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Today we launched our new STEM education programme inspired by the legendary Scuderia Ferrari. It’s our latest collaboration with Twinkl Educational Publishing to bring free maths and science learning materials to schools and homes featuring the world’s most famous red cars and the high performance of Formula 1. Thank you Portfields Primary School for joining us at #BritishGP. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/eCtGWCF8
Many congratulations to our Chief Financial Officer, Duke Dayal, who has been announced as Finance Business Leader of the Year at the AICPA & CIMA Engage Europe Finance Awards 2022! The annual awards celebrate inspiring individuals who have made a positive difference in the organisations they work in. Commenting on the award, Duke said: “I’m absolutely delighted to receive this award, it’s an incredible honour. It is also testament to the work the entire CFO function carries out each day at Santander – this award really belongs to them.
We were so excited to be at Glasgow Pride this past weekend. It's been two years since we’ve attended an in person Pride event, and it felt great to be back! We’ll be attending seven more Pride parades across the UK this summer. Will you be joining us? London 2nd July Bristol 9th July Belfast 30th July Liverpool 30th July Leeds 7th August Milton Keynes 10 September Birmingham 24 September #SantanderSupportsPride #ThePlaceToBeYourself
Massive well done to our team of volunteers who recently got stuck in to peatland restoration! We’re proud to be a founding partner of #NetZerowithNature with #NationalParksUK, helping to restore nature and fighting climate change by bringing back UK peatlands, woodlands, wetlands and wild spaces. As part of this partnership, we fund the restoration of peatland in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland, which our team recently got hands-on experience with. The hands-on tasks included blocking & damming an eroded peat gully to prevent water flow as part of the restoration process, as well as planting sphagnum moss to aid revegetation, prevent exposed peat releasing carbon and helping store carbon efficiently. A fantastic day for all the team that volunteered!
We’re thrilled to have been named winner of the 2022 Working Families Best for Mental Health & Wellbeing Award for the second year running. It recognises our commitment to supporting our people with wellbeing, particularly through all the valuable initiatives carried out by our Mental Wellbeing Network. We’re also proud that our Family and Carers network were finalists for Best for All Families and Best Family Network awards which showcase all the work and progress they have made to deliver support for those with parenting and caring responsibilities.
We’re thrilled to announce our new Charity Partner – Macmillan Cancer Support. Our ambition, over the next three years, is to work in partnership with Macmillan to improve financial inclusion and help transform financial support for people affected by cancer and make money one less worry. We look forward to working together in 2022 and beyond.
We are pleased to have been supporting Volunteers’ Week. Across the bank, our colleagues are giving their time to volunteer with organisations that assist financial inclusion, social mobility, community support and more. Some of the voluntary activities they are getting involved with include collecting much-needed essential items for the people of Ukraine, delivering educational sessions on money management, digital and work skills to children, as well as helping out with local community initiatives such as at foodbanks. Santander’s Acting Head of Sustainability & Responsible Banking, Fermín Martínez de Hurtado Yela, said: “We have a proud history of supporting volunteering at Santander and are thrilled that our colleagues are getting out once again to support a wide range of worthy causes across the community, contributing to our role as a responsible bank.”
To help build children’s money confidence, we’re teaming up with Twinkl Educational Publishing. Together we’re bringing financial education to all schools and homes in the UK. To access our free learning packs developed by real teachers visit twinkl.co.uk/santander The Bank of Antandec CEOs have got other ideas…
We’re pleased to make the #TimesTop50 Employers for Women list this year which is compiled by #GenderEquality experts at Business in the Community. It demonstrates our continued commitment to #TakeActionOnGenderEquality at Santander.
We’re delighted to announce that Juan Ignacio Echeverria will be joining Santander UK as our new Chief People Officer, subject to regulatory approval. Juan joins us from Santander Group Mexico, where he has been Chief Human Resources Officer since 2016. He has nearly 30 years’ experience in financial services having started his career in Corporate Banking before moving into HR fourteen years ago. Commenting on the new appointment CEO Mike Regnier said: “I am delighted to welcome Juan Ignacio Echeverria as Santander UK’s new Chief People Officer. Juan has had an outstanding career in financial services and has an incredibly broad HR skillset and strong commercial mindset. With a passion for creating workplace cultures where people can thrive, learn and develop their skills, Juan will be a great asset to our team as we continue both to deliver our transformation programme and build on our status as a leading employer where all our people feel they belong and are able to succeed.”
