 At a national level it cooperated with Astano, Renfe and Fenosa, founded in 1943 by Barrié de la Maza.In 1971, following Barrié de la Maza's death, his widow Carmela Arias y Díaz de Rábago was appointed executive president of the bank, being the first woman to do so in Spain.In September 2001 she was succeeded by José María Arias Mosquera.