Filipino, 69 years old, was elected as director of BPI in August 2021. He is a member of the Bank’s Executive, Related Party Transaction, and Retirement/Pension Committees. Mr. Bañez also serves as a Board Director of BPI Asset Management and Trust Corporation (also known as BPI Wealth, A Trust Corporation) and BPI Capital Corporation.
In the private sector, Mr. Bañez held several senior-level positions in PLDT until his retirement in 2016. He was Senior Vice President and Head of the Supply Chain, Asset Protection and Management Group from 2008 to 2016; Senior Vice President and Chief Governance Officer from 2004 to 2007; Corporate Governance Advisor from 2003 to 2004; Senior Vice President, Support Services and Tax Management from 2000 to 2001; and First Vice President, Support Services and Tax Management from 1998 to 2000. Prior to joining PLDT, he was Group Tax Director of Metro Pacific Investment Corporation until 1998.
Mr. Bañez served as the Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) from February 2001 to August 2002 and as Deputy Commissioner from June 1993 to November 1995. Before his appointment to the BIR in 1993, he spent more than 11 years at accounting firm Isla Lipana & Co./PwC (formerly Joaquin Cunanan & Co.), starting as a Tax Consultant in 1982 until he became Tax Principal (Partner) from 1990 to 1993.
Currently, he is a member of the Finance Board of the Archdiocese of Manila, Diocese of Pasig, and Commission on the Social Apostolate of the Philippine Province Society of Jesus. He also serves as a Trustee of Mirador Jesuit Villa & Retreat House Corporation, Loyola School of Theology Corporation, and Blessed Peter Faber Spirituality Center Inc. He is likewise a Director of Catholic Travel Inc., Unitas Asia Corp. (a subsidiary of Radio Veritas Asia), Board Advisor of LH Paragon, Inc. and Chairman of Multinational Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Bañez earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976 and his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1981, both from the Ateneo de Manila University.
Mr. Bañez is not a director in any other publicly listed company.
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