BDO Unibank, Inc. at its regular meeting held on October 25, 2023, approved the election of former Senator Franklin M. Drilon as Independent Director of BDO. Atty. Drilon served in two (2) different branches of government in various capacities.

In the Senate, he served as Senate President, Majority Leader, Minority Leader and Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, as well as the Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions, and Currencies. In the Executive, he served as Executive Secretary, Secretary of the Department of Justice and the Department of Labor and Employment. Atty.

Drilon is one of the country's highly decorated Senator having served four (4) non-consecutive terms as Senator of the Philippines. He authored and sponsored numerous landmark laws including the GOCC Governance Act of 2011, Foreign Investments Act, Tax Incentives and Transparency Act and the Revised Corporation Code, to name a few. He also served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions, and Currencies.

Atty. Drilon also served as Chairman of Philippine National Bank and as a Director of Land Bank of the Philippines. He thus brings added perspectives on Philippine finance and banking policy, regulations and operations.

He is currently a Director of Phinma Education Holdings, Inc. and a Senior Counsel of ACCRA Law. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, law degree and Doctor of Laws from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He placed third in the 1969 Bar Examinations and worked as a private practice lawyer before joining the government.

The company also appointed Mr. Ramon Vicente del Villar de Vera II as Senior Vice President under the Office of the President, effective November 16, 2023. Mr. De Vera has more than 25 years of work experience, 22 years of which were in the banking industry. He co-founded Union Digital Bank Inc. in 2021 and was its Chief Executive Officer from 2021 to 2023.

Previous to that, he was with Union Bank of the Philippines as its Fintech Business Group Head (2017 to 2021), Corporate Product Head of Transaction Banking Group (2010 to 2013), and Business Development Director of Transaction Banking Group (2010 to 2013). Mr. De Vera also worked with other companies holding various positions, as follows: Globe Telecom as Media Business Development Head Telecom (2007 to 2010), TV 5 Broadcasting as Product Manager (2006 to 2007), Citibank N.A. as Corporate Cash Product & Sales Manager /Business Unit Compliance Officer, Global Corporate & Investment Bank (2001 to 2006), and with the Philippines Equitor Group of Standard Chartered Bank (1997 to 2001). Mr. de Vera graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Arts, major in Philosophy from the Ateneo de Manila University and holds a Master's Degree in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management.