Mr. Eugene S. Acevedo
Mr. Eugene S. Acevedo
President & Chief Executive Officer
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.
(Philippines)
Mr. Acevedo is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation or RCBC.
Prior to joining the Bank, he has held senior leadership positions in five banks. He was President and CEO of Philippine National Bank where he led the bank’s rebranding and re-launch of key businesses, resulting into a three-fold rise in the bank’s share price. As SEVP in UnionBank, he transformed retail and corporate banking into major income contributors in three years. He grew the mass market and microfinance businesses through the acquisition of three thrift banks, two rural banks and a remittance company adding over 600 offices to the bank’s network.
He joined Citibank as an Executive Trainee in 1987, and worked across the Asian region in various capacities. He was promoted to Managing Director in 2005 and was Country Treasurer for the Philippines and, later, Hong Kong. In his last post with Citibank, he led the Hong Kong/Taiwan/Macau Global Markets Cluster, and was Treasurer of Citicorp International Ltd.
He graduated BS Physics, magna cum laude, from the University of San Carlos. He took his Masters in Business Management at Asian Institute of Management, and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.
Mr. Acevedo is keenly interested in banking innovation and transformation. He is a Digital Marketing Professional certified by The Wharton School. He has User Experience accreditation from the British Computer Society Chartered Institute of IT. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors, Trustee of De La Salle John Bosco College and the Chairman of the FINEX Financial Inclusion Committee.
