Your privacy matters to us

CaixaBank uses our own and third-party cookies to analyse your browsing habits in order to create data, personalise your browsing experience (e.g. language) and advertising, including showing you advertisements which are tailored to the profile created based on your browsing habits. Click for more information or to to set up or reject their use. Or, you can accept all cookies by clicking on "Accept and continue browsing".

Accept and continue browsing

  • Acceso al perfil de CaixaBank en Twitter. Abre en ventana nueva.
  • Acceso al perfil de CaixaBank en Facebook. Abre en ventana nueva.
  • Acceso al perfil de CaixaBank en Instagram. Abre en ventana nueva.
  • Acceso al perfil de CaixaBank en Linkedin. Abre en ventana nueva.
  • Acceso al perfil de CaixaBank en Youtube. Abre en ventana nueva.
  • CAS
  • CAT
  • ENG
Commercial information
  • About us
  • Sustainability
  • Shareholders and investors
  • People
  • News
About us

About us

  • Key information
  • Get to know us

    Get to know us

    • Our brand purpose
    • Mission, vision, values
    • Our brand
    • Strategic lines
  • Our business

    Our business

    • Business model
    • Key figures
  • CaixaBank Group
  • Publications
  • Acknowledgements
  • Innovation
  • Our sponsorships

    Our sponsorships

    • The values we believe in
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Adaptive sports
    • Running
    • Innovation and economic and social development
    • Music

We uphold our commitment to society, with a unique banking model, and with the goal of offering the best customer service

More information
Sustainability

Sustainability

  • Key information
  • Sustainable banking

    Sustainable banking

    • Our model
    • Governance
    • Materiality and dialogue
    • Associations, commitments and partnerships
    • ESG analysts and ratings
  • Culture of responsibility

    Culture of responsibility

    • Responsible management
    • Ethics and integrity policies
    • Public Policy
    • Cybersecurity
    • Procurement and suppliers
  • Sustainable transition

    Sustainable transition

    • Environment and climate strategy
    • Sustainable business
    • ESG risk management
    • Environmental management
  • Social impact and financial inclusion

    Social impact and financial inclusion

    • MicroBank
    • Proximity banking
    • Financial culture
    • Employment and entrepreneurship
    • Social action

We take on the responsibility of driving a positive economy aimed at the well-being of people, demonstrating the social value of banking.

Go to section
Shareholders and investors

Shareholders and investors

  • Key information
  • CaixaBank’s Share

    CaixaBank’s Share

    • Quoted price
    • The Share and Share capital
    • Capital distribution
    • Significant shareholdings and treasury stock
    • Dividends
    • Analysts
  • General information

    General information

    • Inside information
    • Other relevant information
    • Significant events (Until Feb, 8 2020)
    • Shareholders’ agreements
    • Public offerings and admission to trading
    • Takeover bids
    • Mergers
    • EMIR
    • Communication channels
  • Economic-financial information

    Economic-financial information

    • Quarterly financial information
    • Annual and half year financial statements
    • Other financial information
    • Average payment period to suppliers
    • Ratings
    • Presentations
  • Fixed Income Investors
  • Corporate governance and remuneration policy

    Corporate governance and remuneration policy

    • Board of Directors
    • Committees of Directors
    • Management Committee
    • Risk management
    • Annual General Meeting
    • Annual Corporate Governance Report
    • Remuneration of Directors
    • By-laws
    • Regulation of the Annual General Meeting
    • Regulation of the Board of Directors
    • Corporate Internal Code of Conduct
    • Corporate policies and other corporate documents
  • Investor's agenda
  • Shareholders’ area

    Shareholders’ area

    • See section
    • What does it mean to be a shareholder?
    • Shareholder information service
    • Corporate events
    • Shareholder Advisory Committee

Access all CaixaBank's financial information, share prices and corporate governance. Discover the latest news and initiatives in the Shareholder Area.

Go to section
People

People

  • Key information
  • People first

    People first

    • Corporate culture
    • Value proposition
    • Professional development and training
    • Internal communication
    • Compensation and social benefits
    • Occupational health and well-being
    • Human Resources Report
  • Diversity and Equal Opportunities

    Diversity and Equal Opportunities

    • Diversity manifesto
    • Wengage programme
    • Memberships and certifications
    • Equality Plan and other policies
  • Employment

Wengage is our diversity programme, where we foster and make visible equal opportunities and gender, functional and generational diversity.

Find out more
News

News

  • CaixaBank Research
  • Communication room
  • CAS
  • CAT
  • ENG
Commercial information

Caixabank (Go to Home)

Cerrar

 

Prebuscador

  • ...Searching!

