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William Slattery
William Slattery was appointed to the Board on 12 July 2013. He is an executive vice president of State Street Corporation, head of global
services, Europe, Middle East and Africa. William worked for the Central Bank of Ireland for 23 years until 1996. He was responsible for
the supervision of Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre from its inception until 1995 and held the position of deputy head of
banking supervision immediately prior to leaving. After leaving the Central Bank of Ireland, he worked for Deutsche Bank AG and spent
five years in London where, from 1999 to 2001, he was managing director and global head of risk management for the asset management
division, and a member of the Deutsche Bank AG group risk board. William is a former member of Ireland’s National Competitiveness
Council and of the Clearing House Group, an umbrella group with responsibility for the oversight of the IFSC chaired by the secretary
general of the Department of the Taoiseach. He is also outgoing chairman of the executive steering committee of IFSC Ireland, which was
formed by the leading representatives and professional bodies associated with international financial services in Ireland. Mr. Slattery is also
a former chairman of Financial Services Ireland. He was a member of the Review Group on Public Service Expenditure, established by the
Irish Government in 2009, and of the 2nd Public Service Benchmarking Body, established in 2006.
William has served as chairman of the Risk Committee since January 2014. William's extensive banking, financial services, regulatory and
risk management experience enables him to make a substantive contribution to the work of the Board and is particularly relevant to his
chairmanship of the Risk Committee.
Nicolás Villén
Nicolás Villén was appointed to the Board with effect from 1 January 2014. Nicolás is a former chief executive officer of Ferrovial
Aeropuertos, the Airport Division of Ferrovial which included all BAA Limited (“BAA”) airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted,
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Southampton and Naples). Prior to that, Nicolás was Chief Financial Officer of Ferrovial from 1993 to
2009. During his tenure at Ferrovial, he held numerous international board positions, including at BAA, now Heathrow Airport Holdings,
from the time of Ferrovial´s acquisition in 2006. He was also a member of its Audit Committee, its health, safety and environment
committee, and chairman of the remuneration committee at BAA. He is also a senior adviser to IFM Investors (an Australian Fund
Management Company) Global Infrastructure Fund and an industry adviser to Advent International. Currently, Nicolás serves as a director
on the boards of Dinamia and CLH, two publicly listed companies in the Madrid Stock Exchange. He is also chairman of their audit
committees.
Nicolás began his career in the USA with Corning Glass, later holding positions in finance and marketing in Abbott Laboratories and
Smithkline Beecham in Spain where he was chief executive officer. Before joining Ferrovial he was chief executive officer of private equity
firm Midland Montagu in Spain. Nicolás holds a degree in industrial engineering from Madrid University, a MSc from the University of
Florida and a MBA from Columbia University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a Samuel Bronfman Fellowship. Nicolás lives
in Madrid.
Nicolás’ wide-ranging executive and financial experience, including in the aviation sector, enables him to make a substantive contribution to
the Board and its committees.
Nicolás has served as a member of the Audit Committee since January 2014. He has also served as chairman of the Safety Committee since
January 2014.