PVB names new board members

MANILA, Philippines - Newly-appointed Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) chairman Roberto F. de Ocampo has introduced four new board directors to help in pursuing bank-wide strategic directives that would put the bank into a more relevant position in the local banking industry. Named to the bank’s board were Guillermo Parayno, former commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs; Judith Lopez, chairman of Isla Lipana & Co. (Philippine member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers), and concurrently president of the Financial Executives Association of the Philippines or Finex; Nieves Confesor, dean of the Asian Institute of Management and former Labor Secretary; and veteran banker Alfonso “Boy” Cruz, formerly with the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines.