Board of Directors

Mr. Rainer was elected to serve on our Board of Directors in July 2015 and appointed the Chair of the Board and the Chair of our Executive Committee in July 2016. He has had numerous leadership roles in the finance and banking industry. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Rainer served as the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of OneChicago, LLC, a regulated futures exchange. He has also served as the Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 1999 to 2001, as the Chair of the United States Enrichment Corporation from 1994 to 1998, and as Founder of Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. from 1981 to 1988. Previously, Mr. Rainer held various leadership positions at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. Mr. Rainer served as director of IQ Funds, a family of closed-end mutual funds, from 2004 until 2010. From 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2008, Mr. Rainer served as a Trustee for Southern Methodist University. He has served as a member of the Dean’s Council of the Harvard Divinity School since 2003 and as its Chair from 2005 through June 2013. He received his bachelor’s degree and his Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University.

Mr. Ferriss was elected to serve on our Board of Directors in November 2013. He is also Vice Chair of our Board, Chair of our Risk Committee and a member of our Compensation and Talent Management Committee, Audit Committee and Executive Committee. Mr. Ferriss has served as a director of Santander Holdings USA, Inc. (“SHUSA”), the Company’s majority stockholder and serves as the Chair of the SHUSA Audit Committee and as a member of the SHUSA Enterprise Risk Management Committee. He is also a member of SHUSA’s Board Capital and Regulatory Oversight Committees. He served as a director of Iberchem in Madrid, Spain, from 2007 to 2013 and as director of Management Consulting Group PLC, a London publicly traded company from 2006 to 2016. He also previously served as a director of Santander Bank, N.A. from 2016 to 2020 and as a director of Santander Bancorp and Banco Santander Puerto Rico from 2002 to 2010 and as a member of the Audit Committee of those companies from 2004 to 2010. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Santander Investment Securities Inc. from 1999 to 2002 and held various roles at Bankers Trust (now Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown), including Managing Director and Partner of the Bankers Trust Global Investment Bank in London and New York. Mr. Ferriss received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia College and his Master of International Affairs Degree from Columbia University School of International Affairs.

Mahesh Aditya was named President and CEO of Santander Consumer in December 2019. He joined Santander Holdings in March 2017 as US Chief Operating Officer and was named US Chief Risk Officer in May 2018. He is currently on the Board of Santander Consumer and till December 2019 was on the Board of Banco Santander Puerto Rico. Prior to joining Santander he was the Chief Risk Officer and Member of the Operating Committee for Visa Inc.

Mahesh started his career with Citibank in 1990 in Risk Management and Operations in India. He then helped start Citibank’s Credit Card and Retail Banking business in Egypt. He was subsequently based in Madrid as Chief Risk Officer of Citibank Spain and Portugal and later in New York as CRO for Citibank North America. Mahesh left Citibank after 17 years and joined JPMorgan Chase as Chief Risk Officer of Retail Banking and later served as CRO Mortgage Banking. Between 2009 and 2011 he worked at Capital One as Head of Risk for Mortgage and Business Banking.

Mahesh has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Bangalore University and an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University. He has served as a member of the board of Early Warning Systems (EWS).

Dr. Homaira Akbari was appointed to serve on our Board of Directors as of January 2020. Dr. Akbari will serve on the Company’s Risk Committee and Regulatory and Compliance Oversight Committee. Dr. Akbari is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of AKnowledge Partners, LLC, a global advisory firm providing high-impact consultative strategies and advice to Fortune 1000 companies and private equity firms in the sectors of The Internet of Things ("IoT"), Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence and analytics. She is currently an advisor for the Board of WorkFusion, the leading provider of intelligent automation software. Dr. Akbari also serves on the Board of Directors of Landstar System, Inc., a transportation logistics company listed on NASDAQ, Banco Santander, S.A., a company incorporated in Spain and listed on the BME Madrid that is the sole shareholder of Santander Holdings, Inc., the majority shareholder of the Company, Temenos AG, a publicly traded software enterprise and US Pack Holdings, a private company in last mile transportation. From 2007 to 2012, Dr. Akbari was the President and Chief Executive Officer of SkyBitz, Inc., a leading provider of IoT asset tracking and security solutions specializing in real-time decision-making tools for companies with unpowered assets such as truck trailing equipment, intermodal containers and rail cars. Prior to her service with SkyBitz, Dr. Akbari held executive positions at Microsoft Corporation, Thales Group, TruePosition, Inc., a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and Cambridge Strategic Management Group. Dr. Akbari holds a Ph.D. in particle physics from Tufts University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business. She served as the Chair of the Johns Hopkins University Physics and Astronomy Advisory Council, and is currently a member of Business Board of Advisors for Tepper School of Business. Previously, Dr. Akbari served on the board of directors of several public companies including Gemalto N.V., Veolia S.A. and Covisint Corporation, a company formerly listed on the NASDAQ.

