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Javier Illescas is Group Head of Legal and Vice-Secretary of the Board at Banco Santander, supporting the board and its committees alongside leading the group’s legal function. He has been with Santander since 2012 and has held senior legal leadership responsibilities within the bank’s business and corporate legal areas. His responsibilities span corporate governance, regulatory advice and cross-border legal risk management across the group’s international operations. He is also an Associate Lecturer at Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), reflecting a continuing engagement with corporate and commercial law teaching.