Last updated: December 2021

Koro Usarraga

Director

Koro Usarraga Unsain (San Sebastián, 1957) has been a member of CaixaBank's Board of Directors since 2016.

She has a degree in Business Administration and a Master in Business Management from ESADE, took the PADE (Senior Management Programme) at IESE and is a qualified chartered accountant.

She was an independent Director of NH Hotel Group from 2015 to October 2017.

She worked at Arthur Andersen for 20 years and in 1993 was appointed partner of the audit division.

In 2001 she assumed responsibility for the General Corporate Management of Occidental Hotels & Resorts, a group with significant international presence and specialising in the holiday sector. She was responsible for the finance, administration and management control departments, as well as IT and human resources.

She was General Manager of Renta Corporación, a real estate group specialising in the purchase, refurbishment and sale of properties.

She has been a Director of Vocento, S.A. since 2019, and she is a shareholder and Administrator of 2005 KP Inversiones, S.L., which is engaged in investing in companies and management consultancy. She is also an Administrator of Vehicle Testing Equipment, S.L.

Last updated: December 2021

Óscar Calderón

General Secretary and Secretary to the Board of Directors

Óscar Calderón, born in Barcelona in 1971, he has been General Secretary since 2014 and Secretary to the Board of Directors of CaixaBank since 2017.

Graduate in Law from the University of Barcelona (1994). State Lawyer (1998).

He has also been a State Lawyer in Catalonia (1999-2003). Lawyer to the General Secretary's Office of ”la Caixa” Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona (2004) and Deputy Secretary to the Board of Directors of Inmobiliaria Colonial, S.A. (2005-2006), in addition to Secretary of the Board of Banco de Valencia (from March to July 2013) and Deputy Secretary of the Board of Directors of ”la Caixa” Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona until June 2014. He was also a Trustee and Deputy Secretary of the ”la Caixa” Foundation until its dissolution in 2014, as well as Secretary to the Board of Trustees of the “la Caixa” Banking Foundation until October 2017.

Óscar Calderón de Oya is a Trustee and Secretary to the Board of Trustees of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona (MACBA) Foundation. He is also Secretary of Fundación de la Economía Aplicada (FEDEA).

Last updated: December 2021

Óscar Figueres

First Deputy Secretary to the Board of Directors

Born in Tortosa in 1981, he has been First Deputy Secretary to CaixaBank's Board of Directors since October 2017.

Holds a degree in Law from the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (2003) and State Lawyer (2008).

He is currently Secretary of the Board of Directors of VidaCaixa.

He worked as a State Lawyer in Barcelona and Tarragona, responsible for the coordination, representation and defence of the State in civil, appeal, social and criminal cases. Coordinator of Legal Assistance Agreements with Corporación RTVE, the Barcelona Free Trade Association and the Tarragona Port Authority. Member of Board and Executive Committee of the Barcelona Free Trade Association. Member and Legal Counsel of the Board of Directors of the Tarragona Port Authority and Member of the Tarragona Provincial Compulsory Purchase Tribunal.

He previously worked at EY Abogados law firm.

Last updated: December 2021