Juan Carlos Alvarez de Soto, CFA, is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Santander US and Santander Bank, N.A. (SBNA). He is a member of the Santander Consumer Board of Directors and the Santander US Executive Committees.

Juan Carlos was appointed CFO for Santander US and SBNA in September 2019. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for Santander Consumer U.S.A. and was the Corporate Treasurer for Santander Holdings USA, Inc. (SHUSA), overseeing SHUSA’s liquidity risk management, asset liability management and treasury functions.

He joined Santander in 1996 and brings more than 25 years of investment and trading expertise to his current role. Before joining Santander US, he was Senior Vice President and Head of Treasury and Investments for Santander’s International Private Banking at Banco Santander International and Banco Santander Suisse. Prior to joining Santander, Juan Carlos worked as part of the Treasury team for Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. and for FIMAT (Société Generale’s group) in Spain.

Juan Carlos holds a Master of Science Degree in Finance from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Management from Tulane University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Mr. Coleman was elected to serve on our Board of Directors in January 2021 as an independent director. He also serves on the Compensation and Talent Management and Risk Committees. Mr. Coleman is the former president of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs. Prior to working for Major League Baseball, Mr. Coleman was a municipal finance banker for Kidder, Peabody & Company. Prior to joining Kidder, he served as commissioner of both the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and Department of Energy, and chairman of the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission and the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency. Mr. Coleman was the vice chairman of the State Commission on Ethical Standards and a member of the Economic Development Authority, Urban Enterprise Zone Authority, Urban Development Authority, State Planning Commission and New Jersey Public Television Commission. Mr. Coleman also has served as president of the Greater Newark Urban Coalition.

From 1976 to 1980, Mr. Coleman worked in Africa in mission service for the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, providing management consultant services in health care, education and church and community development in 17 African countries. After graduating with a degree in history from Princeton University, Mr. Coleman received a master’s in public administration and a master’s in education and social policy from Harvard University.

Mr. Coleman serves as honorary chairman of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, which he chaired for nearly 20 years and he serves on the boards of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC), Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES), and Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: EA). He also serves as a director of a number of other organizations, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Schumann Fund. Mr. Coleman is a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Presiding Bishop’s Fund for World Relief and the United States chairman of the Bishop Tutu Scholarship Fund.

Mr. Hill was elected to serve on our Board of Directors in July 2015 and also serves as a member of our Risk Committee and Regulatory and Compliance Oversight Committee. He is the CEO and a director of Santander Consumer (UK) plc, which he founded, and was previously a Managing Director of First National Motor plcfrom 2003 to 2018. Mr. Hill joined Lombard North Central plc in 1982, remaining with the business through its change of ownership and rebranding to First National Motor plc in 1998. Mr. Hill has since held a number of executive positions at First National Motor plc, including Head of the Department – Customer Services (Motor Finance) of First National Bank plc from February 1994 to December 1999, Operations Director (Motor Finance) of First National Bank plc from January 2000 to April 2002, Group Customer Services Director of First National Bank plc from May 2002 to April 2003 and Director of First National Motor plc from April 2003 to February 2004. Mr. Hill also serves as a director of Hyundai Capital UK Ltd., PSA Finance UK, Ltd., Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. and Volvo Car Financial Services UK Ltd.

