Francisco C. Sebastian

Chairman

Mr. Sebastian is concurrently the vice chairman of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company and GT Capital Holdings, Inc.

He joined the Metrobank Group in 1997 as president of First Metro, a position which he held for 13 years until 2011 when he became chairman.

Mr. Sebastian joined Ayala Investment and Development Corporation in 1975 and was seconded in Hong Kong. He worked as an investment banker in Ayala International Finance Limited and then Filinvest Finance (HK) Ltd. until 1984. He then started his own corporate and financial advisory firm based in Hong Kong, Integrated Financial Services Ltd., which he managed until he returned after 20 years to the Philippines to join the Metrobank Group in 1997.

Mr. Sebastian graduated Magna Cum Laude with an AB degree in Economics Honors from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1975.

Arthur Ty

Vice Chairman

Mr. Ty currently serves as the chairman of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, vice chairman of PSBank, chairman of Metropolitan Bank (China) Ltd., and chairman of GT Capital Holdings, Inc.

He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in BS Economics and obtained his Master's degree in Business Administration from Columbia University.

Rabboni Francis B. Arjonillo

President/Director

Mr. Arjonillo was appointed president and director of First Metro on January 1, 2016. He has more than three decades of extensive international and local banking experience.

He spent 18 years in Citibank with his most recent roles as consumer bank treasurer in Australia and country treasurer in Vietnam where he was the founding chairman of the Vietnam Bond Market Forum, the precursor of the Vietnam Bond Market Association. Prior to joining First Metro, he was the head of Treasury and Investment Banking Sector of Land Bank of the Philippines and was the chief risk officer of China Bank. He started his banking career in Bank of the Philippine Islands and had a brief stint in UCPB.

Mr. Arjonillo was also a former president and director of the Money Market Association of the Philippines and vice president of the ACI Financial Markets Association, where he also acted as organizing committee chairman of its 18th Asia Pacific Foreign Exchange Congress.

He was an assistant professorial lecturer at the De La Salle University, teaching courses in Economics and Finance for nine years. He is also a regular lecturer in the Bankers Association of the Philippines' Treasury Certification Program.

He holds an AB Economics degree from De La Salle University and a master's degree in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management.

Ismael G. Cruz

Director

Mr. Cruz has over 25 years of experience in investment banking in the Philippines and in other parts of Asia. He spent 17 years of his career in hong Kong where he became chief executive of three regional merchant banking organizations: Ayala International Finance Ltd., Filinvest Finance (HK) Ltd., and Elders Finance Group of Australia. He served as the governor of the Philippine Stock Exchange and Makati Stock Exchange for several years. He was also the governor of the Subdivision and Housing Developers Association.

Currently, he is the president of the Philippine Association of Securities Brokers and Dealers, Inc.; governor of the Market Governance Board of the Philippine Dealing System, Inc. and the Makati Commercial Estate Association, Inc.; trustee of the Securities Investor Protection Fund, Inc.; independent director of Penta Capital Investment Corp.; founder and president of IGC Securities, Inc.; and chairman and president of Carmen Homes, Inc. Mr. Cruz is also a member of the Capital Markets Council of the Philippines.

He holds a BS Economics degree and completed academic requirements for a Master in Business Management degree from the Ateneo de Manila University. In 1981, he was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines in the field of International Finance.

Martin Q. Dy Buncio

Director

Mr. Dy Buncio has served as a Director since 1995 and brings with him over 20 years of experience in interdisciplinary management. 

Currently, he is the chairman of the Board of Pro-Oil Corp. and Pro-Auto Parts; President of HJ Marketing, Design Products Mfg., Proline II Mercantile, and Integra Development Corp.; president /director of Banam Global Holdings Corp.; and president of Proline Sports Center and of DYBCOM CORP.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from De La Salle University.

