Diego Begara

Diego Begara joined Santander Bancorp in 2004 as Internal Audit Director.
He was Internal Audit Director for Grupo Santander Venezuela from 2002 to 2003 and in Peru from 2001 to 2002.
He previously worked at the Internal Audit Division of Grupo Santander in Spain where he held various positions as Manager and Chief of Staff of several projects that included credit risk audits, corporate client appraisals for the Banco Santander, Banesto, and Banco Central Hispano.
In the International scope, he has undertaken credit portfolio analysis for investment decisions and conducted due diligence processes on behalf of Grupo Santander.
Mr. Begara has a Bachelor's Degree in Economic and Business Sciences from the Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with a concentration in Auditing.