Banco Santander announced to its employees the appointment of Luis Bermúdez as the new CEO of Banco Santander International, the division of International Private Banking in the U.S.
According to an internal statement from the company, the change will be made official in the coming weeks.
Bermúdez has over 20 years of experience in private banking, asset management, brokerage, and investment banking.
He joined Santander in 2005 in Madrid as a Fund Manager, where he stayed until 2010, reaching the position of CIO, Chief of Staff in Madrid. In 2010, he moved to Brazil, where he spent a year before arriving in Miami, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Bermúdez currently holds the position of Global Head of Business Development for Santander Private Banking, based in Miami.