Francisco González (banker)

Francisco González Rodríguez (born October 19, 1944) is a Spanish banker and Group Executive Chairman of BBVA since 2001.

A graduate in Economics and Business Studies from the Complutense University of Madrid, in 1987 he founded the securities company FG Inversiones Bursátiles, which would later be acquired by Merrill Lynch, who appointed him as the Company’s Advisory Director for Europe.

González was appointed president of the then state-owned bank Argentaria, by the ruling People's Party in 1996 and, following the merger with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria in 1999, was co-president, with Emilio Ybarra, until the latter's resignation in 2001.

Since January, 2000, he has been Chairman of BBVA, and since 2011 he has taken a leading role in the digital and technological transformation of the Bank.

In 2004 he was recognized with the ‘Business Leader of the Year’ award, and in 2014 the Americas Society awarded him its Gold Medal. In july 2015, Gonzalez was recognized with the "Banker of the Year 2016" award.

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