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Javier Rogla

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Chief People, Organization and Culture Officer at Santander
📍 Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area, Spain

Javier Rogla is the Group Chief People & Culture Officer at Santander, also leading Santander Universities and Universia. His career spans consulting at BCG and leadership at Endesa and Save the Children. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and has completed a program in Digital Business, reflecting his expertise in organizational development and digital transformation.

Javier is deeply committed to social impact through education, having founded Empieza Por Educar (part of the Teach For All network) to promote educational equity. He dedicates his personal time to his wife and two young sons, enjoying the experience of seeing the world anew through their eyes.

He leads Santanders global education initiatives, which represent the largest corporate investment in higher education in the world.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Chief People, Organization and Culture Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area, Spain
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Educational Equity
Founded 'Empieza por Educar' to combat educational inequality and now leads Santander's global university programs, demonstrating a career-long commitment to education's social impact.
People and Culture
As the Group CHRO for a 200, 000-person company, he focuses on how culture drives strategy and enables large-scale organizational success.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Chief People, Organization and Culture Officer
Santander
6-2016
Santander Universities Global Head | Universia CEO
Santander
6-2024 - 3-2025
Group Chief People & Culture Officer (GCHRO)
Santander
3-2020
Vicechair of the Board
Fundación Universia
3-2017 - 3-2020
Chairman Of The Board
Fundación Universia
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Education
2004 - 2005
MBA
INSEAD
2017 - 2017
PADDB+ Programa de Alta Dirección en Digital Business
The Valley Business & Tech School
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