    Soon we will show results

  • Follow your search

    More results

  • Shareholders and investors
  • Corporate governance and remuneration policy
  • Committees of Directors
Print page

Corporate governance and remuneration policy

  • Board of Directors
  • Committees of Directors
  • Management Committee
  • Risk management
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Annual Corporate Governance Report
  • Remuneration of Directors
  • By-laws
  • Regulation of the Annual General Meeting
  • Regulation of the Board of Directors
  • Corporate Internal Code of Conduct
  • Corporate policies and other corporate documents

Committees of Directors

Name and surname Post Nature Date of first appointment
José Ignacio Goirigolzarri

José 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 2022

Chairman Executive

30-03-2021

Tomás Muniesa

Tomás Muniesa

Vocal

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 2022

Vocal Proprietary

01-01-2018 (2)

Gonzalo Gortázar

Gonzalo Gortázar

Vocal

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 2022

Vocal Executive

30-06-2014 (1)

Eva Castillo

Eva Castillo

Vocal

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 International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. (IAG), and a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and of 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 and Fe y Alegría Foundations, 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 has been an Independent Director of Zardoya Otis, S.A., the Chair of its Audit Committee and a member of the Appointments and Remuneration 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.

She has been the Chair and CEO of Telefónica Europe.

She was President and CEO of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets España, President and CEO of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management EMEA and a member of the EMEA Executive Committee of Merrill Lynch International.

Last updated: December 2022

Vocal Independent

30-03-2021

María Verónica Fisas

María Verónica Fisas

Vocal

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 the Board of Directors 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 2022

Vocal Independent

27-07-2017 (4)

María Amparo Moraleda

María Amparo Moraleda

Vocal

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 Advisory Board of the following companies: SAP Ibérica (since 2013), Spencer Stuart (since 2017), Kearney (since 2022) and ISS España. She was on the Board of Spain's High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) (from 2011 to 2022). 

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 España (since 2012), and between 2013 and 2021, she was on 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 Executive Chairman of IBM Spain and Portugal between July 2001 and January 2009, responsible for Greece, Israel and Turkey from July 2005 to January 2009. Between June 2000 and 2001, she was assistant executive to the President of IBM Corporation. From 1998 to 2000, she was General Manager at INSA (a subsidiary of IBM Global Services). From 1995 to 1997, she was Head of HR for EMEA at IBM Global Services and from 1988 to 1995 she held various offices 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 International España, the Vodafone Foundation, the Airbus Foundation and the Curarte Foundation. 

In December 2015, she was named full academic member of Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras. 

In 2005, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame, which recognises the people in the world of business and technology who have made the greatest impact on the inclusion and contribution of women in technology development worldwide. She has also received numerous accolades, such as: the Values Leadership Award (FIGEVA Foundation – 2008), the Javier Benjumea Prize (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 2022

Vocal Independent

24-04-2014 (3)

Koro Usarraga

Koro Usarraga

Vocal

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 2022

Vocal Independent

22-05-2020 (5)

Óscar Calderón

Óscar Calderón

Non-director Secretary

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) and of the Board of Trustees of the CaixaBank Dualiza Foundation.

Last updated: December 2022

Non-director Secretary --

01-01-2017

Óscar Figueres

Óscar Figueres

First Deputy Secretary (non-director)

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 2022

First Deputy Secretary (non-director) --

23-10-2017


(1) Reelected on 23 April 2015 and 5 April 2019.
(2) Reelected on 6 April 2018 and 8 April 2022.
(3) Reelected on 5 April 2019.
(4) Reelected on 22 May 2020.
(5) Reelected on 14 May 2021.


The composition of the Executive Committee must include at least two non-executive Directors, one of them being an independent Director.


The Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Directors will also be the Chairman and Secretary of the Executive Committee.


The appointment of members of the Executive Committee and the permanent delegation of powers from the Board on the same will require the favourable vote of at least two thirds of the members of the Board of Directors.


The Executive Committee will meet as often as it is called by its Chairman or whoever replaces him/her in his/her absence, as occurs in the event of vacancy, leave, or incapacity, and will be validly assembled when the majority of its members attend the meeting, either personally or by representation.


The resolutions of the Committee will be adopted by the majority of the members attending the meeting in person or represented by proxy and will be validated and binding without the need for later ratification by the full Board of Directors, notwithstanding that spelled out in article 4.5 of the Regulations of the Board of Directors.


The Executive Committee will inform the Board of the main matters it addresses and the decisions it makes thereon at its meetings.


