Héctor Grisi Checa

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Executive director 

Board member since 2023.

Nationality: Mexican. Born in 1966 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Education: Degree in Finance from Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City). 

Experience: Mr Grisi has more than three decades of international banking experience. He joined Grupo Santander in 2015 as Executive Chair and CEO of Banco Santander México and Grupo Financiero Santander México, S.A. de C.V. Between 2019 and 2022, he was Regional Head for North America, overseeing operations in Mexico and the United States. Before joining Santander, he spent 18 years at Credit Suisse, where he held several senior management roles that included Head of Investment Banking for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and Chair and CEO of Credit Suisse México. He began his professional career in investment banking at Casa de Bolsa Inverlat, Banco Mexicano and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexicano. He has also been Vice Chair of the Asociación de Bancos de México (ABM) and a member of the boards of Bolsa Mexicana de Valores and Universidad Iberoamericana.

Other positions of note: Mr Grisi is non-executive Chair of Cogrimex, S.A. de C.V.

Positions in other Group companies: Mr Grisi is a non-executive director of Grupo Financiero Santander México, S.A. de C.V. and PagoNxt, S.L.

Membership of board committees: Executive committee and innovation and technology committee.