Jesus Mendez

Jesus Mendez joined Santander Bancorp in January 2004 and was President of Santander Asset Management and First Senior Vice-President and Trust Officer of Santander Trust, a division of Santander Bank.
He has been a Director of Operations of Santander Securities Corporation since 1996.
He was Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of BP Capital Markets from 1995 to 1996.
He was employed with First Boston Puerto Rico, Inc. as Vice-president from 1985 to 1995.
From 1981 to 1995 he was Senior Auditor for Deloitte and Touche.
He held the position of Assistant Bank Examiner from 1979 to 1980 at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in New York City.
Mr. Mendez has a B.A.
in Business Administration graduating Cum Laude in 1979 from the University of Puerto Rico.
He is a Certified Public Accountant.
In the year 2002 he was elected President of the Securities Industry Association of Puerto Rico and is a member of the American Institute of Public Accountants and of the Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants.