Mr. Francisco Gonzalez Rodriguez has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA since January 28, 2000. In addition, he acts as Member of the Executive Committee of the Company. Mr. Gonzalez Rodriguez also serves as Member of the European Financial Services Roundtable, Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for International Finance (IIF), Member of the Institut European d'Etudes Bancaires, Member of the International Monetary Fund’s Capital Markets Consultative Group, Member of the Conference Board International Monetary Conference and Global Counselor. He also acts as Chairman of the Fundacion BBVA and Governor of the Red Cross, Foundation for Help Against Drug Addiction, Foundation for Terrorism Victims, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao, Fundacion Principe de Asturias, Real Instituto Elcano, Fundacion Carolina, ESADE, FEDEA, Fundacion de Estudios Financieros, Instituto de Estudios Economicos and Institut Europeu de la Mediterrania. Prior to the merger between Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and Argentaria, he served as Chairman of Argentaria from 1996 to 1999. He also acted as Director of Endesa, Chairman of Banco Uno-e, Banco Hipotecario de Espana, Banco Exterior de Espana, Caja Postal and Banco de Credito Local. He founded FG Inversiones Bursatiles, which was acquired by Merrill Lynch. Mr. Gonzalez Rodriguez acted as Member of the Executive Committee of the Madrid Stock Exchange and the Executive Committee of Bancoval. He holds a degree in Economics and Business Science from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.