Eugene Sering Acevedo is a Filipino business executive. He is the President and chief executive officer of

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation The Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) () is one of the largest universal banks in the Philippines with total consolidated resources of Php 959 billion. It was established in 1960 as a development bank and is licensed by the Bangko Se ...

(RCBC), Previous to this, he held senior leadership positions in three banks. He was president and CEO of

Philippine National Bank The Philippine National Bank (PNB, Filipino/ tl, Bangko Nasyonal ng Pilipinas, lit=; es, Banco Nacional Filipino; Hokkien ) is one of the largest banks in the Philippines. It was established by the Philippine government on July 22, 1916, durin ...

, Chairman of CitySavings, and managing director with

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He was born in

Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas Regions of the P ...

, was raised in

Surigao del Sur Surigao del Sur (Surigaonon language, Surigaonon: ''Probinsya nan Surigao del Sur''; ceb, Habagatang Surigao; tl, Timog Surigao), officially the Province of Surigao del Sur, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located ...

, and studied at the

De La Salle John Bosco College The De La Salle John Bosco College (DLSJBC) is a PAASCU-accredited Lasallian district school located in Mangagoy, Bislig, Surigao del Sur in the Philippines. Established in 1963 by the Don Bosco Fathers, the administration and supervision of t ...

Bislig Bislig, officially the City of Bislig ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Bislig; fil, Lungsod ng Bislig), is a 3rd class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines ...

, where he graduated high school valedictorian. Before becoming a banker, Acevedo was a Physics Lecturer at the University of the Philippines - National Institute of Physics. Acevedo took his master's degree in Business Management at

Asian Institute of Management The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is an international management school and research institution. It is one of the few business schools in Asia to be internationally accredited with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Busine ...

where he was the Javier Nepomuceno Scholar, and had the highest GPA in his class. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. He graduated BS Physics, magna cum laude, from the

University of San Carlos The University of San Carlos, also referred to by its acronym USC or colloquially shortened to San Carlos, is a private, Catholic, research, coeducational basic and higher education institution administered by the Philippine Southern Province ...

where he was a DOST scholar, National Science and Technology Awardee for Academic Excellence, Student Council Chairman and, later, recipient of the Outstanding Alumnus Award. Acevedo is keenly interested in banking innovation and transformation. He is also armed with a wide and deep understanding of digital technology and strategy, with certifications from leading global educational institutions. He completed the Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Programs of MIT, the Oxford Fintech Programme, and the Berkeley Digital Transformation Course. He is a Digital Marketing Professional certified by

The Wharton School The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in P ...

, has User Experience accreditation from the British Computer Society Chartered Institute of IT and is a qualified Blockchain and Crypto-currency Expert with the Blockchain Council. He has also completed the Executive Data Science Certification of the

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

. He is a Fellow of the

Institute of Corporate Directors Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) is primarily an institute of, for and by corporate directors established in the Philippines. It is made up mainly of individuals and reputational agents committed to the professional practice of corporate dire ...

, Trustee of De La Salle John Bosco College, Chairman of the FINEX Financial Inclusion Committee, and starting 2019, an Executive-in-Residence at the Asian Institute of Management.

Current Directorships

Acevedo also serves as Chairman of Rizal Microbank and RCBC Forex Brokers Corporation, Vice Chairman of RCBC Leasing and Finance Corporation, Director of RCBC Rental Corporation, RCBC Capital Corporation, RCBC International Finance Limited and RCBC Investment Limited.

References

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