Teresita Tan Sy-Coson (born October 1950) is a Filipina businesswoman, the daughter of

Henry Sy Henry Tan Chi Sieng Sy Sr. (; ; October 15, 1924 – January 19, 2019) was a Filipino businessman and investor. Born in Fujian, he moved with his family to the Philippines at age 12. While his family returned to China, he stayed behind and f ...

. The vice chairman of

SM Investments Corporation SM Investments Corporation (SMIC), also known as SM Group, is a Filipino conglomerate with interests in shopping mall development and management, retail, real estate development, banking, and tourism. Founded by Henry Sy, it has become one of ...

(SMIC)—one of the Philippines' largest publicly-traded holding companies with interests in retail, banking, property and portfolio investments, She is also the chairman of BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO), the Philippines' largest bank in terms of total resources, capital, loans, total deposits, and assets-under-management as of the end of 2015.

Career

Apart from these two key positions, Sy-Coson also holds important board and management positions in various subsidiaries and affiliates of BDO and the SM Group. These include BDO Private Bank, Inc.; BDO Leasing and Finance, Inc.; BDO Capital & Investment Corporation; and BDO Foundation, Inc. For the SM Group side, she is an integral figure as adviser to the Board of SM Prime Holdings, Inc. She is also part of the three-member Philippine delegation to the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ABAC), an organization formed in 2003 by the leaders of

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to provide private sector feedback and guidance to boost the alliance's efforts towards

economic integration Economic integration is the unification of economic policies between different states, through the partial or full abolition of tariff and Non-tariff barriers to trade, non-tariff restrictions on trade. The trade-stimulation effects intended b ...

Awards and recognition

Over the years, Sy-Coson has been a recipient of various awards in recognition of her leadership in the banking and retail sectors. These recognitions include an Asia's Best CEO award and an Asian Corporate Director of the Year award, both from Corporate Governance Asia; being named 2012's Best Retail Banker of the Year by

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; being listed in ''

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'' magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in the World from 2001 to 2010; being included in ''Forbes Asia'''s list of the 50 Power Business Women; and being a recipient of the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) President's Award in 2014.

Personal life

Sy Coson was married to a

Filipino Chinese Chinese Filipinos; tl, Tsinoy, / Tsinong Pilipino, ; Philippine Hokkien , Mandarin (also known as Filipino Chinese in the Philippines) are Filipinos of Chinese descent, mostly of southern Fujianese ancestry, where the majority are born ...

businessman Louis Coson, who died in 2003.

References

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