Christiana Riley is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Santander US.

Christiana is also a member of the PagoNxt Board, a leading payment solution provider for merchants, international corporates, SMEs, and consumers, fully owned by Santander.

Prior to joining Santander, Christiana spent 17 years at Deutsche Bank, where she was a member of the Management Board and held several leadership positions in both Europe and the Americas, including CFO and COO of the Corporate and Investment Bank, and CEO of the Americas. She also chaired the Audit Committee at Deutsche Post, enabling its integration into Deutsche Bank AG in 2019.

Christiana is an active member of the wider civic and business community and holds various active Trustee positions including The Clearing House, the Institute of International Bankers, the Partnership for New York City; She is also a Member of the Governing Body at London Business School and Member of the Audit Committee at Trade Republic Bank.

Christiana graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Romance Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and holds an MBA from the London Business School.