Our team is our most valuable asset
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking is the sum of the different mindsets and cultures of its people that working together make us the best investment bank in the world.
Santander CIB has invested in creating a prestigious investment banking division, with experienced bankers and capabilities to provide financing and advisory services, supported by on-site teams in each area.
Our business is a people business and our team is the most valuable asset we have. That is why, in Santander CIB, we put people at the centre and help them prosper.
Santander CIB employees work every day to help millions of people prosper and achieve their dreams. This is the Santander Effect, the idea that our actions can have a positive impact on clients, employees, shareholders and the communities we serve.
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Top management

Alberto Rivero
Alberto Rivero
Alberto Rivero joined Santander as Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Peru in September 2019.
Prior to that he was a senior partner in 3XD Capital in Peru, focusing on M&A and structured finance. Previously, he worked in investment banking roles in Deutsche Bank, BBVA and Citibank.
Alberto holds a degree in Business Administration from Universidad del Pacífico and an MBA from London Business School.

Alejandro Capote Garza
Alejandro Capote Garza
Alejandro Capote is the Head of Santander’s Corporate and Investment Banking division in Mexico. He joined SCIB on 2021 as Head of Banking and Corporate Finance.
Alejandro is a professional with over 22 years of experience in banking. Before joining Santander he worked for several international financial institutions such as Credit Suisse, UBS and Evercore. Most recently he was Country Head at Lazard in Mexico.
He holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Andrés Trautmann

Andrés Trautmann

Antony Hung

Antony Hung
Antony Hung is the Regional Head for Asia Pacific of Santander Group and is responsible for the Group’s business in Asia Pacific, with branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Before his current role, Antony was Asia-Pacific Head of Global Banking and Markets and, prior to joining Banco Santander, he was President for Asia excluding Japan for Capula Investment Management Asia Limited and Chairman of its Asia Investment Committee.
Previously, he worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch as Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific Global Wealth Management as well as a member of the Global Wealth Management Executive Committee and Asia-Pacific Executive Committee.
Antony was also previously Head of Fixed-Income, Currencies and Commodities for the Pacific Rim region at Merrill Lynch, which he joined in 1993 from Salomon Brothers Asia, where he was Vice-President in Fixed-Income Sales. Before that, Antony held senior positions at CEF Capital Ltd and Exxon Chemical Asia Pacific Ltd.
Antony holds a BBA(Hons) and an MBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of CPA and a member the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the UK.

Darren Jones
Darren Jones
Darren Jones is the global head of Banking & Corporate Finance. 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 Hermer

David Hermer
David Hermer is the head of Santander CIB US.
David has over 30 years' experience in investment banking, having spent significant time in senior roles at Credit Suisse. Since 2015 he was global head of Equity Capital Markets at CS, adding Global Head of Debt Capital Markets in 2020. Additionally, he was a member of the bank's Global Investment Banking Management Committee and the Reputational Risk Committee.

Ignacio Domínguez-Adame
Ignacio Domínguez-Adame
Ignacio joined Santander in 1994. For the last 26 years, he has held positions of responsibility within SCIB, both at a global level and in Brazil, where he headed the business for six years. Since 2016, he has been in charge of the Global Debt Financing business and is currently Board member of Banco Santander Peru, and of Caceis Bank.
Ignacio holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business with a major in Finance from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and an MBA from the University of Houston.

José Bandin

José Bandin
With a career of more than 30 years in Santander Argentina, José has held several positions in SCIB Argentina, including head of Global Transaction Banking Argentina and, most recently, head of Banking & Corporate Finance
José holds a Bachelor's degree in Public Accounting from the Universidad Católica de la Plata and a Master in Finance from Universidad de Belgrano.

José Luis Calderón
José Luis Calderón
José Luis Calderón is the Global Head of Global Transaction Banking at Santander CIB. He is also a member of several major international bodies such as the Swift Board, the Transaction Banking Global Leaders council of BAFT and the IBOS Association.
Since 2008, he has had a number of roles within Santander CIB, such as Product Manager of GTB Europe, Head of GTB Iberia and Head of GTB Europe until 2014.
José Luis held various positions and responsibilities in Operations and Corporate Banking before moving to Global Banking & Markets in 2004 where he was responsible for managing and participating in projects, such as the deployment of transaction banking business in some countries (UK, Poland, Continental Europe), the development of global cash management solutions and the implementation of supply chain finance products in Europe.
José Luis joined Santander in 1997. He holds a Degree in Economics and Business Administration and completed a postgraduate program at IE Business School.

