Managing diversity

We see the diversity of our team as an asset. All employees can count on equal access to training and equal pay  and promotion policies. We are also attentive to the rights and needs of parent employees. The bank’s employment structure reflects our diversity management approach and its outcomes.

We comply with laws on diversity, inclusiveness and equal opportunities. We follow good practices in promoting diversity and treat employees and other stakeholders equally regardless of their gender, age, education, health, race, religion, nationality, political opinion, union membership, ethnic origin, family status or sexual orientation.

Respect for individuality, promotion of equal treatment and anti-discrimination are part of many of the bank’s policies and procedures, such as:

More detailed information about the regulations can be found here.

We aim to achieve a balanced representation of women and men across all functions and responsibilities.

At the bank, we pursue a diversity strategy in the selection, qualification assessment and succession processes of our supervisory and management bodies. Not only do we ensure that the members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board have a broad range of competencies, high job qualifications, adequate professional experience, skills and good repute, but we also strive to achieve a gender balance in the composition of these bodies and to increase diversity in terms of age, education, experience and geographical origin.

The bank’s Policy of Diversity in the Composition of the Management Board of Santander Bank Polska S.A. promotes the diversity of the members of the Management Board in terms of their qualities and qualifications in order to obtain different points of view and a wide range of experience, ensuring independence of opinion and a broad spectrum of decision-making criteria.

The principles of diversity and inclusiveness are also described in the Santander Bank Polska Group Corporate Culture Policy. We promote a work environment where diversity is respected, valued and used as an asset. A diverse workforce is our competitive advantage, enabling us to achieve our business and strategic objectives and to attract and retain talent.

Composition of the bank’s Management Board by age category and diversity

Composition of the bank’s Supervisory Board by age category and diversity

For exhaustive data on employment breakdown go to Employment structure.

Through numerous initiatives, cooperation with women’s organisations and partnership in social campaigns, we break down stereotypes and inspire women to take on leadership roles. We pay great attention to ensure a balance in the number of women and men participating in our development programmes, as well as in the succession and recruitment process.

In addition to internal programmes, the Group supports external initiatives to help women in their professional careers. We have joined the Women Update campaign, whose ambassador is Elżbieta Solińska, the bank’s COO. Women Update encourages women to change careers and open up to professions in technology sectors.

In this way, we want to counteract the technological exclusion of women. As part of this initiative, we participated in the Women in IT Career Day event organised by Future Collars.

More information about the Women Update campaign can be found at: https://womanupdate.org/.

We are building an inclusive and diverse environment at the bank. We employ people with disabilities and raise awareness among employees and managers about the rights and needs of persons with disabilities. Since 2018, we have been implementing the Differently Abled programme supporting  our efforts.

Through the Barrier-Free Service programme, developed in cooperation with foundations working for the benefit of persons with disabilities, and the Differently Abled project, our bank effectively contributes to counteracting social and economic exclusion.

As part of our recruitment processes, we communicate our openness to employing people with disabilities (e.g. by including relevant information in recruitment advertisements).