Fernando Lardies

Network Banking Lead, we.trade

_{Fernando is responsible for Network Banking Area in Santander Group, in charge of developing Santander International Business for Corporate & Commercial Banking segment Fernando Lardiés is also Santander’s Board member in the European Payments Council and in the Euro Bank Association, and he is Chairman of the Board of we.trade Trade Finance blockchain Consortium Fernando has held different positions in Santander since joining in 2004. He started in IT Department as Head of Project Office and Control, and in 2005 he moved to the Global Banking & Markets Division where he spent 10 years until 2014. During the first 6 years he headed product areas for Payments, Cash Management and Supply Chain Finance solutions. From 2010 to 2014 he was Senior Banker for Multinationals Segment in Santander Brazil. In 2014 he moved back to Europe, where he was for 2 years Cash and Payments Head for Corporate & Commercial Banking. Before joining Santander, Fernando worked 6 years as strategy consultant for McKinsey&Co in Spain, Latin America and South Korea. Prior to that he worked 3 years as an engineer for National Instruments in the USA and Spain. Fernando holds a BSc in Telecommunications Engineering from Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, a MSc in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a MBA from INSEAD}