Mr. Maldonado joined the Boards of Santander Holdings USA, Inc.; Santander Bank, N.A.; Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. and Santander Investment Securities, Inc. in 2015.
He has served as the Vice Chairman of Santander Holdings USA
Inc. since October 2015 and is a member of the Nominations,
Executive and Risk Committees. Mr. Maldonado is also a
member of the Santander Bank, N.A. Risk and Compensation
and Talent Management Committees and Santander Consumer
USA Holdings Inc. Executive Committee. He served as a
member of the Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.
Compensation, Executive and Regulatory and Compliance
Oversight Committees until August 2022.
Mr. Maldonado was appointed to the Board of Banco
Santander International in 2016 where he served as a member
of the Executive Committee until August 2022.
From 2015 to September 2020, Mr. Maldonado served on the
Santander BanCorp Board and as Chairman of its Compensation and Talent Management Committee. He
also served on the Banco Santander Puerto Rico Board during that time.
Mr. Maldonado is Senior Executive Vice President, Global Head of Cost Control at Banco Santander, S.A.
Mr. Maldonado has held numerous management positions at Santander, including Senior Executive Vice
President, Head of the General Directorate for Coordination and Control of Regulatory Projects in the
Risks Division, and Executive Committee Director and Head of Internal Control and Corporate
Development for Santander UK.
Mr. Maldonado served on the Board of Alawwal Bank (formerly known as the Saudi Hollandi Bank
Riyadh) from 2008 to 2019. He practiced corporate and international law for thirteen years and
previously was an attorney with Baker & McKenzie and Corporate and International Law Department
Head at J.Y. Hernandez-Canut Law Firm.
Mr. Maldonado received a law degree from UNED University and a law degree from Northwestern
University.