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Our Team

Our Main Team

Our Board of Directors

Atty. Vicente S. Aquino

Chairman of the Board

Educational Background
  • BS Journalism (1968-1972)
  • Bachelor of Laws (1975-1979)
Work Experience
  • MLQU School Of Law – Professor (1991-1995)
  • Finman Group – VP / Chief Legal (1989-1993)
  • Finman Capital Corporation (1989)
  • Finman General Assurance Corporation (1987-1989)
  • Security Bank And Trust Company (1983-1987)
Trainings and Seminars
  • Programme On Negotiation
  • 5Th Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Bbva) Seminar For Public Sector Investors And Issuers
  • 6Th Institutional Investment Summit
  • Due Diligence And Training Session
  • The 16Th Currency Conference 2015
  • It Service Continuity Expert Panel
  • Fifth International Conference On Cyber Security And The Cyber Security Tuitorial
  • Banque De France’S High Level Hr Workshop
  • Seacen Cyber Security Summit 2014 (Speaker And Panelist)
  • Agent Banking-Expanding Access To Payment And Remittance Services, Achievements And Opportunities
  • Executive Education Program-Public Financial Management In A Changing World
  • Advance Banknote Manager Course 2013
  • The Coin Conference
  • Global Forum V On Fighting Corruption And Safeguarding Integrity (Gfv)
  • Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (Resource Speaker)
  • Conference Of Parties To The Un Convention Against Corruption
  • Financial Action Task Force’S Anti-Money Laundering/Combating The Financing Of Terrorism Assessment
  • Revised Implementing Rules And Regulations, As Amended
  • 9Th Asia-Pacific Group (Apg) Annual Meeting And Annual Forum On Technical Assistance & Training
  • Egmont Group’S Plenary Session
  • Study Visit To The Ministry Of Justice Investigation Bureau And Other Relevant Government Agencies
  • Apec Anti-Corruption Workshop On Prosecuting Corruption
  • Conference On Terrorist Finance
  • Seminar On Investigating And Prosecuting Terrorism And Other Organized Crime
  • Anti-Money Laundering Conference (Resource Speaker)
  • Apec Training Workshop On Fighting Corruption And Ensuring Transparency
  • Fatf Of South America (Gafisud) Joint Typologies Meeting And Council For Financial Activities Control (Ocaf)/ Org For Economic Cooperation And Development (Oecd) Workshop On Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing & Criminal Tax Activities
  • Observation Tour For Phil Law Enforcement And Members Of The Defense Bar To The United States
  • 2005 Apg Annual Meeting & Annual Forum On Technical Assistance And Training
  • Egmont Plenary Meeting
  • Asset Recovery & Sanctions Regimes Training Seminar
  • Legal Working Group Meeting
  • Fatf Working Group On Typologies Meeting & Face To Face Meeting With Fatf Asia Pacific Review Group
  • Fatf And Apg Plenary Session
  • World Bank’S Train The Trainers
  • 11Th United Nations Congress On Crime Prevention And Criminal Justice
  • South East Asia Parliamentarians Against Corruption (Seapac) ’05 Conference
  • Baiphil General Membership Meeting (Resource Speaker)
  • Asem Prosecutors Training (Resource Speaker)
  • Anti-Money Laundering Examination Workshop For Bangladesh Central Bank Aml Dept (Resource Speaker)
  • International Conference To Combat Terrorism
  • Regulators’ Training Course On Anti-Money Laundering Examination
  • Seminar On The Promotion Of Accession Of Counter-Terrorism Convention
  • Seminar For Judges Of The Special Anti-Money Laundering Court
  • 3Rd Egmont Group Training Seminar/Mou Signing With Amlo Of Thailand And Republic Of Palau
  • Asia Pacific Group’S Money Launderings’ Typologies Workshop And Round Face To Face Meeting With The Financial Action Task Force’S Pacific Review Group
  • Abs Asia Pacific Financial Crime Conference Cum Exhibition
  • Apg On Aml’S 2004 Annual Meeting And Annuall Forum On Technical Assistance And Training
  • 1St Round Face To Face Meeting With The Financial Action Task Force Asia Pacific Review Group
  • Anti-Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing Seminar
  • Study Trip/On-Site Visit To Austrac, Australia’S Financial Intelligence Unit And Other Relevant Government Agencies In Australia
  • Asia Pacific Group’S (Apg) Annual Forum On Technical Assistance And Training And 6Th Apg Annual Meeting
  • Asean Anti-Money Laundering Workshop 2003 (Resource Speaker)
  • Egmont Group Plenery Meeting
  • Pacific Rim International Conference On Money Laundering And Financial Crime
  • Face To Face Meeting With The Financial Action Task Force (Fatf) Asia Pacific Review Group) Counter Terrorist Finance Workshop
  • Regional Conference On Combating Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing
  • Study/Visit To The Anti Money Laundering Office (Amlo)
  • Asia Pacific Group Money Laundering Methods & Typologies Workshop
  • United States Department Of State’S Anti-Terrorism Assistance (Ata) Program Entitled Counter Terrorism Legislation Seminar
  • Planning Session & Workshop For Executive Leadership Program Graduates
  • 5Th Asia Pacific Group On Money Laundering Annual Meeting
  • Forum On Anti-Money Laundering And Implementing Rules And Regulations
  • 49Th Annual National Convention Of The Rural Bankers Association Of The Phis. (Resource Speaker)
  • Briefing On U.S. Fincen’S Regulatory Mission, Law Enforcement Support And International Initiatives
  • Investigating Financial Underpinnings Of Terrorism-Investigator’S Course
  • National Conference And Workshop To Combat Transnational Crimes (Resource Speaker)
  • Seminar/Workshop On Anti-Money Laundering (Resource Speaker)
  • Asia Pacific Group’S Money Laundering Methods And Typologies Workshop
  • Seminar On Commercial Fraud And Money Laundering (Resource Speaker)
  • Lecture On The Creation, Role And Functions Of The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Fincen), Financial Action Task Force And The Egmont Group
  • Financial Underpinnings Of Terrorism Course (Anti-Terrorism Training Program)
  • Bsp Monetary Conference On E-Banking: Challenges And Opportunities For Central Banks
  • Career Executive Service Board (Cesb) Course On “Salamin Sa Paglilingkod”
  • Course On Effective Presentation Skills For Deputy Directors And Up
  • Fundamentals Of Central Banking And The Role Of Bsp

