Lisa Fretwell has been appointed to the boards of Santander UK and Santander UK Group Holdings as an independent non-executive director.
Fretwell is a former managing director of Experian UK’s data business and previously held a variety of executive and senior positions at technology company Cisco.
She will take up her new role on 1 January.
William Vereker, Santander chair, said: “Lisa will bring fantastic insight and experience to the board… I look forward to working with her in the months and years ahead as we continue to evolve to meet the needs of our customers across all our platforms.”