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Meet our leaders—the inspired individuals who direct, support, and empower our 9,800 colleagues to carry out our mission of providing you with easy–to–use banking products and services. While their personal stories reflect a variety of backgrounds, skills, and experiences, our leaders all share a collective passion for helping our customers and communities make progress.
Christiana Riley
CEO, Santander US; President and CEO, Santander Bank, N.A.
Christiana Riley is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Santander US.
Christiana is also a member of the PagoNxt Board, a leading payment solution provider for merchants, international corporates, SMEs, and consumers, fully owned by Santander.
Prior to joining Santander, Christiana spent 17 years at Deutsche Bank, where she was a member of the Management Board and held several leadership positions in both Europe and the Americas, including CFO and COO of the Corporate and Investment Bank, and CEO of the Americas. She also chaired the Audit Committee at Deutsche Post, enabling its integration into Deutsche Bank AG in 2019.
Christiana is an active member of the wider civic and business community and holds various active Trustee positions including The Clearing House, the Partnership for New York City and American Friends of the Munich Security Conference. She is also a Member of the Governing Body at London Business School and Member of the Audit Committee at Trade Republic Bank.
Christiana graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Romance Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and holds an MBA from the London Business School.
David Hermer
Head of Corporate & Investment Banking US and Directing Officer of Banco Santander SA New York Branch
David Hermer joined Santander in August of 2023 as Head of CIB US and was appointed Directing Officer of Banco Santander SA New York Branch in January of 2024. David has over 30 years’ experience in investment banking, having spent significant time in senior roles at Credit Suisse (CS) where he most recently was Global Head of Equity and Debt Capital Markets. David was a member of various committees, including Global Investment Banking Management Committee, Equity Valuation Committee, Reputational Risk Committee, and Managing Director Promotion Committee.
David joined CS in 1994, where he focused primarily on equity products. He ran the bank’s US Equity Syndicate desk, Global Equity Syndicate, US and later Global Equity Capital Markets, and served on multiple local management committees. Prior to joining CS, David spent five years at Lehman Brothers.
David was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a BA in Political Science.