UnionBank Senior Executive Vice President Edwin R. Bautista has been named as UnionBank’s new president, effective January 1, 2016. He will replace outgoing President Victor B. Valdepeñas.
Prior to this appointment Bautista has had over 25 years of banking experience. He joined UnionBank as Senior Vice President in 1997 after a stint as Head of Citibank’s Global Transaction Services Group in the Philippines.
Over the years, he had successful assignments as head of UnionBank’s Credit Card, Retail Banking, Auto/Mortgage, Transaction Banking, Digital Banking and Corporate Product Banking businesses. He is also the bank’s Marketing Director.
In 2006, he served as President of iBank until its merger with UnionBank.