Bank welcomes official

STATE-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has welcomed a new member of its Board of Directors – Consuelo N. Padilla.

Padilla chairs the Landbank Countryside Development Foundation, and is a Director of PTFC Baesa Redevelopment Corporation, Padilla De Los Reyes Inc., Seltoh Inc., and Tohsel Inc. She is currently Treasurer of the Foundation for Development Through Education.

She was previously a Presidential Assistant at the Office of the President, as well as a Consultant for solid waste at the Department of Tourism. She has held key positions in the Treasury offices of Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation and the Bank of the Philippine Islands, and was the Philippine Representative to OBU Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia.

Padilla earned her Master in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management, and earned her AB Literature in English and BSC Accounting degree from Assumption College.