Brian Anton

Global Head of Consumer & Retail at Santander

Speaker

Brian Anton is the Global Head of Consumer & Retail Investment Banking at Santander, based in New York. He is responsible for originating, advising on, and executing equity, debt and M&A transactions across the sector. Brian has
executed more than 175 transactions and raised more than $150 billion in debt and equity securities for key clients in the past 20+ years.

Brian joined Santander in 2024. Previously, he was the Global Head of Retail Investment Banking at Citi and before that spent 10 years at Credit Suisse helping to build the Retail & Consumer Group.

Brian earned his MBA as a Danforth Scholar from Washington University in St. Louis in 2005 and prior to attending Wash U, Brian worked as a CPA for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston, MA for four years. Brian received his B.A. in Political Science with concentrations in Economics and French from Bates College in 1999.

Brian is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Stratton Mountain School in Stratton, VT and the Board of Directors of Delivering Good, a leading nonprofit providing excess / new apparel, footwear and consumer-products to people in need.