José María Linares is Senior Executive Vice-President of Banco Santander and Global Head of Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB). He reports directly to the Group CEO and is a member of both the Management Committee and the Risk Executive Committee.

He joined Santander in 2017 to lead the transformation and global expansion of the Corporate & Investment Banking division, positioning it as a leading global CIB franchise.

In addition, he serves on the Boards of Directors of Santander US, Inc., Santander Bank, N.A., and Santander CIB New York and he is also a member of the Strategy Committee of Santander. He has also served as a board member of Santander Asset Management.

Prior to joining Santander, José spent more than 17 years at J.P. Morgan, holding various senior roles in investment banking across New York, Hong Kong, and London. During his tenure, he was a member of the EMEA leadership team, Vice Chairman of J.P. Morgan Bank International, and Vice Chairman of the Balance Sheet Committee. He also served on the Global Equities Executive Committee and the Commitments Committee.

He began his career covering Latin American equities at Morgan Stanley in New York.

José María Linares holds a degree in Finance and Economics from Babson College, graduating summa cum laude, and an MBA from Columbia University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

He currently is member of the Advisory Council of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and serves on the Board of Universidad Privada Boliviana (UPB).
 

Alberto Rivero is the Regional head of Santander CIB Asia Pacific based in Singapore.

Alberto joined Santander in 2019 as Head of CIB Peru and in 2023 he was appointed Head of Corporate Finance Latin America.  Alberto has over 25 years of experience in investment banking having held senior roles in 3XD Capital, Deutsche Bank and BBVA.  He started his professional career at Citibank, where he worked from 2000 to 2004 in different roles across the bank.  Alberto holds a degree in business from Universidad del Pacifico and an MBA from London Business School. 
 

Carlos is the head of Santander CIB Chile and head of Markets Chile since 2025.

Carlos is a seasoned investment banking executive with over 30 years of leadership experience across Latin America and the U.S., including several senior roles at J.P. Morgan where he spent most of his career. 

Carlos is a well-recognised professional in the region, with a proven track record in global markets, fixed income, corporate finance and risk management. Prior to joining Santander, he worked at Tyndall Group, delivering bespoke strategic financial solutions to clients across Latin America. 

Conor leads Santander’s UK Corporate and Investment Banking business and is also Head of Santander London Branch (SLB). 

Conor has worked at Santander since January 2019. Previously he led the global DCM and Syndicated Loan businesses. Prior to that he held similar roles at Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley. He has worked on almost $500bn of bond and loan issues over a 20 year career in banking. 

In 2009/10, Conor took a sabbatical from banking to work as Chief of Staff to Greg Clark, the Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary and helped to write the Energy Security and Climate Change manifestos for the victorious 2010 Conservative election campaign. Conor is a member of the Irish government’s Global Irish Network, and of the Campaign Committee of the London Irish Centre. 

Conor graduated from University College Cork in 1998 with an MSc in Finance. Conor lives in London with his wife and three children.

Darren Jones is the head of Global Banking. He is a member of the CIB Global Executive Committee and the Banking & Corporate Finance Global Executive Committee.

Darren joined Santander in January 2018 as Head of UK Banking & Corporate Finance. Prior to this, Darren spent over 30 years with Barclays, where he was Head of UK & Ireland Corporate Finance within the Investment Banking Division. Darren was responsible for raising over $400bn in debt and equity for clients in many transformational transactions. He also held a number of senior management positions, including Global Head of Structured Trade and Export Finance and Head of Capital Strategy, EMEA. Darren joined Barclays Capital in the late 1990’s from Barclays Group, where he had held a number of strategy, client management and senior project roles, both within the UK and overseas.

David joined Santander in August of 2023 as Head of CIB US and was appointed Directing Officer of Banco Santander SA New York Branch in January of 2024.  David has over 30 years’ experience in investment banking, having spent significant time in senior roles at Credit Suisse (CS) where he most recently was Global Head of Equity and Debt Capital Markets.   David was a member of various committees, including Global Investment Banking Management Committee, Equity Valuation Committee, Reputational Risk Committee, and Managing Director Promotion Committee.  

David joined CS in 1994, where he focused primarily on equity products. He ran the bank's US Equity Syndicate desk, Global Equity Syndicate, US and later Global Equity Capital Markets, and served on multiple local management committees. Prior to joining CS, David spent five years at Lehman Brothers. 

David was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a BA in Political Science.