The Executive Committee has been delegated all of the responsibilities and powers available to it both legally and under the Company’s articles of association. For internal purposes, the Executive Committee is subject to the limitations set out in Article 4 of the Regulations of the Board of Directors.


For more information on the Executive Committee and its functions, see the section Regulations of the Board of Directors. 

Name and surname Post Nature Date of first appointment
John S. Reed

John S. Reed

Chairman

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 a Fellow 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 2022

Chairman Independent

01-02-2018 (1)

Francisco Javier Campo

Francisco Javier Campo

Vocal

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, senior advisor of the Palacios Food Group and senior advisor of 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 2022

Vocal Independent

30-03-2021

Fernando María Ulrich

Fernando María Ulrich

Vocal

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) 

Última actualización: December 2022

Vocal Other external

30-03-2021

María Amparo Moraleda

María Amparo Moraleda

Vocal

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 Advisory Board of the following companies: SAP Ibérica (since 2013), Spencer Stuart (since 2017), Kearney (since 2022) and ISS España. She was on the Board of Spain's High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) (from 2011 to 2022). 

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 España (since 2012), and between 2013 and 2021, she was on 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 Executive Chairman of IBM Spain and Portugal between July 2001 and January 2009, responsible for Greece, Israel and Turkey from July 2005 to January 2009. Between June 2000 and 2001, she was assistant executive to the President of IBM Corporation. From 1998 to 2000, she was General Manager at INSA (a subsidiary of IBM Global Services). From 1995 to 1997, she was Head of HR for EMEA at IBM Global Services and from 1988 to 1995 she held various offices 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 International España, the Vodafone Foundation, the Airbus Foundation and the Curarte Foundation. 

In December 2015, she was named full academic member of Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras. 

In 2005, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame, which recognises the people in the world of business and technology who have made the greatest impact on the inclusion and contribution of women in technology development worldwide. She has also received numerous accolades, such as: the Values Leadership Award (FIGEVA Foundation – 2008), the Javier Benjumea Prize (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 2022

Vocal Independent

17-02-2022

Eduardo Javier Sanchiz

Eduardo Javier Sanchiz

Vocal

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 Board of Directors of the French pharmaceutical company Pierre Fabre, S.A. and member of its Strategy Committee, as well as its Audit Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the venture capital company Sabadell Asabys Health Innovation Investments 2B S.C.R., S.A.

Last updated: December 2022

Vocal Independent

22-05-2020 (2)

Óscar Calderón

Óscar Calderón

Non-director Secretary

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) and of the Board of Trustees of the CaixaBank Dualiza Foundation.

Last updated: December 2022

Non-director Secretary --

01-01-2017

Óscar Figueres

Óscar Figueres

First Deputy Secretary (non-director)

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 2022

First Deputy Secretary (non-director) --

23-10-2017


(1) Appointed Chairman on 1st February 2018.
(2) Reelected member of the Board of Director on 8 April 2022.


The Appointments and Sustainability Commitee will comprise a number of non-executive directors determined by the Board of Directors, subject to a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) members. A majority of its members must be independent. The committee’s Chairman will be appointed from among the independent directors sitting on the committee.


The committee shall meet as often as needed to ensure the full and timely performance of its duties and meetings will be called by its Chairman, either on their own initiative or when requested by two (2) committee members. The Chairman must call a meeting whenever the Board or its Chairman requests that a report be issued or a resolution carried.


Its duties include the following:

