2011 Annual Report - BDO

BOARD OFDIRECTORSTERESITA T. SYChairpersonteresitachairpersonjosefinadirector and presidentnestorvice chairman61 years old, Filipino, is the Chairperson of BDO Private Bank andwas first elected to the Board in 2003. She is also the Chairpersonof BDO Unibank, Inc.and was first elected to the Board in 1997.Concurrently, she serves as the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson,and/or Director of various subsidiaries and affiliates of BDOsuch as BDO Leasing & Finance, Inc., BDO Capital & InvestmentCorporation, BDO Foundation, Inc., Generali Pilipinas HoldingCompany, Inc., Generali Pilipinas Life Assurance Company, Inc., andGenerali Pilipinas Insurance Co., Inc. Ms. Sy is the Vice Chairpersonof SM Investments Corporation and adviser to the Board of SMPrime Holdings, Inc. She also sits as Chairperson, Vice Chairpersonand/or Director of such companies as Multi-Realty DevelopmentCorporation, SM Commercial Properties, Inc. (formerly SMLand, Inc.), Supervalue, Inc., SM Mart, Inc., SM Retail, Inc., SuperShopping Market, Inc., Pilipinas Makro, Inc., and First Asia RealtyDevelopment Corp. A graduate of Assumption College, shebrings to the board her varied expertise in banking and finance,retail merchandising, mall and real estate development.NESTOR V. TANVice Chairman54 years old, Filipino, Vice Chairman of BDOPrivate Bank and was first elected to the Boardin 2003. He has been President of BDO Unibank,Inc. since July 1998. He also concurrently holdsvice chairmanships and/or directorships inthe following subsidiaries of BDO Unibank,Inc.: BDO Capital & Investment Corporation,BDO Insurance Brokers, Inc., BDO Leasing andFinance, Inc., BDO Remit (USA), Inc., GeneraliPilipinas Life Assurance Company, Inc., and SMKeppel Land, Inc. He also concurrently holdschairmanship of BDO Strategic Holdings, Inc. andMegalink, Inc. He is a Director and the Treasurerof Generali Pilipinas Insurance Co., and Trusteeof BDO Foundation, Inc. He is also a director ofthe Bankers Association of the Philippines. Mr.Tan had a fifteen-year banking career with theMellon Bank (now Bank of New York – Mellon) inPittsburgh, PA, the Bankers Trust Company (nowDeutsche Bank) in New York, and the BarclaysGroup in New York and London. Prior to joiningthe Bank, he was the Chief Operating Officer forthe Financial Institution Services Group of BZW,the investment banking subsidiary of the BarclaysGroup. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commercefrom De La Salle University and received his MBAfrom Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.JOSEFINA N. TANDirector and President66 years old, Filipino, is President of BDO PrivateBank, Inc. and was first elected to the Board in 2003.She is presently a Director of BDO Unibank, Inc..She is also the Chairman of the Board of MiriamCollege and a Trustee in both DevelopmentCenter for Finance and Laura Vicuña Foundation.She was a Director of Banco de Oro UniversalBank from 2001 to August 2005. She was alsoExecutive Vice President of the former Far EastBank & Trust Co.; Director and President of FEBLeasing & Finance Corp.; Executive Director andTrustee of FEB Foundation, Inc.; and ExecutiveVice President of FEB Investments, Inc. until 2000.She was a director of Equitable PCI Bank, Inc.from September 2005 until its merger with BDOin May 2007.