José R. González

Vice Chair, Board of Directors of the Office of Finance
President and Chief Executive Officer, FHLBank of New York

José R. González was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the FHLBank of New York on April 2, 2014. Mr. González joined the FHLBank of New York on October 15, 2013, as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. González served as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the FHLBank of New York from 2008 through 2013, and as an elected industry director from 2004 through 2013. Prior to joining the FHLBank of New York, he served as Senior Executive Vice President, Banking & Corporate Development for OFG Bancorp (formerly Oriental Financial Group, Inc.). Mr. González has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions since July 2014. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Finance since April 2014 and has served as Vice-Chair since May 2021. Further, Mr. González has been a member of the Resolution Funding Corporation Directorate since September 2022. From August 2016 to August 2020, Mr. González served as a member of the Oversight Board created by the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act ("PROMESA") of 2016. Mr. González was a member of the Board of Directors of Santander BanCorp ("Santander"), a bank holding company, from 2000 to 2010. From 2002 to 2008, he was Vice-Chair of the Board, President and CEO of Santander. After joining Santander in 1996 as President and CEO of its securities broker dealer, Mr. González was named Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the holding company in 2001. Mr. González began his career in banking in the early 1980s as Vice President, Investment Banking, for Credit Suisse First Boston ("CSFB") and, from 1989 through 1995, served as President and CEO of CSFB's Puerto Rico operations. He served as President and CEO of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, a government instrumentality that acts as the Commonwealth's fiscal agent, from 1986 to 1989. He is a past President of both the Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Securities Industry Association of Puerto Rico. Mr. González holds a B.A. in Economics from Yale University and M.B.A. and Juris Doctor degrees from Harvard University.


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