Senior management
The current General Secretary is Francisco Javier Priego and the Associate Director General Services and Control and Accounting is Jaime Herrero.
Departments
- Authorisation and Register Director: Marcos Posada
- Control and Accounting Director: Juan Ramón Sáez
- Deputy SecretariatDirector: Cristina Hijosa
- General ServicesDirector: Angélica Martínez Muñoz
- Legal Director: Lucía Arranz Deputy Director: Cristina Pérez Cajal
- Procurement Director: Miguel Ángel Ortiz
Functions
- The secretariat to the governing bodies of the Banco de España, and assistance to the Council Members.
- Legal advice to the governing bodies and, in general, to the Bank.
- Conduct of sanctioning proceedings in respect of the parties envisaged under current regulations.
- Reporting, and recommending decisions where appropriate, on the requests by credit institutions and other financial agents that the Banco de España is required to report or authorise, in the areas entrusted to the General Secretariat.
- The Official Registers of the Banco de España.
- Management of compliance with obligations in respect of protection of personal data and codes of conduct.
- Management of the Bank’s internal and external whistleblowing channels.
- Supervising natural or legal persons that, while not listed in the Banco de España’s registers, offer or engage in activities reserved for institutions subject to the functions and competences of the Banco de España or make undue use of restricted names.
- Preparation of the draft accounts (balance sheet, profit and loss account and notes to the accounts), and the accounting and audit of operations.
- Hiring arrangements.
- Acquisition, maintenance and administration of assets and the art collection.
- Administration and organisation of internal security services.