Ms. Tiongson has been a banker since the late 1970’s having worked with Pacific Banking Corporation, BDO and Land Bank of the Philippines where she retired as Senior Vice President. Throughout her banking career, she handled various functions in Investment and Securities, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, e-Banking, and Human Resource Management.

Ms. Tiongson was also an Associate Professor at the UST Graduate School and Colegio de San Juan de Letran, GS in Manila for a total of 13 years. She graduated from St. Louis University in Baguio City with a degree in BSC major in Economics, completed her MBA at Lyceum of the Philippines, and Ph.D. in Human Resource Management at University of Santo Tomas, with Latin honors. She was a board member of BancNet, an interbank electronic payments network for three years. Ms. Tiongson is presently an Independent Director of this Bank and SeaBank, Philippines.

Mr. Montesa is a former President and CEO of Overseas Filipino Bank (OFBank) and a former Senior Vice President of the Digital Banking Sector of Land Bank of the Philippines. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of the IT-Project Management Office under the Technology Management Group. Mr. Montesa also served as Director of United Coconut Planters Bank from November 24, 2021, until its merger with LANDBANK on March 1, 2022. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of the Philippines – Diliman and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the College of the Holy Spirit.

Mr. Geron brings with him over 30 years of expertise in various areas of banking, particularly branch banking, strategic planning, and lending. Mr. Geron is the Executive Vice President and Head of the Branch Banking Sector of the Land Bank of the Philippines. Mr. Geron began his career at Land Bank as a management trainee in 1994 and steadily rose from the ranks, eventually leading several key units, including the Visayas Branches Group, Lending Program Management Group, Credit Policy Department, Strategic Planning Group, and the National Development Lending Sector. He also served as the Officer-in-Charge of the former United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) prior to its merger with LBP. He holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of the Philippines Los Baños and a Master’s Degree in Systems Agriculture from the University of Western Sydney.