Santander UK Names Mahesh Aditya as CEO

2026-02-03 - 07:16

Santander UK has announced the appointment of Mahesh Aditya as Chief Executive Officer of Santander UK Group Holdings and Santander UK, effective 1 March. Aditya joins from Banco Santander, where he has served as Group Chief Risk Officer since 2023. Prior to this, he spent six years at Santander in the US, including two years as Chief Risk Officer, Santander US, and four years as CEO of Santander Consumer USA from 2019 to 2023. He has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, having held roles at Citi, JPMorgan Chase, and Capital One. The Santander UK Boards appointed Aditya on 1 October 2025. Aditya said: Mahesh Aditya “I am pleased to be joining Santander UK as its CEO at such an important time. The acquisition of TSB will both accelerate our transformation and add to the considerable inward investment Group has made in the UK since it entered the market in 2004.” Featured image credit: Edited by Fintech News Switzerland, based on image by digitizesc via Freepik