  • Evaluating and proposing to the Board of Directors the assessment of skills, knowledge and experience required of Board members and key personnel at the Bank.
  • Submitting to the Board of Directors suggested candidates for the position of independent directors to be appointed by co-option or for submission to the decision of the Annual General Meeting, as well as proposals relating to the reappointment or removal of such directors at the Annual General Meeting.
  • Reporting on the appointment and, as the case may be, dismissal of the Lead Director, the Secretary and the Deputy Secretaries for approval by the Board of Directors.
  • Report on proposals for appointment or removal of senior executives, being able to effect such proposals directly in the case of senior managers which due to their roles of either control or support of the Board or its Committees, it is considered by the Committee that it should take the initiative. Propose, if deemed appropriate, basic conditions in senior executives' contracts, outside the remuneration aspects and reporting on them when they have been established.
  • Examining and organising, in collaboration with the Chairman of the Board of Directors and with the support of the Lead Director, the succession of the Chairman and of the Bank’s chief executive and, as the case may be, sending proposals to the Board of Directors so as to ensure that the succession process is suitably planned and takes place in orderly fashion.
  • Report to the Board on gender diversity issues, and establish a representation target for the less represented sex on the Board of Directors as well as preparing guidelines for how this should be achieved, in any case endeavouring to ensure compliance with the diversity policy applied to the Board of Directors, which will be informed of in the Annual Corporate Governance Report. 
  • Periodically evaluating, at least once a year, the structure, size, composition and actions of the Board of Directors and of its committees, its Chairman, CEO and Secretary, while making recommendations regarding possible changes to these. Here, the committee shall act under the direction of the Lead Director when assessing the performance of the Chairman. The committee shall also evaluate the composition of the Management Committee as well as its replacement lists to ensure proper coverage as members come and go.
  • Periodically review the Board of Directors selection and appointment policy in relation to senior executives and make recommendations.
  • Supervise compliance with the policies and rules of the Company regarding environmental and social matters, evaluating and reviewing such policies and rules periodically so that they may fulfill their mission of promoting the corporate interest and take into account, as appropriate, the legitimate interests of other stakeholders, and to submit to the Board those proposals it deems appropriate in this matter., and submit the sustainability/corporate responsibility policy for its approval. The Committee will also supervise that the Company's environmental and social practices are in line with the strategy and policies established by the Board.
  • Notify, prior to their submission to the Board of Directors, the reports that the Company makes public in the area of sustainability, including the review of the non-financial information contained in its annual management report; the socioeconomic impact report and the socially responsible banking master plan, ensuring the integrity of its content and compliance with applicable legislation and international benchmarks.


For more information on the Appointments and Sustainability Committee and its duties, please see the section on Regulations of the Board of Directors.

Name and surname Post Nature Date of first appointment
Koro Usarraga

Koro Usarraga

Chairwoman

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 2022

Chairwoman Independent

27-10-2016 (1)(3)

Francisco Javier Campo

Francisco Javier Campo

Vocal

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, senior advisor of the Palacios Food Group and senior advisor of 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 2022

Vocal Independent

30-03-2021

Cristina Garmendia

Cristina Garmendia

Vocal

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 holds a degree in Biological Sciences, specializing in Genetics, and a PhD in Molecular Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid’s Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center. She holds an MBA from the University of Navarra’s IESE Business School.

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

She is the Chair of the COTEC Foundation, and as such she is a member of the Board of Trustees of the foundations Pelayo, España Constitucional, SEPI and a member of the Advisory Board of the Spanish Association Against Cancer, Fundación Mujeres por África, UNICEF, Comité Español, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of Integrated Service Solutions, S.L. and S2 Grupo de Innovación en Procesos Organizativos, S.L.U., among others.

She was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Amasua Group. She is a member of the governing bodies of, among others, Genetrix, S.L. (Executive Chair), Sygnis AG ( Chair of the Supervisory Board), Satlantis Microsats (Chair), Science & Innovation Link Office, S.L. (Director), and Independent Director of Naturgy Energy Group, S.A. (formerly Gas Natural, S.A.), Corporación Financiera Alba, and Pelayo Mutua de Seguros.

She was Minister of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government during the IX Legislature from April 2008 to December 2011 and President of the Association of Biotechnology Companies (ASEBIO) as well as member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE).

Last updated: December 2022

Vocal Independent

22-05-2020

Eduardo Javier Sanchiz

Eduardo Javier Sanchiz

Vocal

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 Board of Directors of the French pharmaceutical company Pierre Fabre, S.A. and member of its Strategy Committee, as well as its Audit Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the venture capital company Sabadell Asabys Health Innovation Investments 2B S.C.R., S.A.

Last updated: December 2022

Vocal Independent

01-02-2018 (2)

Teresa Santero

Teresa Santero

Vocal

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 2022

Vocal Propietary

30-03-2021

José Serna

José Serna

Vocal

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 2002 to 2013.

Last updated: December 2022

Vocal Propietary

23-03-2017 (3)

Óscar Calderón

Óscar Calderón

Non-director Secretary

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) and of the Board of Trustees of the CaixaBank Dualiza Foundation.

Last updated: December 2022

Non-director Secretary --

01-01-2017

Óscar Figueres

Óscar Figueres

First Deputy Secretary (non-director)

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 2022

First Deputy Secretary (non-director) --

23-10-2017


(1) Appointed Chairwoman on 5 April 2019.
(2) Reelected member of the Board of Director on 6 April 2018 and 8 April 2022.
(3) Reelected member of the Board of Director on 14 May 2021.


The Audit and Control Committee will be composed exclusively of non-executive directors, in the number that is determined by the Board of Directors, subject to a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of seven (7). Most of the members of the Audit and Control Committee shall be independent and one (1) of them shall be appointed on the basis of their knowledge and experience of accounting or auditing, or both.

