Bank of Cyprus appoints Elisabet Pinilla Guell as independent director

Nicosia, Cyprus. Bank of Cyprus Holdings and Bank of Cyprus on Thursday announced the appointment of Elisabet Pinilla Guell as an independent non-executive director, following approval by the European Central Bank.

The appointment also took effect for the board of directors of Bank of Cyprus Holdings.

Professional background

Pinilla is a senior international executive with more than 30 years of technology leadership experience in the banking and insurance sectors.

She is head of technology and operations at Santander UK and Cater Allen, where she performs the SMF24 chief operations function for both entities.

She is also a member of Santander UK’s executive committee, executive risk, compliance and economic crime committee, and global technology and operations committee. She also attends meetings of the UK board risk committee.

Previous roles and education

Her previous senior roles at Banco Santander Group and AXA included global head of the technology and operations transformation office and global IT delivery at Banco Santander, and global IT chief transformation officer at AXA.

Pinilla holds a computer science degree from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, a master’s degree in banking and financial operations from INESE, and an executive degree in business administration from IESE.

She has also completed executive studies in digital transformation at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Areas of expertise

Bank of Cyprus said Pinilla has developed expertise in technology, cybersecurity, data and artificial intelligence, as well as digital transformation.