Ana Patricia Botín SpainAna Patricia Botín is a member of Spain’s most prominent banking family, which has been at the helm of Banco Santander since its foundation 140 years ago. The 35-year-old chief executive of the group’s investment banking arm, Banco Santander de Negocios, and group executive deputy chairman, she was educated in the us at Bryn Mawr College and Harvard.Botín’s banking career began in 1981 at the credit management and financial analysis department of JP Morgan in Madrid. She later worked at the us bank’s capital markets and treasury side in New York. In 1988 she returned to JP Morgan in Madrid and the same year moved to the family bank where she set up the investment banking and emerging markets division. In 1989 she was made a full board member and a member of Banco Santander’s executive committee.Banco Santander de Negocios contributed about 12% to total group profits...
