Member of the Audit and Compliance and the International Committees.

Born in 1941 Ibiza (Spain).

Graduate in Law and Economics.

He was appointed for the first time a Director of the Bank on 24 June 2002. He was re-elected by the General Meeting of shareholders of 18 June 2005.

Main activity: Chairman of Grupo de Empresas Matutes.

Other relevant posts: Former Foreign Minister of the Spanish Government and European Union Commissioner for the portfolios of Loans and Investment, Financial Engineering and Policy for Small and Medium-sized Companies (1989); North-South Relations, Mediterranean Policy and Relations with Latin America and Asia (1989) and of the Transport and Energy and Supply Agency of Euroatom (1993).