Atty. Ricardo S. Arlanza CPA

Director / President / CEO

Educational Background

BS Commerce-Accounting

Bachelor of Laws

Work Experience
  • Rural Bank of Sasmuan (Pampanga), Inc. (2018-present) – President and CEO
  • YOLO Holdings Corp. (2018-present) – Chairman
  • Land Bank of the Philippines (2005-2015) – Vice President-Legal Services
  • Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) (2003-2004) – Undersecretary for Policy & Legal Affairs
  • Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) (2003-2004) – Council Secretary
  • DAR Adjudication Board (DARAB) (2003-2004) – Vice Chairman
  • DAR Center for Land Use Policy Planning & Implementation (CLUPPI) (2003-2004) – Executive Director
  • National Agribusiness Corp. (NABCOR) (2003-2004) – Director
  • Manuel L. Quezon University & University of the East (1983-2003) – Professor of Law & Bar Reviewer
  • R. S. Arlanza Law Offices (1983-2003) – Managing Partner
  • Central Bank of the Philippines (CBP) (1974-1983) – Bank Examiner
  • Warner Chilcott (Phils.) , Inc. (1973-1974) – Accountant
Trainings and Seminars
  • Training & Workshop for New Bank Examiners – Central Bank of the Philippines (CBP)
  • Various Seminars for Bank Examiners – CBP 
  • Good Governance Seminar – Ateneo de Mania University (AdeMU) 
  • Risk Management Seminar – Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP)
  • Anti Money Laundering – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and LBP
  • Conference on Agrarian Reform & Rural Development – United Nation Dev. Program (UNDP) & Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO), United Nations (UN)
  • Risk Based Audit Approach – LBP ODD & Sycip Gorres & Velayo (SGV) 
  • Advance Executive Labor Seminar and Workshop for Management – LBP ODD and Center for Best Global Practices 
  • Integrity Development Review – Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) 
  • Information Security & Operations Risk Management – SGV 
  • Updates on AMLA – Anti Money Laundering Council (AMLAC)
  • Executive Leadership Graduate Program – Ateneo de Manila University- Graduate School of Business, Center for Continuing Education 
  • Financial Rehabilitation & Insolvency Act – OGCC, Institute for Public Corporate Governance (IPCG)
  • Commercial Arbitration – OGCC,IPCG
  • Reforms on Land Registration Titles & Deeds – OGCC,IPCG

