EX-PDIC man for Real Bank

FORMER president of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) Jose C. Nograles recently joined The Real Bank’s board of directors after his appointment as one of its independent directors. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in both investment banking and finance as well as his stellar experience as one of the Philippines’ financial regulators.

During his stint at PDIC, Nograles shepherded the passage of amendments to the PDIC charter, at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, allowing the agency to have a more proactive co-regulatory role along with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas by providing institutional and financial strengthening measures to safeguard the interests of the depositing public.

Nograles also led the agency in at- taining ISO certification through the development of new business operations to speed up deposit claims processing, enabling depositors to be paid without need for undergoing tedious claims processing.

Prior to his appointment at PDIC, Nograles was senior executive vice president of Landbank of the Philippines where he also served as treasurer and head of investment banking. Nograles has a degree in Economics, cum laude, from the Ateneo de Manila University, and an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management.