Ms. Holiday was appointed to our Board of Directors in November 2016 and serves as Chair of our Compensation and Talent Management Committee and serves on our Regulatory and Compliance Oversight Committee. Ms. Holiday is a member of the Board of Directors of Hess Corporation, White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., and Canadian National Railway and is a member of the Boards of Directors or Trustees of various investment companies in the Franklin Templeton Group of Funds, serving as Lead Director of the Templeton Funds. She also served on the Boards of Directors of RTI International Metals, Inc. from 1999 to 2015, and the HJ Heinz Company from 1994 to 2013. Ms. Holiday was also the President, Secretary and Treasurer of Comcast TW Holdings, Inc. from 2006 to 2007. From 1990 to 1993, Ms. Holiday was Assistant to the President of the United States and Secretary of the U.S. Cabinet. From 1989 to 1990, she served as General Counsel of the U.S. Treasury Department, and from 1988 to 1989, she served as Counselor to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Public Liaison of the U.S. Treasury Department. Prior to that, Ms. Holiday held various other positions in government and in private practice. Ms. Holiday holds a B.S. and a J.D. from the University of Florida and is a member of the State Bars of Florida, Georgia and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Maldonado was elected to serve on our Board of Directors in July 2015 and also serves as a member of our Executive Committee, Compensation and Talent Management Committee and Regulatory and Compliance Oversight Committee. He has served as Senior Executive Vice President of Santander, Head of the New General Directorate for Coordination and Control of Regulatory Projects in the Risks Division, since September 2014. Previously, he served as Executive Committee Director, Head of Internal Control and Corporate Development, for Santander (UK) plc (“Santander UK”) from May 2012 to September 2014; Vice President in Charge of Closed Funds and Complaints for Banco Santander Brazil from October 2011 to April 2012; General Manager for Santander in the Middle East from January 2011 to September 2011; General Manager of Consumer Finance for Santander in China in 2012; and Chief Executive Officer of the Wealth Management and Corporate Banking Division of Abbey National Bank from 2007 until 2010. Mr. Maldonado has served as a director of Saudi Hollandi Bank Riyadh since 2008, and previously served as a director of ABN AMRO Bank from 2007 to 2010 and of Banco Antonveneta Italy from 2007 to 2008. He holds law degrees from Northwestern University and Madrid University and practiced corporate and international law for 13 years.

Mr. McCarthy was elected to serve on our Board of Directors in July 2015 and also serves as Chair of our Regulatory and Compliance Oversight Committee and as a member of our Audit Committee and Compensation and Talent Management Committee. He has served as Chair of Hotel Development Partners since March 2014. Mr. McCarthy joined Marriott International, Inc. in 1975, where he served in various leadership positions including Senior Vice President, Northeast Region from 1995 to 2000; Executive Vice President, Operations from 2000 to 2002; President, North America from 2003 to 2009; and Group President from 2009 to 2011, and served as Chief Operations Officer from March 2012 until February 2014. Mr. McCarthy currently is a member of the Board of Trustees at Villanova University and a member of of the board of directors of RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ). Previously, Mr. McCarthy served as a director of the ServiceSource Foundation, as a member of the Autism Learning Center, as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, the Dean’s Advisory Board at Villanova University School of Business and the board of managers at Avendra, LLC. Mr. McCarthy received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Villanova University and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Muir was appointed to our Board of Directors in November 2016 and serves as Chair of our Audit Committee, a member of our Risk Committee and Regulatory and Compliance oversight committee. In 2014, Mr. Muir retired from Ally Financial Inc. (formerly known as General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC)), where he served as President and head of its Global Automotive Services business since 2004. Prior to that time, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1998 to 2004. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Muir served as executive-in-charge of operations and then executive director of planning at Delphi Automotive Systems, a former subsidiary of General Motors (GM). Prior to serving at Delphi Automotive Systems, he served in various executive capacities with Ally since first joining Ally in 1992 and also served in a number of capacities with GM since joining the company in 1983. Mr. Muir also served as Chairman of Ally Insurance Group from 1999 to 2014, a member of the Ally Commercial Finance from 2002 to 2014, and a member of Ally Bank Boards of Directors from 2004 to 2014. Mr. Muir received a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and operations research from Cornell University in 1977. He earned a master’s of business administration degree from Harvard University in 1983.