 

Meanwhile, the Board of Directors shall ensure that members of the Audit and Control Committee, and especially its Chairman, have knowledge and experience in accounting, auditing or risk management matters, and in any other fields that may aid the Audit and Control Committee in discharging all the duties entrusted to it.

 

As a whole, and without prejudice to the obligation to ensure suitable levels of diversity, the members of the Audit and Control Committee will be designated in view of the time and dedication needed to perform the duties entrusted to them and will possess the relevant technical knowledge and expertise in relation to the Bank’s business activities.


The Audit and Control Committee shall appoint a Chairman from among its independent members. The Chairman must be replaced every four (4) years and may be re-elected once a period of one (1) year has transpired from his departure. The Chairman of the committee shall act as its spokesperson at meetings of the Board of Directors and, as the case may be, at the Bank’s Annual General Meeting.


The committee will meet as often as necessary to fulfil its duties and will be convened by its Chairman, either on their own initiative or at the request of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or of two (2) members of the committee itself


Its duties include the following:

  • Reporting to the Annual General Meeting on matters raised by shareholders that fall within the committee’s remit and, in particular, on the result of the audit, explaining how this has contributed to the integrity of the financial information and the committee’s role in this process.
  • Monitoring the process of preparing and ensuring the integrity of the financial information on the Bank and, as the case may be, the Group, by reviewing the Bank’s accounts, checking for compliance with legal provisions and ensuring an accurate demarcation of the consolidation perimeter and the correct application of generally accepted accounting principles.
  • Striving to ensure that the Board of Directors is able to present the Bank’s annual financial statements at the Annual General Meeting without limitations or qualifications in the auditor’s report. In the exceptional case that qualifications exist, both the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the auditors should give a clear account to shareholders of their scope and content.
  • Reporting in advance to the Board of Directors on the financial and related non-financial information that the Bank must periodically release to the markets and its supervisory bodies.
  • Supervising the effectiveness of the internal control systems and discussing with the auditor any significant weaknesses in the internal control system that may have been detected during the audit, all this without compromising the auditor’s independence. For such purposes, and if appropriate, it may submit recommendations or proposals to the Board of Directors and the corresponding deadline for their follow-up.
  • Supervising the effectiveness of the internal audit function and establishing and overseeing a mechanism whereby Bank or Group employees may confidentially and, if deemed appropriate, anonymously report any irregularities of potential significance –especially financial and accounting irregularities– they may observe within the Bank. It shall likewise receive periodic information on how the system is operating and may propose suitable courses of action to improve and reduce the risk of any such irregularities arising in future.


For more information on the Audit and Control Committee and its duties, please see the section on Regulations of the Board of Directors. 

Name and surname Post Nature Date of first appointment
María Amparo Moraleda

María Amparo Moraleda

Chairwoman

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 Advisory Board of the following companies: SAP Ibérica (since 2013), Spencer Stuart (since 2017), Kearney (since 2022) and ISS España. She was on the Board of Spain's High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) (from 2011 to 2022). 

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 España (since 2012), and between 2013 and 2021, she was on 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 Executive Chairman of IBM Spain and Portugal between July 2001 and January 2009, responsible for Greece, Israel and Turkey from July 2005 to January 2009. Between June 2000 and 2001, she was assistant executive to the President of IBM Corporation. From 1998 to 2000, she was General Manager at INSA (a subsidiary of IBM Global Services). From 1995 to 1997, she was Head of HR for EMEA at IBM Global Services and from 1988 to 1995 she held various offices 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 International España, the Vodafone Foundation, the Airbus Foundation and the Curarte Foundation. 

In December 2015, she was named full academic member of Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras. 

In 2005, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame, which recognises the people in the world of business and technology who have made the greatest impact on the inclusion and contribution of women in technology development worldwide. She has also received numerous accolades, such as: the Values Leadership Award (FIGEVA Foundation – 2008), the Javier Benjumea Prize (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 2022

Chairwoman Independent

25-09-2014

Joaquín Ayuso

Joaquín Ayuso

Vocal

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 2022

Vocal Independent

30-03-2021

Cristina Garmendia

Cristina Garmendia

Vocal

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 holds a degree in Biological Sciences, specializing in Genetics, and a PhD in Molecular Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid’s Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center. She holds an MBA from the University of Navarra’s IESE Business School.

