Mr. Francisco Luzón López (DOB 01-01-1948; POB Cuenca)
He has been an independent director since February 1997. He is a graduate in Business Studies and Economics from the University of Bilbao. He has collaborated as a lecturer at the University of Deusto (Bilbao). He joined the Banco de Vizcaya in 1972, gaining wide experience in that Group in different Units and functions, becoming General Manager and Board member in 1986. In 1988, after its merger with the Banco de Bilbao, he went on to become a member of the Board of Directors of the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya. At the end of the same year, he was appointed President of the Banco Exterior de España, office which he held from 1988 to 1996. In 1991 he was the driving force behind the creation of the new Grupo Bancario Argentaria of which he was the founder and was Chairman until 1996. After that year, he joined the Banco Santander Central Hispano as Director-General Manager, Deputy to the Chairman and in charge of Strategy, Communication and Institutional Relations. At the present time, he holds the position of Executive Vice President for Latin America on the Board of Banco Santander. Likewise, he is the Worldwide Deputy Chairman of Universia, and chairs the Social Board of the University of Castilla-La Mancha.
He was appointed to the Board of the company on 28 February 1997 and re-elected during the AGM held on 20 July 2000 and 16 July 2004.
He holds 53,538 shares in the company.