Gabriel Jaramillo

Advisor to the Chairman,
Grupo Santander

Mr. Jaramillo, 58, is married with two daughters. He was born in Bogota, Colombia. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Marketing and MBS at California State University.

He joined Grupo Santander in April, 1996, as a Managing Director. At that time, he worked on bank acquisitions in several countries in Latin America. From 1997 to 1999 he served as President of Banco Santander Colombia. From September to March 2008 he was president of Banco Santander (Brazil). He serves as a member of the Board of Director of Banco Santander (Brazil). Through various acquisitions and organic growth built a franchise where Santander became the second largest private financial intuition in Brazil. In April 2008 he became an advisor to the Chairman of Grupo Santander.

Mr. Jaramillo has 33 years of experience in the financial sector, particularly in Latin America. Before joining Santander, he established a solid career in Citibank (1975-1979 and 1983-1994) and Colombia (1990-1991) operations. Prior to this, he held several important positions based in Miami, Colombia, and Mexico having, at different times, the responsibility for commercial activities in various countries. He also headed the Marine Midland Bank - HSBC Chilean operations based in Chile from 1979 to 1983.


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