saidApril 1 that Jacobo González-Robatto Fernández, chairman of the internationaladvisory board since 2014, will leave the bank after being named chairman offishing firm Nueva Pescanova.

González-Robattowill depart once the restructuring process of Nueva Pescanova's executive teamis finalized and the fishing firm has a new board of directors. He hadpreviously served as director general of corporate and finance at BancoPopular.