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Banco Sabadell reorganises management structure and announces €331 million share buyback

Banco Sabadell will launch two new AI and transformation divisions while keeping its management committee unchanged. It also announced a €331 million share buy-back program.

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Banco Sabadell will launch a Corporate Transformation and Artificial Intelligence division and a Business Transformation division on 1 September, embedding AI and product innovation directly into its management structure alongside a new share buy-back programme worth up to €331 million.

Two new divisions to accelerate AI and customer focus

The Corporate Transformation and Artificial Intelligence division is designed to accelerate the roll-out of AI across the entire organisation. Separately, the Business Transformation division will concentrate on product innovation for high-value customers, digitalisation, and projects that have a direct impact on the customer experience. Banco Sabadell's move reflects a wider shift where firms turn AI from an experimental capability into a structured executive function. AI for Executives & Strategy explores how leaders are building exactly this kind of internal mandate.

Management stability throughout the change

The bank's Management Committee remains unchanged. Preserving governance stability while driving a new transformation phase is a deliberate choice: it keeps decision-making continuity while the two new divisions take shape. AI for Management examines similar patterns where boards avoid upheaval during technology-led reorgs.

Buy-back programme details

In parallel, Banco Sabadell notified the Spanish National Securities Market Commission of the parameters of its share buy-back programme. The maximum monetary amount is €331 million, and the maximum number of shares the company intends to acquire is 467,846,248. The total represents roughly 10 per cent of the banking group's issued share capital.

Why this matters for management

Creating a dedicated AI division signals that artificial intelligence is no longer a side project; it now owns a seat at the top table with direct reporting lines. For managers, the announcement reinforces a simple reality: AI capability is becoming a structural fixture, not a temporary initiative. The move also pairs transformation leadership with an unchanged management committee-a pattern that prioritises steady governance while new capabilities are built. The numbers in the buy-back remind executives that strategic reorganisation often runs alongside capital allocation decisions that shape shareholder returns.

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