Philip G. Soliven

Independent Director

Mr. Philip G. Soliven began his professional career with the First National Bank of Boston, working in the Manila, Philippines branch as a foreign exchange trader. In 1984, he moved to the Bank of Boston’s corporate headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts to assume a role within corporate banking. In 1985, he was assigned to Hong Kong as manager of the bank’s corporate banking business. During his six years in Hong Kong, he occupied a number of positions across Corporate Loan Recovery, Treasury Sales-Foreign Exchange, Debt Trading and Trade Services. In 1991, he relocated to Singapore as vice president for corporate banking. His responsibilities included covering corporate banking clients in Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.

Mr. Soliven is the president and country representative of Cargill Philippines, Inc., the main operating company and the parent company of Cargill’s various businesses in the Philippines. He is also the commercial director for various Food Ingredients and Bio-Industrial (FIBI) businesses and the president of Philippine Bio-Industries, Inc., a Cargill joint venture. He also represents Cargill on the board of C-Joy Poultry Meats, Inc., a Cargill-Jollibee Foods joint venture.

Mr. Soliven is currently a director of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, and is also chairman of its Agribusiness committee. In addition, he serves as a director at the Rotary Club of Makati, as well as a member of the U.S. ASEAN Business Council, Makati Business Club, and Management Association of the Philippines. He holds a degree in business management from the Ateneo de Manila University. He is currently an independent director at First Metro Asset Management, Inc. from 2015-present.

Rufino Luis T. Manotok

Independent Director

Mr. Manotok held several key positions at Ayala Corporation: senior managing director, chief financial officer, chief information officer, and head of Strategic Planning Group. He also served as the chairman and president of Ayala Automotive Holdings Corp., Honda Cars Makati, Inc., Isuzu Automotive Dealership, Inc., Isuzu Iloilo Corporation, and Prime Initiatives, Inc.; president and treasurer of Mandaue Primeland, Inc.; president of Honda Cars Cebu, Inc.; chairman of Ayala Aviation Corporation; and director of Globe Telecom, BPI Family Bank, Ayala Systems Technology, Inc., AC International Finance Ltd., and AYC Holdings Limited.

Mr. Manotok finished his AB Economics degree from the Ateneo de Manila University and obtained his master's degree in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management. He also completed the Advance Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Raphael Perpetuo M. Lotilla

Independent Director

Mr. Lotilla currently chairs the Board of the Center for the Advancement of Trade Integration and Facilitation and the Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, and serves as a trustee of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies. He is also an independent director of several private companies.

He previously served as Regional Programme director of the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia, a regional project funded by the Global Environment Facility and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme.

Mr. Lotilla was Secretary of Energy of the Philippines from 2005 to 2007, having previously served as Deputy Director-General of the National Economic Development Authority, and president and CEO of the government-owned Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp.

Mr. Lotilla was also a professor of Law at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, the same university where he obtained his law, psychology, and history undergraduate degrees. He received his Master of Laws from the University of Michigan.

Joshua E. Naing

Director

Mr. Naing is a seasoned banker with over 30 years of experience. He started his career with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas until he joined the Metrobank Group in 1989 as OIC. For 11 years since 2002, he took the role of controller. He also held several directorship positions with the following companies: Global Business Power; Cebu Energy Development Corporation; Metrobank Technology, Inc.; Data Serve, Inc.; Philippine AXA Life Insurance Corporation; Multi Currency FX Corporation; Toyota Manila Bay; Metro Remittance (Spain), S.A.; Metro Remittance (Italia), S.p.A.; and MBTC Remittance GmbH (Vienna).

From 2013 to present he is assigned as head of the Financial Control Sector. Concurrent to his position as senior executive vice president of Metrobank, he also serves as director of Metro Remittance Center, Inc. (USA) since June 2008; Metro Remittance (Hong Kong) Limited since 2009, and MB Remittance Center (Hawaii), Ltd. since 2010.

Mr. Naing earned his BSC Accountancy degree from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.