BOSTON, June 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Santander Bank announced today that veteran
commercial banking executive Robert
Rubino has been named Co-President of the Bank and Managing
Director, Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking. Santander also
announced today that Michael Cleary,
the Bank's current Head of Consumer and Business Banking, has been
appointed Co-President of the Bank.
"The market opportunity for Santander's corporate and commercial
business remains strong," said Scott
Powell, CEO of Santander US. "Bob's significant expertise
delivering growth across all aspects of commercial banking will
help build on the progress we've seen this year and increase our
competitive position in the market. His leadership approach and
strategic vision for our business are exactly what we need going
forward to distinguish ourselves as a leading commercial banking
franchise."
Rubino comes to Santander from Citizens Financial Group where he
served as Executive Vice President within the commercial banking
division during his 10 year tenure with the company. There he
led Corporate Finance & Capital Markets and was responsible for
building and managing Capital Markets, Sales & Trading,
Leveraged Finance, Asset Based Lending & Restructuring,
Leasing, Sponsor Finance, Strategic Client Acquisition,
MidCorporate, Foreign Corporate, Private Equity, Industry Verticals
and Global Markets.
He has 29 years of extensive experience in all aspects of
commercial banking and a proven track record of delivering
significant growth by building new business channels, closing key
capability gaps, improving risk management and increasing fee based
profits and market share growth. During his time at Citizens, Bob
was the architect for building-out the commercial bank, personally
creating or restructuring 19 businesses including a top 10 capital
markets franchise, commercial broker dealer, stand-alone global
markets business and industry banking coverage organization. Bob
served as chair of the bank's loan underwriting committee,
President and CEO of the bank's commercial broker dealer and was a
member of the bank's commercial management and operating committee
and joint trusts committee. Prior to Citizens, Bob served as
Executive Vice President at Bank of America in a variety of
executive roles including within Bank of America Business Capital
US and Europe.
Rubino earned a M.S. in economics from the London School of Economics and a B.S. in economics
from Providence College. He resides in
Mansfield, Massachusetts with his
wife, Katy, and four daughters.
Michael Cleary has served as
Santander's Head of Consumer and Business Banking since 2015. He
has been instrumental in greatly enhancing Santander's sales and
service processes, and digital and mobile banking capabilities,
improving the customer experience, and developing a culture that
focuses on always doing the right thing for customers. Before
joining the Bank, Cleary was Group Executive Vice President and
Head of U.S. Distribution for Consumer Banking at RBS Citizens
Financial Group, Inc., where he was a member of the Executive
Committee and the Executive Leadership Group. Prior to Citizens,
Michael spent 13 years with JPMorgan Chase & Co. in various
leadership roles including membership on the JPMorgan Executive
Committee, CEO of Business Banking, Chief Marketing Officer for
Retail Banking, Chief Operating Officer for Retail Banking, Head of
Chase Private Client and President of wingspanbank.com. Cleary
holds a B.S. from Princeton University
and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at
Dartmouth College.
Santander provides capital, cash, treasury management, risk
management and international solutions to thousands of commercial,
corporate and institutional clients across a wide variety of
industries in the Northeast, the mid-Atlantic and across
the United States. Working with
commercial clients who generate $25 million
to $2 billion in operating revenue is Santander's specialty.
With access to an extensive array of sophisticated capabilities,
our locally based and highly experienced bankers can customize
solutions for each of their corporate and institutional clients.
When combined with our on-the-ground presence in several key
regions around the world, Santander is uniquely positioned to help
our commercial clients achieve their goals – locally, domestically
and internationally.
Santander Bank, N.A. is one of the country's
largest retail and commercial banks with more than $83 billion in assets. With its corporate offices
in Boston, the Bank's 9,500
employees, more than 650 branches, 2,100 ATMs and 2.1 million
customers are principally located in Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Delaware. The Bank is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Madrid-based Banco Santander, S.A. (NYSE: SAN)
- one of the most respected banking groups in the world with more
than 125 million customers in the U.S., Europe, and Latin
America. It is managed by Santander Holdings USA, Inc., Banco Santander's intermediate
holding company in the U.S. For more information on Santander Bank, please visit
www.santanderbank.com.
Media
Contacts:
Ann
Davis
617-757-5891
ann.davis@santander.us
Nancy Orlando
617-757-5765
nancy.orlando@santander.us
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