Following on from the achievements of last year, here at the foundation we are committed to continuing to fulfil our mission of contributing to the advancement of society.

We are pleased to announce that in 2023 we will resume all the cultural activities, such as our temporary exhibitions and the workshops for employees at the Santander Art Gallery, which we were obliged to halt due to the health emergency of recent years.

Moreover, we will reaffirm our commitment to vulnerable groups through new calls to our social outreach and international cooperation programmes. The organisations involved in Santander Emplea Cultura will receive additional funding and, following a promising trial in 2022, we will implement Santander BEST Africa in Mozambique.

Our presence in the field of scientific research will become more prominent thanks to the recent agreements signed with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Spanish National Cardiovascular Research Centre (CNIC).

In keeping with the corporate social responsibility principles of Banco Santander, we will launch a new line of work focused on collaboration with universities.

To achieve these goals, we will have the generous support of the Bank and its Board of Directors, the professionalism of our management team and the judicious suggestions of our Board of Trustees, the composition of which has recently changed. Two new members, José María Nus Badía and Gonzalo Alonso Tejuca, joined the board in 2022, and at the beginning of 2023 Juan Velarde Fuertes passed away. We deeply regret this loss and are sincerely grateful for Juan’s valuable work as a trustee of the Foundation for nearly thirty years.