Ricardo is the Global Head of Talent and Culture and a member of the Executive Committee at the BBVA Group. In this role, he is responsible for people management, organizational development, cultural transformation, corporate premises and services, and cross-functional projects. Previously, he was the Head of Business Development for Growth Markets, where he led the business development and digital transformation efforts in Turkey, Mexico and South America.

Onur Genç was named CEO of BBVA Compass and U.S. country manager for BBVA Group in January 2017. He also is responsible for BBVA operations in New York and the BBVA Bancomer Houston Agency.

Jorge Sáenz-Azcúnaga (born in Bilbao, 23 March 1970) is Head of Country Monitoring at BBVA. He earned his BS in Business Administration from the Universidad Comercial de Deusto (Spain) and holds a PDG from the IESE Business School (Spain).

Javier Rodriguez Soler is a seasoned M&A and Corporate Development Executive, with 23 years’ experience, 12 of them in two of Spain's top tier International companies.

José Luis de los Santos Tejero (born in Almadén on 27/11/1956) is the Chief Audit Executive for BBVA Group.

Ricardo Moreno is the global leader of BBVA Engineering. His main challenge on this role is to contribute to BBVA’s digital change managing and transforming the Group’s Information Technology platforms and Processes.

Rafael Salinas Martínez de Lecea (born in Granada, 11 November 1966) is the CRO of BBVA.

Following a 13 year career in Bloomberg, first in London for Bloomberg TV and then in Madrid for the news agency, Paul joined BBVA’s Communications team as the Director of Corporate Communications and Global Businesses. Prior to this change, Paul was the Chief Correspondent for Spain and Portugal at the Bloomberg news agency.

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Our presence in Chile dates back to 1998, when then-still BBV became the largest shareholder in BHIF (Banco Hipotecario Internacional Financiero, or International Financial Mortgage Bank). Eighteen years later, we have grown from a small bank with a business largely focused on the mortgage lending market, into a diversified institution offering universal banking services and products, which has proven its ability to grow in one of Latin America’s most demanding, innovative and competitive environments.

BBVA Compass announced that José ‘Pepe’ Olalla has been tapped as its Head of Business Development, an interim post he has held since December 2015 and one that plays a key role in the bank’s ongoing digital transformation in the face of changing consumer demands.

BBVA will propose the appointment of Sunir Kapoor and Andrew Stott as new independent board members during its Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. The Meeting will be held in Bilbao on March 11th, 2016, as notified in the Relevant Event containing the agenda and to which this press release is appended.