José M. Linares
José M. Linares
José M. Linares is Senior Executive Vice-President of Banco Santander and Head of Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB), having been appointed on 1 June 2017. He reports directly to the Group CEO and is also a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to joining Santander, José María Linares spent more than 17 years at J.P. Morgan in a number of senior roles in New York, Hong Kong and London. His previous position, starting in 2011, was Managing Director and Head of Global Corporate Banking in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He was also Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of J.P. Morgan Bank International, a member of the EMEA banking leadership team and Vice-Chairman of the Balance Sheet Committee.
Previously, José was Head of EMEA and Asia Pacific Equity & Derivatives Research, based in London, and simultaneously a member of the Global Equities Executive Committee and Commitments Committee.
Prior to moving to the UK in 2006, José spent three years in Hong Kong as head of APAC Equity and Derivatives Research. Before taking on his role in Asia in 2003, he was Head of Latin America & Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa Equity Research. He was previously J.P. Morgan’s Senior Global Emerging Markets telecommunications analyst, based in New York.
For many years, he was rated as the top Telecom Equity analyst in Emerging Markets. He started his Wall Street career covering Latin American stocks at Morgan Stanley.
José holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from Babson College, where he graduated summa cum laude, and an MBA from Columbia University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Marcel Patiño
Marcel Patiño
Marcel Patiño joined Santander in August 2019 as Head of Santander's Corporate and Investment Banking division in Colombia. He reports directly to José M. Linares (Senior Executive Vice-President and global head of Santander CIB) and to Martha Woodcock (Country Manager of Santander Colombia).
Prior to joining Santander, Marcel spent six years at the Brazilian bank Itaú, expanding the Colombian and Central American Platform, as Head of Investment Banking.
He has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, and has held several senior positions in Colombia and the United States. He worked for almost 10 years at Citi Bank as Relationship Manager and Head of Corporate Investment Banking and 4 years at Natixis as Senior Banker and Country Manager.
Marcel holds a Business degree from Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración CESA and a Master's degree in Finance from Cass Business School in London.

Mike Bagguley

Mike Bagguley
Mike Bagguley is global head of Markets for the Santander Corporate and Investment Banking (Santander CIB) division.
He reports to José M. Linares, Group Senior Executive Vice-President & global head of Santander CIB, and is a member of the SCIB Executive Committee.
Mr. Bagguley spent most of his over 30 year career at Barclays where he held multiple leadership roles within the markets business, leading Macro products, Trading for FX, Commodities, Linear and Options. He was also head of the Markets Business at ABSA Bank, where he was responsible for integrating it and turning it around following Barclays´ acquisition. Most recently, he was Chief Operating Officer of Barclays International and Barclays Investment bank, responsible for technology, operating platforms, risks and controls with a strong focus on improving commercial agility.
Mike Bagguley holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Warwick University.

Rafael Noya
Rafael Noya
Rafael Noya is the Global Head of Global Debt Financing since April 2020.
Since he joined Santander Brazil in 2007 as Senior Banker in the Corporate and Investment Banking Division, he has held several senior roles. From 2015 to 2017, Rafael was the Head of GDF Brazil and more recently, before his appointment as Global Head of GDF, he was the Head of Banking and Special Situations Group. He also served as board member of Santander Leasing Company in Brazil.
Rafael started his career at Citibank, where he worked from 1996 to 2007 in several positions across the firm.
He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of São Paulo and attended extension leadership courses at Harvard Business School, IMD International, IE Business School and IESE Business School.

Renato Ejnisman
Renato Ejnisman
Renato Ejnisman is head of Santander CIB Brazil.
With a career of more than 20 years in Banking, Renato worked at Bank of America and later at Banco Bradesco, where he spent the last 15 years in multiple roles, including Head of Investment Bank, leading its transformation to a top 3 player in Brazil. Additionally, he ran Corporate Banking for middle markets companies, Bradesco Asset Management and Private & Wealth Management.