| Claudia is currently the Global Head of Trade Finance and Managing Director at Santander’s Corporate and Investment Bank. In her role she is responsible for origination, structuring, income profitability, execution, and monitoring of Santander´s sizeable portfolio of Core Trade solutions which include Bank Guarantee, LCs, Structured LCs and Trade Loans.
Claudia joined the Santander Group in 2010 and has held relevant positions within SCIB in various capacities. Most notably, she built up SCIB´s Sustainability Global Transaction Product offering including SL and Green labelled products, but also, using Trade and EAF to support Cleantech Client initiatives. In past roles she has been key in developing the International Origination strategy for Global Confirming, as well as Product Manager for a full range of Trade and Working Capital products including Structured Receivable Finance, Supply Chain Finance and Documentary Credits. Claudia was responsible, up to 2021, for all GTB business with different Investor types, from a Trade Asset Mobilization perspective. She holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona (2007) and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from American University in Washington DC (2002) with a specialization in International Commerce and Business Information Technology. She speaks Spanish, English and French and currently lives with her husband and three kids in Madrid. |