Executive Directors
 

António Horta-Osório: Group Chief Executive 

Joined the Board on 17 January 2011 as an Executive Director and became Group Chief Executive on 1 March 2011.  Started his career at Citibank Portugal where he was head of capital markets.  At the same time, was an assistant professor at Universidade Catolica Portuguesa.  Then worked for Goldman Sachs in New York and London.  In 1993, joined Grupo Santander as Chief Executive of Banco Santander de Negocios Portugal and then became Chief Executive Officer of Banco Santander Brazil.  In 2000, became Chief Executive Officer of Santander Totta, and Chairman from 2006 until 2011, as well as Executive Vice President of Grupo Santander and a member of its Management Committee.  Joined Santander UK, as a Non-Executive Director in November 2004 and from August 2006 until November 2010, was its Chief Executive.  Formerly a Non-Executive Director of the Court of the Bank of England.  He is 48 years old, married with three children and is a keen tennis player and scuba diver.

Tim Tookey: Group Finance Director  

Joined the Group in 2006 as Deputy Group Finance Director, before being appointed acting Group Finance Director in April 2008. Appointed to the Board in October 2008 as Group Finance Director. Previously Finance Director for the UK and Europe at Prudential from 2002 to 2006 and Group Finance Director of Heath Lambert Group from 1996 to 2002. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at KPMG. A member of the British Bankers' Association and Chairman of its Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.  Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Member of the Development Strategy Board of the Zoological Society of London. Aged 49.