Barcelona, 1953. He holds a degree in Economics and Law from the University of Deusto and a Masters in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. He began his career in the financial sector in 1980 when he became International Director of Banco Hispano Americano. In 1992, he moved to Banco Central Hispano, where he was appointed General Manager for Catalonia and, two years later, worked as General Manager of Commercial Banking, where he also served on the Management Committee. After the merger with Banco Santander, Juan María Nin took over the post of General Manager of Commercial Banking and was later appointed General Manager of the Companies Division of Santander Central Hispano, on whose Management Committee he
also served. He was appointed CEO of Banco Sabadell in 2002. He has a longstanding career in commercial, international and corporate banking, as well as a great deal of experience in managing mergers and acquisitions of banks. He has served on the Board of Directors of various industrial and services companies. Currently he President and CEO of “la Caixa”, Vice chairman of Foundation “la Caixa”, Member of the Board of Directors of Criteria CaixaCorp, S.A., CaiFor, S.A., Gas Natural SDG, S.A. and Banco BPI, S.A., member of the Board of Governors of Universidad Deusto, Foundation ESADE, Círculo Ecuestre, APD (Management Progress Association), Foundation Federico García Lorca and Foundation Consejo España-Estados Unidos.
Mr. Nin was appointed as Director of Repsol YPF, S.A. by resolution of the Board of Directors on 19th December, 2007 and subsequently ratified and appointed by the Annual Shareholders Meeting on May 14th, 2008.
Last updated: 30 Oct 2008