Spanish lender Unicaja says chairman will step down

Unicaja Banco SA

01/10/2026 18:11

       MADRID, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Spanish lender Unicaja
 UNI.MC  said on Thursday that its non-executive Chairman José
Sevilla had decided to step down after the next shareholders'
meeting, as he will not stand for reelection.
    Sevilla was appointed non-executive chairman in February
2024 and took over in April that year at Spain's sixth-largest
bank by market value.
    Before joining Unicaja, he had been CEO of now-defunct
Bankia for almost seven years before Caixabank  CABK.MC 
completed its acquisition of the former state-owned lender in
March 2021.
    Unicaja said Sevilla's announcement allows the succession
process to be addressed in an appropriate and orderly manner.
     

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