Atty. Rachel Jane C. Lynch

Director

Educational Background
  • BS in Human Ecology (1985)
  • Bachelor of Laws (1997)
  • Masters Criminal Justice 
Work Experience
  • YOLO Holdings Corp. – Consultant
  • SENET Management Solutions, Inc. – President
  • Stewart Memorial UMC – Chairman, Board of Trustees
  • United Christians Multi-Purpose Cooperative – Legal Officer/Pioneer
  • International Justice Mission Philippines – Legal Officer
  • N.L Bulilan and Associates – Associate Lawyer
  • Valley of Peace Inc. – Director
  • Kabalikat Sa Kaunlaran, Inc. – Director
  • Pang People’s Developmet Foundation Inc – Project Development Officer
  • Christian Reformed World Relief Committee – Project Development Officer
  • Asbury Children’s Project Foundation – Director
  • PNP-CSG – Legal Officer
  • PDEA – OIC Director IAS
  • Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) – (detailed from PNP Legal Services) – Deputy Director IAS
  • Philippine National Police (PNP)-Narcotics Command (NARCOM) / Firearms and Explosives Office (detailed from PNP Legal Services) –  Legal Officer
  • Pangasinan Provincial Government – Project Dev’t Officer III
Trainings and Seminars
  • Corporate Governance Course for Rural Bank Directors and Officers – Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines
  • Cybercrime and AMLA – Anti-Terrorism Council-PNP
  • AMLA – PNP
  • AMLA and Anti-Terrorism – PNP-US Embassy
  • RICO Law, Financial Investigation on Cybercrime – International Law Enforcement Agency, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Microfinance and Community Development Trainings – Approved by Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

Gerardo C. Balista

Director

Educational Background
  • BS COMMERCE -Management
  • Master in Public Administration
  • Maste in Business Administration
Work Experience
  • ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP)
    • ODCS for Comptrollership, J6
    • ODCS for Logistics, J4
    • Logistics Command
    • Clark Air Base Command (CABCOM, AFP)
    • AFP Finance Center
  • DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR)
    • DAR Regional Office (DARRO-4)
    • DAR Provincial Office (DARPO-Bohol)
    • DAR Regional Office (DARRO-3) Task Force Nueva Ecija
    • Field Operations and Support Services Office (DARCO-USEC FOSSO)
    • Policy Planning and Legal Affairs Office (DARCO-USEC PPLAO)
    • Italian Project (Sponsored by Italian Government)
  • YOLO Holdings Corp.
  • RURAL BANK OF SASMUAN (Pampanga), INC.
  • BOUYGUES INTERNATIONAL, FRANCE
    • Project 101, Al Kharji, KSA (Cost Controller)
Trainings and Seminars
  • FAO-TSSARD Farming System Development on ARC/Cocolands Workshop/Seminar
  • Morale Recovery Program Seminar Workshop
  • Land Registration Encoding Training Workshop (DAR-DAP Sponsored)
  • Cattle Fattening Workshop/Seminar
  • Etiquette in Public Service
  • Philippine Association of Government Budget Administration (PAGBA)
  • Zero Base Budgeting Budgetary Procedures and Techniques
  • Seminar in Handling Classified and Security Documents (ISAFP)
  • MICRO LEVEL PLANNING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
    • National Institute for Rural Development (NIRD)
    • Andra Pradesh, Rajendranagar, India

Nemesiano P. Mogello

Director

Educational Background
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering – Siliman UniversityMaster In Administration (12 Units) – University Of The Philippines
  • Bachelor Of Laws (Llb) – Manuel L. Quezon University – Philippine Law School
Work Experience
  • Zaidin Company Ksa – Assistant Project Manager
  • Saudi Airconditioning Mfg. Co. Ltd – Manufacturing Operation
  • Concepcion Industries Inc. – Plant Superintendent
  • Concepcion Industries Inc. – Engineering Supervisor
  • Concepcion Industries Inc. – Plant Facility Engineer
  • Samson Institute Of Technology – Instructor
  • Social Security System
    • Security Coordinator
    • Senior Engineer
    • Engineer V
    • Engineer Iii
    • Mechanical Engineer
Trainings and Seminars
  • Task Force Kabalikat Refresher Course – Social Security System And Lanting Security And Watchman Agency
  • Vip Escort Training – Social Security System And Lockheed Detective And Watchman Agency Inc
  • Kill Droga Trainors Training And Anti-Drug Forum – Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
  • Bomb Threat Management And Explosive Related Incidents Measure – Social Security System And Lockheed Detective And Watchman Agency Inc
  • Task Force Kabalikat Quick Reaction Team – Social Security System And Catalina Security Agency
  • Task Force Kabalikat Special Reaction Team – Security Academy Of The Philippines Inc
  • SSS Task Force Kabalikat Seminar – GVM Security And Private Detective Agency Inc
  • Task Force Kabalikat Quick Reaction Team – Social Security System And Lanting Security And Watchman Agency
  • Health And Safety – Safety House Inc
  • Vip Protection Seminar – Security Academy Of The Philippines 
  • Security Seminar On Theft/ Pilferage And Sabotage Control Program Including Bomb Threat Management – Trcj Manpower And Deveopment Institute
  • Bomb Threat Bomb Incident Procedures Disaster Awareness Seminar Safety And Evacuation Procedure – Security Academy Of The Philippines 
  • Bomb Threat Bomb Incident Procedures Disaster Awareness Seminar Safety And Evacuation Procedure – Security Academy Of The Philippines Inc
  • Bomb Threat Bomb Incident Procedures Disaster Awareness Seminar Safety And Evacuation Procedure – Veterans Philippine Scout Training Academy
  • Refresher Seminar On Explosive Related Incident Counter Measure – Refresher Seminar On Explosive Related Incident Counter Measure
  • National Anti Illegal Drug Forum – Department Of Interior And Local Government
  • Weapons Training – Security Academy Of The Philippines
  • Emergency Preparedness Class Nr 99 02 – Security Academy Of The Philippines
  • Special Reaction Force Training – Veterans Philippine Scouts And Social Security System
  • 47Th Psme Annual National Convention – Philippine Society Of Mechanical Engineers
  • Seminar On Explosive Related Incidents Counter Measure – Social Security System
  • Vip Security Course – National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
  • Counseling Course For Supervisors – Mindbroken Corporation
  • Explosive Incident Countermeasure Seminar – Veterans Philippine Scout Training Academy
  • Emergency Response Team Course Nr 98 01 – Security Academy Of The Philippines
  • Vip Executive Protection Course – Security Academy Of The Philippines
  • 45Th Psme Annual National Convention – Philippine Society Of Mechanical Engineers
  • Meeting Challenges Of Global Competition – Professional Regulation Commission
  • Fire Protection Technology – 21St Century Fire Protection Services
  • Modular Supervisory Development Program On Leadership – Social Security System
  • Basic Supervisory Effectiveness Course – Social Security System
  • Seminar On Industrial Engineering Audit – Office Of The Energy Affairs And National Engineering Center With Up Engineering Research And Development Foundation, Inc.

