ACADEMIC BACKGROUND 

• Master in Business Administration major in Finance Concentration, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilty University, Tennessee
• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Panelist,  Fighting Financial Crimes and New Trends in the Philippines Event, Dow Jone Risk & Compliance
• Founder / President, AFB Ascendant Inc.
• Head of Compliance / Consultant, Tonik Digital Bank, Inc.
• AML Compliance Project Lead / Consultant, CIMB Bank Philippines, Inc.
• Head of Compliance, Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company
• Senior Vice President / Chief Compliance Officer, Security Bank Corporation
• Senior Vice President / Global Head of Sanctions, UOB Limited Singapore
• Director / Head of Financial Crime & Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO),  Commerzbank AG Singapore
• Vice President / Anti- Money Laundering /Countering Financing of Terrorism Officer, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Singapore
• Assistant Vice President / Global Markets / Operational Risk, Standard Chartered Bank
• Manager / Global Markets, Citibank N.A.
• Industrial Engineering Manager, Interphil Laboratories Inc.

AFFILIATIONS, AWARDS, AND HONORS

• 5^th  Board Placer, National Chemical Engineering Licensure Examination, Philippine Regulatory Commission

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• Money Market Treasury Certification Program, Bankers Association of the Philippines
• FX Treasury Certification Program, Bankers Association of the Philippines
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, ACAMS
• Machine Learning Specialization, Coursera / Deep Learning.AI
• Licensed Chemical Engineer, Philippine Regulatory Commission