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

She is the Chair of the COTEC Foundation, and as such she is a member of the Board of Trustees of the foundations Pelayo, España Constitucional, SEPI and a member of the Advisory Board of the Spanish Association Against Cancer, Fundación Mujeres por África, UNICEF, Comité Español, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of Integrated Service Solutions, S.L. and S2 Grupo de Innovación en Procesos Organizativos, S.L.U., among others.

She was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Amasua Group. She is a member of the governing bodies of, among others, Genetrix, S.L. (Executive Chair), Sygnis AG ( Chair of the Supervisory Board), Satlantis Microsats (Chair), Science & Innovation Link Office, S.L. (Director), and Independent Director of Naturgy Energy Group, S.A. (formerly Gas Natural, S.A.), Corporación Financiera Alba, and Pelayo Mutua de Seguros.

She was Minister of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government during the IX Legislature from April 2008 to December 2011 and President of the Association of Biotechnology Companies (ASEBIO) as well as member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE).

Last updated: December 2022

Vocal Independent

22-05-2020

José Serna

José Serna

Vocal

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 2002 to 2013.

Last updated: December 2022

Vocal Propietary

30-03-2021 (1)

Óscar Calderón

Óscar Calderón

Non-director Secretary

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) and of the Board of Trustees of the CaixaBank Dualiza Foundation.

Last updated: December 2022

Non-director Secretary --

01-01-2017

Óscar Figueres

Óscar Figueres

First Deputy Secretary (non-director)

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 2022

First Deputy Secretary (non-director) --

23-10-2017


(1) Reelected member of the Board of Director on 14 May 2021.

The Remuneration Committee will comprise a number of non-executive directors determined by the Board of Directors, subject to a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) members. A majority of its members must be independent. The Chairman of the committee will be appointed from among the independent directors sitting on the committee.

The committee shall meet as often as needed to ensure the full and timely performance of its duties and meetings will be called by its Chairman, either on their own initiative or when requested by two (2) members of the committee. The Chairman must call a meeting whenever the Board or its Chairman requests that a report be issued or a resolution carried.


Its duties include the following:

  • Drafting resolutions relating to remuneration and, in particular, reporting and proposing to the Board of Directors the remuneration policy, the system and amount of annual remuneration payable to directors and senior managers, as well as the individual remuneration payable to executive directors and senior managers and the other terms and conditions of their contracts, particularly the financial conditions, and without prejudice to the competences of the Appointments Committee in relation to any conditions it may have proposed that are unconnected with the remuneration side.
  • Ensuring compliance with the remuneration policy for directors and senior managers and reporting on the basic conditions set out in their contracts and on compliance with those contracts.
  • Reporting and preparing the Bank’s general remuneration policy and in particular the policies relating to categories of staff whose professional activities have a significant impact on the Bank’s risk profile and those policies that are intended to prevent or manage conflicts of interest with the Bank’s customers.
  • Analysing, formulating and periodically reviewing the remuneration programmes, weighing their adequacy and performance and ensuring compliance.


For more information on the Remuneration Committee and its duties, please see the section on Regulations of the Board of Directors. 

Name and surname Post Nature Date of first appointment
Eduardo Javier Sanchiz

Eduardo Javier Sanchiz

Chairman

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 Board of Directors of the French pharmaceutical company Pierre Fabre, S.A. and member of its Strategy Committee, as well as its Audit Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the venture capital company Sabadell Asabys Health Innovation Investments 2B S.C.R., S.A.

Last updated: December 2022

Chairman Independent

01-02-2018 (1)(2)

Joaquín Ayuso

Joaquín Ayuso

Vocal

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 2022

Vocal Independent

30-03-2021

Fernando María Ulrich

Fernando María Ulrich

Vocal

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) 

Última actualización: December 2022

Vocal Other external

30-03-2021

María Verónica Fisas

María Verónica Fisas

Vocal

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 the Board of Directors 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 2022

Vocal Independent

22-05-2020

Tomás Muniesa

Tomás Muniesa

Vocal

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 2022

Vocal Proprietary

22-05-2020 (2)

Koro Usarraga

Koro Usarraga

Vocal

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 2022

Vocal Independent

01-02-2018 (3)

Óscar Calderón

Óscar Calderón

Non-director Secretary

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) and of the Board of Trustees of the CaixaBank Dualiza Foundation.

Last updated: December 2022

Non-director Secretary --

01-01-2017

Óscar Figueres

Óscar Figueres

First Deputy Secretary (non-director)

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 2022

First Deputy Secretary (non-director) --

23-10-2017


(1) Reelected member of the Board of Director on 6 April 2018. Appointed Chairman on 5 April 2019.
(2) Reelected member of the Board of Director on 8 April 2022.
(3) Reelected member of the Board of Director on 14 May 2021.


