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Isidre Fainé

Catalan businessperson

Isidre Fainé i Casas (Manresa, 1942) is a Catalan business manager and banker. He is chairman of La Caixa.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Isidre Fainé (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jul 10, 1942.¹

Companies

La CaixaChair Jun 26, 2014 to now⁴²
Criteria CaixaChair⁴³
CaixaBankChair 2011 to 2016⁴⁴

Early life and education

1964University of Barcelona licentiate^{3 5}
1987University of Barcelona doctorate³
Date not recordedHarvard University³
Date not recordedIESE Business School^{3 4}

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, banker, businessperson.²⁷

Since 2020Deputy chairperson^{10 20}
Since 2018Chairperson^{10 19}
Since 2018Chair, World Savings Banks Institute²⁶
2016 to 2018Chairperson^{10 18}
2015 to 2018Chairperson^{10 15}
2015 to 2018Chair, European Savings Banks Group²⁵
2014 to 2020Board member^{7 10}
Since 2014Chairperson, La Caixa^{6 8}
Since 2014Chairperson¹⁰
2011 to 2016Chairperson, CaixaBank⁶
2011 to 2016Chairperson¹⁰
Since 2010Chairperson^{10 17}

More of their career (24)

Since 2010Chair, Spanish Confederation of Savings Banks²⁴
Since 2009Board member^{10 16}
2009 to 2015Vice president^{10 14}
Since 2009Chairperson¹⁰
2007 to 2016Vice president^{10 15}
2007 to 2014Chairperson^{4 10}
1999 to 2007Director general¹⁰
1998 to 2009Chairperson^{10 14}
Since 1994Board member^{10 13}
1982 to 2011Worked at Caixa de Pensions⁶
1978 to 1982Worked at Banco Unión⁶
1978 to 1982Director general^{7 10}
1974 to 1978Worked at Banca Jover^{6 7}
1974 to 1978Director general^{7 10}
1973Worked at Banca Riva y García^{6 7}
1969 to 1973Chief executive, Banco de Asunción⁹
1969 to 1973Director general^{7 10}
1964 to 1969Worked at Banco Atlántico^{6 7}
Date not recordedVice president¹⁰
Date not recordedChairperson^{10 11}
Date not recordedBoard member^{10 12}
Date not recordedChair, La Caixa²¹
Date not recordedChair, Criteria Caixa²²
Date not recordedChair, Fundacion de las Cajas de Ahorros²³

Banking career

He began his professional banking career as director of Investments at Banco Atlántico, in 1964, to join later, in 1969, as general manager at Banco de Asunción in Paraguay. He then returned to Barcelona to hold different positions of responsibility in various smaller financial institutions: director of personnel at Banca Riva y García (1973). A year later, aged 32, he started working at Banca Jover where he would become general manager of the entity. He would later be general manager of Banco Unión in 1978.

In 1982, Josep Vilarasau invited him to join "Caixa de Pensions per a la Vellesa i d'Estalvis de Catalunya i Balears" as deputy general manager, where over time he held various positions of responsibility, as deputy general manager executive (1991), a position he shared with Antoni Brufau. When Vilarasau was appointed president, in April 1999, Fainé was appointed general director of the entity, whose presidency he later assumed, in June 2007. In addition, he has been president of "la Caixa" Foundation and of Criteria CaixaHolding. He left the presidency of CaixaBank in June 2016.

From Wikipedia’s article on Isidre Fainé (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

BornJul 10, 1942, Manresa²⁸
CitizenshipSpain²⁹
ResidenceBarcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Manresa, Santa Coloma de Gramenet³⁰
SpouseMontserrat Garriga i Ferrer^{31 32}
Children8^{33 34}

Awards

2023Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry^{35 41}
2018Forbes philantropy award^{35 40}
2017Premip Financiero del Año^{35 39}
2011Premip Financiero del Año^{35 38}
2010Knight of the Legion of Honour^{35 37}
2010Saint George's Cross^{35 36}
2003Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit³⁵

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