María Dolores Dancausa
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María Dolores Dancausa

Spanish non-executive Chair

María Dolores Dancausa Treviño (born 1959) is a Spanish executive.2

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Born 1959.1

About

Since March 2024 she has held the position of non-executive Chair of Bankinter, one of Spain's leading financial institutions, having previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer since October 2010.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedCEU San Pablo University licenciado3 4

Dancausa holds a degree in Law from the Colegio Universitario San Pablo CEU. She participated in several management programmes at Harvard Business School and completed an Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD.

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Career

Occupation: banker.9

  • Since 2024Chairperson6 7
  • Since 2024Chair, Bankinter8
  • 2020 to 2024Chief executive officer6
  • Date not recordedWorked at Bankinter5

Dancausa began her career at Banco Exterior de España before joining Bankinter. She was appointed as CEO of Linea Directa Aseguradora in 2008, becoming the first female CEO in the auto insurance sector.

In October 2010, she was appointed as CEO of Bankinter. At the time she was the only woman leading an IBEX 35 company. During her time in office, Bankinter purchased Barclays’ Portugal-based non-core assets for about 175 million euros in 2015.

Since March 2024, she has held the position of Non-Executive Chairwoman of Bankinter. In addition, since 2021 she has been an independent director of Acciona, and since April 2024 she has been an external independent director of Puig Brands.

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Personal life

  • Born1959, Burgos10
  • CitizenshipSpain11

Awards

  • 2022CEU Angel Herrera Prizes12 13