David H. Chafey Jr. is a business executive and the current

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of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank. Before the GDB, Chafey was the Chief Operating Officer of

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and former President of

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Popular, Inc., doing business as Banco Popular in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and as Popular Bank in the mainland United States, is a financial services conglomerate that has operated in Puerto Rico for over 125 years and in the mainland ...

. Chafey is a member of the

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Hall of Fame in recognition of him being named one of Puerto Rico's Top Ten Business Leaders for the fifth year in a row in 2008.Puerto Rico's Top Business Leaders: David H. Chafey Jr.
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Career

Chafey began his career at Banco Popular in 1980 as vice president of the Investment Division and became senior vice president of the Investment Group in 1985. He was appointed CFO in 1990, in charge of the Financial Management Group, senior executive vice president in charge of Retail Banking Group in 1995, and president of

in 2004. In 2009, he was appointed president and chief operating officer of Popular, Inc. serving in such capacity until 2010. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Triple S Management, Indulac and the Puerto Rico Dairy Industry Development Fund, and is chairman of the board for the Puerto Rico Open a PGA Tour tournament. During his career he has served on numerous boards of directors, including Popular, Inc., VISA Latin American and Caribbean, and VISA International. He has been chairman of the Board of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Grupo Guayacán, the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico and several investment funds. He also served in the Board of Directors of family corporations in the Dominican Republic and México. Mr. Chafey is a board member of San Jorge's Children Foundation and of Colegio San Ignacio's Advisory Committee and served as trustee for Fairfield University and the Ponce School of Medicine.

Education

Chafey received his bachelor's degree in finance from the

Fairfield University Dolan School of Business Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-tim ...

and master of business administration from the New York University Stern School of Business.

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Fairfield University Alumni Professional Achievement AwardPuerto Rico's Top Business Leaders: David H. Chafey Jr.
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