I started at the bottom. Nobody has given me anything. — Ana Patricia Botin Anything Copy Share Image
We need to change how we run banks. We need to change the culture. If we get it right, we can have… — Ana Patricia Botin Banks Copy Share Image
It has to be convenient. You have to be able to bank with me anytime. — Ana Patricia Botin Able Copy Share Image
I want the best people, not just on the banking side but on innovation and technology. — Ana Patricia Botin Banking Copy Share Image
I get the sense that the British do not like to look at things on the bright side of life. Maybe it… — Ana Patricia Botin Bright side Copy Share Image
We are a challenger bank; let me say that once, twice, and three times if necessary because people still sometimes think of… — Ana Patricia Botin Bank Copy Share Image
It is going to sound cliched, but my husband has been incredibly helpful. — Ana Patricia Botin Been Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a journalist. The other thing I wanted to be was a spy. — Ana Patricia Botin Journalist Copy Share Image
We need to stop frowning upon failure whilst criticising those that succeed. — Ana Patricia Botin Failure Copy Share Image
I'm very happy in the U.K.; I love it here. Even the weather - I'm from a place where it rains almost… — Ana Patricia Botin Happy Copy Share Image
Santander gives you a unique opportunity to invest in the U.K. economy. — Ana Patricia Botin Economics Copy Share Image
Other things equal, we should give a chance to women. That's what I try to do. — Ana Patricia Botin Chance Copy Share Image
Profit, wealth creation, competition - these are not dirty words but the lifeblood of a dynamic economy. — Ana Patricia Botin Competition Copy Share Image
We can help companies committed to addressing global challenges such as climate change. — Ana Patricia Botin Challenges Copy Share Image
Discretion is the most important thing for a banker. That is the philosophy of the family... I mean, of the bank. — Ana Patricia Botin Bank Copy Share Image
We didn't invent gunpowder. What we did was take things that were there and put them together in a way that works. — Ana Patricia Botin Gunpowder Copy Share Image
I didn't join a bank because my father worked in a bank or because I thought I was going to be a… — Ana Patricia Botin Bank Copy Share Image
Bright graduates will either set up their own companies or come and work for us or a consulting firm or government. But… — Ana Patricia Botin Business Copy Share Image
I think of digital as a means to an end: How do I service and get more loyal customers, how do I… — Ana Patricia Botin Change Copy Share Image
The thing that really sticks - and when you talk to entrepreneurs, they say the same - is just thinking about the… — Ana Patricia Botin Business Copy Share Image
I am confident that our experience, our scale, our intimate knowledge of the needs of our customers put us on the front… — Ana Patricia Botin Confidence Copy Share Image
We are going to make people who do some things with Santander into loyal customers who bank with us every day. This… — Ana Patricia Botin Day Copy Share Image
If the government is funding itself at 2 per cent, you know, how much are you going to pay savers if you… — Ana Patricia Botin Government Copy Share Image
When times are tough, we tend to outperform as margins increase. — Ana Patricia Botin Increase Copy Share Image
For me, my husband gives me advice all the time - he's been very supportive. — Ana Patricia Botin Advice Copy Share Image
I don't think of us as defending ourselves. I think of us as a challenger, an attacker. — Ana Patricia Botin Defending Copy Share Image
We can help families buy their homes and invest in their educations. — Ana Patricia Botin Buy Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a journalist. I used to write articles at university about politics. — Ana Patricia Botin Journalist Copy Share Image
We need critical mass. We need people, not just one or two. We need a lot of them. — Ana Patricia Botin Critical Copy Share Image