Joselito U. Nicdao

Director

Educational Background
  • B.S. Civil Engineering – Tarlac College Of Technology (Present: Tarlac State)
Work Experience
  • Valor Aggregates & Dev’T. Corp – Plant Manager
  • F. Asperer Construction & Dev’T. – Project Manager
  • Baque Corporation – Construction Engineer
  • Jeca Builders – Site Engineer
  • Big Ber Tha Construction – Site Engineer
Trainings and Seminars
  • Plant Safety Management Systems And Standards – Department Of Environment And Natural Resources
  • Construction Project Management – National Housing Authority (Philippines)
  • Construction Project Management – Department Of Public Works And Highways (National Highways)

Julieta M. Liwanag

Director

Educational Background
  • BSC- Accounting – Guagua National Colleges
  • MBA (21units) – Philippine School of Business Administration
  • Legal Education – Harvadian College
Work Experience
  • Financial Factors , Inc. – Staff Asst. To The Pres
  • JML Financial Management Consultancy And Collection Services – Consultancy And Documentation
  • SML Lending Investor – Accountant
  • Self-Employed – Documentation
Trainings and Seminars
  • Corporate Governance For Rural Bank Directors – RBAP
  • Risk Based Internal Auditing – RBAP

Noel V. Gavino

Director

Educational Background
  • BSBA Accounting – Mapua Institute Of Technology
Work Experience
  • Commercial Bank And Trust Company – Accounting Clerk
  • Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas – Bank Officer Iii
Trainings and Seminars
  • Intermediate Course On Banking Supervision – Risk Focused Supervision – Seacen & Federal Reserve System
  • BSP Institute
    • Structure Training On Risk-Based Supervision
    • Seminar-Workshop On Basel 1 Risk Based Capital Adequacy Framework
    • Microfinance: Examination Guidelines
    • Briefing On The Anti-Money Laundering Act Of 2001
    • Seminar On Audit Command Language
    • Seminar-Workshop On Risk-Based Approach To Examination
    • Integrated Course On Ms Excel And Ms Word For Windows
  • 28Th Seacen Course On Examination And Supervision Of Financial Institutions – Seacen Research And Training Centre
  • Cb Institute
    • Intermediate Course For Bank Examiners
    • Seminar-Workshop For Ses Iii Bank Examiners
    • Orientation Course For Bank Examiners
  • Seminar On Commercial Banking – Commercial Bank And Trust Co.

Atty. Melchor M. Magdamo

Corporate Secretary

Educational Background
  • Bachelor of Laws – University of the Philippines
Work Experience
  • BA Finance Corporation
  • Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
  • Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
  • Court of Appeals
  • Romero Lagman Valdecantos Law Office
  • Government Service Insurance System
  • Alonso Law Partners
  • Department of Agrarian Reform
  • Supreme Court
  • Commission on Elections
  • Tarlac Pangasinan La Union Expressway
  • Integreon
  • Yolo Holdings Corp
  • SasBank
Trainings and Seminars
  • Agrarian Reform Laws
  • Election Technologies
  • Renewable Energy
  • Rural Banking
  • People’s Initiative
  • Digital Transformation