Head of Risk Management

Name and surname Post Nature Date of first appointment
Jordi Mondéjar López

Jordi Mondéjar López

Chief Risks Officer

Jordi Mondéjar (Darmstadt, 1968) has been a member of CaixaBank’s Management Committee since July 2014.

He holds a degree in Economics and Business Management (1986-1991) from the University of Barcelona, specialising in Business Economics.

He is an accounts auditor listed on the Official Register of Auditors of the Spanish Accounting and Audit Institute.

He worked at Arthur Andersen and at Cia S. Com. from 1991 through to 2000, where he specialised in financial audits at financial institutions and other regulated entities.

He joined ”la Caixa” in 2000 and has served as Head of Financial Accounting, Control and Capital.

He became the Chief Risks Officer on 22 November 2016 and thus holds overall responsibility for coordinating the management, follow-up and control of the Group's risks. The General Risks Division includes areas for comprehensively managing credit portfolios (retailer and rest), Non-Performing Loans and Restructurings, Foreclosed assets portfolio and Global Risk Management and Planning.

Non-executive President of Building Center.

Last updated: November 2022

Chief Risks Officer

22 November 2016 (1)

--


(1) Member of the Management Committee since 10 July 2014.


The Risks Committee shall comprise exclusively non-executive directors who possess the appropriate knowledge, skills and experience to fully understand and manage the Bank’s risk strategy and risk propensity, in the number determined by the Board of Directors, subject to a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of six (6), with a majority of members to be independent directors.


The committee will meet as often as necessary to fulfil its duties and will be convened by its Chairman, either on their own initiative or at the request of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or of two (2) members of the committee itself.


Its duties include the following:

  • Advising the Board of Directors on the overall susceptibility to risk, current and future, of the Bank and its strategy in this regard, reporting on the risk appetite framework, helping to monitor implementation of this strategy, ensuring that the Group’s actions are consistent with the level of risk tolerance previously decided and monitoring the appropriateness of the risks assumed and the profile put in place.
  • Proposing to the Board the Group’s risk policy.
  • Determining with the Board of Directors the nature, quantity, format and frequency of the information concerning risks that the Board of Directors should receive and establishing what the committee should receive.
  • Regularly reviewing exposures with main customers, business sectors and by geographic region and type of risk.
  • Examining the information and control processes of the Group’s risk as well as the information systems and indicators.
  • Evaluating regulatory compliance risk within its scope of its remit and decision-making authority, this being understood as the risk management of legal or regulatory sanctions, financial or material loss or any reputational damage the Bank may suffer as a result of non-compliance with laws, rules, regulations, standards and codes of conduct, while also detecting any risk of non-compliance and carrying out monitoring and examining possible deficiencies in the principles of professional conduct.
  • Reporting on new products and services or significant changes to existing ones.


For more information on the Risks Committee and its duties, please see the section on Regulations of the Board of Directors. 

Name and surname Post Nature Date of first appointment
José Ignacio Goirigolzarri

José 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 2022

Chairman Executive

30-03-2021

Gonzalo Gortázar

Gonzalo Gortázar

Vocal

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 2022

Vocal Executive

23-05-2019

Eva Castillo

Eva Castillo

Vocal

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 International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. (IAG), and a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and of 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 and Fe y Alegría Foundations, 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 has been an Independent Director of Zardoya Otis, S.A., the Chair of its Audit Committee and a member of the Appointments and Remuneration 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.

She has been the Chair and CEO of Telefónica Europe.

She was President and CEO of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets España, President and CEO of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management EMEA and a member of the EMEA Executive Committee of Merrill Lynch International.

Last updated: December 2022

Vocal Independent

30-03-2021

Cristina Garmendia

Cristina Garmendia

Vocal

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 holds a degree in Biological Sciences, specializing in Genetics, and a PhD in Molecular Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid’s Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center. She holds an MBA from the University of Navarra’s IESE Business School.

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

She is the Chair of the COTEC Foundation, and as such she is a member of the Board of Trustees of the foundations Pelayo, España Constitucional, SEPI and a member of the Advisory Board of the Spanish Association Against Cancer, Fundación Mujeres por África, UNICEF, Comité Español, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of Integrated Service Solutions, S.L. and S2 Grupo de Innovación en Procesos Organizativos, S.L.U., among others.

She was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Amasua Group. She is a member of the governing bodies of, among others, Genetrix, S.L. (Executive Chair), Sygnis AG ( Chair of the Supervisory Board), Satlantis Microsats (Chair), Science & Innovation Link Office, S.L. (Director), and Independent Director of Naturgy Energy Group, S.A. (formerly Gas Natural, S.A.), Corporación Financiera Alba, and Pelayo Mutua de Seguros.

