Romeo D. Uyan, Jr., 62, Filipino, is the Bank's President and CEO effective April 1, 2023. He also serves as Vice Chairman of China Bank Capital Corporation (Chinabank Capital) and as Director at China Bank Savings, Inc. (CBS) and China Bank Securities Corporation (Chinabank Securities). An investment banker with over two decades of trading, financing, and structuring experience in the Asia Pacific region, Mr. Uyan was previously the President of Chinabank Capital and the Managing Director of UBS AG-Singapore Branch and Barclays Capital. He graduated cum laude from the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Engineering, and with Distinction from the Johnson Graduate School of Management in Cornell University, New York, with a Master’s degree in Business Administration. He has had extensive training on banking, securities and futures products, fraud awareness, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, environmental and social risk, AML, and corporate governance.

Patrick D. Cheng, 62, Filipino, Executive Vice President, is the Chief Finance Officer of the Bank. He is also the Chairman of Chinabank Insurance Brokers and Director of CBS, Manulife China Bank Life Assurance Corporation (MCBL, MCBLife), Manila Overseas Commercial Inc., and SR Holdings Corp. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Savings Bank (Philippines) and President of the Chamber of Thrift Banks for two terms. Mr. Cheng is a Certified Public Accountant, placing 7th in the CPA Board Examinations, and a Distinguished Alumnus awardee of the University of the Philippines - Virata School of Business.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accountancy from UP, magna cum laude, and a Master’s in Management degree, with Distinction, from the Hult International Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has had extensive banking and asset/liability management training and also completed with Distinction the Trust Operations and Investment Management course of the Trust Institute of the Philippines.

Aloysius C. Alday, Jr., 55, Filipino, Executive Vice President, is the Head of Consumer Banking Segment. He also serves as Director of CBS and Chinabank Insurance Brokers, Inc. (CIBI). Prior to his current appointment, he was the Group Head of the Bank’s Cards Business and Customer Contact Center, which was reorganized into the Consumer Banking Segment to oversee Consumer Banking and Multi-Purpose Loan in addition to the Cards Business and Customer Contact Center. He has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry in the Philippines and abroad, having worked at HSBC, Metrobank Card Corporation, and Metrobank in the fields of cards and payments, retail banking, consumer and corporate credit risk, and bancassurance. Mr. Alday holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines, and has had extensive training on AML, data privacy, and corporate governance.

Magnolia Luisa N. Palanca, 55, Filipino, Executive Vice President, is the Head of Financial Markets Segment. She also serves as Director of Chinabank Capital. She has over 30 years of banking and financial markets experience, having worked with several financial institutions before joining the Bank, such as J.P. Morgan (S.E.A. Limited) in Singapore and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A-Manila Branch, Standard Chartered Bank-Manila, ING Bank NV-Manila Branch, Solidbank, and Metrobank. Ms. Palanca is an SEC Fixed Income Market Salesman, Ateneo-BAP Certified Treasury Professional, and was a Registered Representative with the Monetary Authority of Singapore from 2015 to 2018. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, and has had extensive training on foreign exchange, financial derivatives, capital market, leadership, and corporate governance.

Gerardo Susmerano, 60, Filipino, Executive Vice President, is the Co-Segment Head of Retail Banking Business Segment effective January 1, 2025. He has more than three decades of extensive experience in retail banking gained largely from East West Bank, where he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Cluster Head for Retail Banking and Operations, and from International Exchange Bank as Senior Vice President and Division / Business Head.  He has led major change initiatives for retail business, boosting revenue, market share and organizational effectiveness and efficiency.  He also previously worked for Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co., Citytrust and Solidbank.  Mr. Susmerano is a CPA with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Sto. Tomas and a Master’s degree in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management.

Stephen Y. Tan, 58, Filipino, Executive Vice President, is the Co-Segment Head of Retail Banking Business Segment effective January 1, 2025. He has more than 30 years of banking experience, having handled various positions at Far East Bank and Trust Company, Equitable PCI Bank, and International Exchange Bank, prior to joining the Bank. A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Tan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce, Major in Accounting, from the University of San Carlos. He attended several trainings on account management strategies, AML, managerial skills training, whistleblowing, and other trainings in banking and other related fields.

Lilian Yu, 59, Filipino, Executive Vice President, is the Head of Institutional Banking Segment. She also currently serves as Director of Chinabank Capital and RCI.  She has over 30 years of experience in credit, project and structured finance, and debt capital markets. Prior to joining the Bank, she was an International Consultant for the Asian Development Bank. She also worked for international financial institutions abroad such as Barclays Capital, ABN Amro Bank, Deutsche Bank, and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group. A CPA and a Certified Financial Analyst, Ms. Yu holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accountancy, magna cum laude, from the University of the Philippines, and an MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Delfin Jay M. Sabido IX, 57, Filipino, Senior Vice President, is the Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer and Head of Innovation and Transformation Segment. He is also a Director in the Bank subsidiary Chinabank Properties & Computer Center, Inc. (CBC-PCCI). He has over 25 years of experience in global technology and across multiple disciplines, namely, information technology, data analytics, research and development, telco-broadband wireless, and electronics manufacturing services. Prior to joining the Bank, he was the Chief Transformation and Technology Officer of AXA Philippines and he held key executive positions in Stratpoint, Ionics EMS, Inc., IBM Philippines, and at Wave Optics, Inc. in Palo Alto, California, USA. Dr. Sabido earned both his Doctor of Philosophy and Masters in Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Philippines, summa cum laude. He has had trainings in banking, finance, technology and related fields, including LOMA and corporate governance.

Delia Marquez, 63, Filipino, Senior Vice President, is the Head of Centralized Operations Group. She has over thirty years of financial experience, working as Auditor at SGV & Co. and Transunion Corporation prior to joining the Bank in 1988. A CPA, Ms. Marquez graduated cum laude from the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce, Major in Accounting. She attended The Asian Banker’s Future of Finance Summit 2017, SAS Management’s Intro to Agile Project Management, GGAPP and PWC Phils.’ Annual Forum on Good Governance, Ethics and Compliance, and ICD’s various Corporate Governance Trainings, as well as other seminars on the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, the Internal Credit Risk Rating System, the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards, and risk model validation.

Christopher Ma. Carmelo Y. Salazar, 51, Filipino, Senior Vice President, is the Treasurer and Head of Treasury Group. He has more than 25 years of financial markets experience gained from different institutions, including First Metro Investment Corporation, ING Bank-Manila, Standard Chartered – Manila, Thailand, and U.A.E., and Landbank of the Philippines. Mr. Salazar graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering degree from the Ateneo de Manila University. He took up the Treasury Certification Program of the Ateneo-BAP Institute of Banking and participated in numerous trainings and seminars in corporate governance, AML, operational risk, information security, data privacy, bank marketing management, risk management, ethical decision making, leadership, and cybersecurity.