She was Minister of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government during the IX Legislature from April 2008 to December 2011 and President of the Association of Biotechnology Companies (ASEBIO) as well as member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE).

Last updated: December 2022

Vocal Independent

23-05-2019

María Amparo Moraleda

María Amparo Moraleda

Vocal

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 Advisory Board of the following companies: SAP Ibérica (since 2013), Spencer Stuart (since 2017), Kearney (since 2022) and ISS España. She was on the Board of Spain's High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) (from 2011 to 2022). 

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 España (since 2012), and between 2013 and 2021, she was on 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 Executive Chairman of IBM Spain and Portugal between July 2001 and January 2009, responsible for Greece, Israel and Turkey from July 2005 to January 2009. Between June 2000 and 2001, she was assistant executive to the President of IBM Corporation. From 1998 to 2000, she was General Manager at INSA (a subsidiary of IBM Global Services). From 1995 to 1997, she was Head of HR for EMEA at IBM Global Services and from 1988 to 1995 she held various offices 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 International España, the Vodafone Foundation, the Airbus Foundation and the Curarte Foundation. 

In December 2015, she was named full academic member of Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras. 

In 2005, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame, which recognises the people in the world of business and technology who have made the greatest impact on the inclusion and contribution of women in technology development worldwide. She has also received numerous accolades, such as: the Values Leadership Award (FIGEVA Foundation – 2008), the Javier Benjumea Prize (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 2022

Vocal Independent

23-05-2019

Óscar Calderón

Óscar Calderón

Non-director Secretary

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) and of the Board of Trustees of the CaixaBank Dualiza Foundation.

Last updated: December 2022

Non-director Secretary --

23-05-2019

Óscar Figueres

Óscar Figueres

First Deputy Secretary (non-director)

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 2022

First Deputy Secretary (non-director) --

23-05-2019


The Innovation, Technology and Digital Transformation Committee will comprise a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of six (6) members.


The Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer will always sit on the committee. The other members will be appointed by the Board of Directors, on the proposal of the Appointments Committee, paying close attention to the knowledge and experience of candidates on those subjects that fall within the committee's remit, such as technology and innovation, information systems and cybersecurity.


The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also chair the Innovation, Technology and Digital Transformation Committee.


Similarly, the Secretary to the Board of Directors shall serve as Secretary of the Innovation, Technology and Digital Transformation Committee.


The Committee will meet as often as required to discharge its functions and will be called by the committee's Chairman, either on his or her own initiative or when a meeting is requested by two (2) or more committee members. The Chairman must always call a meeting when the Board asks it to issue a report or adopt a resolution.


The committee will be validly convened when a majority of members are in attendance. Resolutions will be carried by a majority of members physically in attendance or represented by proxy, and minutes will be taken of the resolutions carried at each meeting. The minutes will be heard by the Board of Directors and a copy will be sent or delivered to all Board members.


Without prejudice to any other functions entrusted to it by the Board of Directors, the committee will exercise the main following functions:

  • Assisting the Board of Directors in identifying, monitoring and analysing new competitors, new business models, technological advances and main trends and initiatives relating to technological innovation, while studying those factors that make certain innovations more likely to succeed and increase their transformation capacity.
  • Advising the Board of Directors on the implementation of the strategic plan in aspects relating to digital transformation and technological innovation (the digital strategy) and, in particular, reporting on plans and projects designed by CaixaBank in this field, as well as any new business models, products, customer relationships, and so on, that may be developed.
  • Fostering a climate of debate and reflection to allow the Board of Directors to spot new business opportunities emerging from technological developments, as well as possible threats.
  • Supporting the Board of Directors in analysing the impact of technological innovation on market structure, the provision of financial services and customer habits. Among others aspects, the committee shall analyse the potential disruption of new technologies, the possible regulatory implications of their development, the impact in terms of cybersecurity and matters relating to protection of privacy and data usage.
  • Stimulating discussion and debate on the ethical and social implications deriving from the use of new technologies within the banking and insurance business.
  • Supporting the Risks Committee, on the latter's request, in monitoring technological risks and matters relating to cybersecurity.

© CaixaBank, SA 2022

  • Cookie policy
  • Legal disclaimer
  • Legal information about CaixaBank, S.A.
  • Site map
  • Accessibility
  • Recommendations for navigation
  • Privacy 
  • Sello de Excelencia EFQM (Abre en ventana nueva)