Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company advised of the approval made by the Board of Directors of the company at its Regular meeting held on February 22, 2023 on the appointment of Ms. Angelica S. Reyes as Head of Trust Banking Group and Trust Officer effective 16 April 2023. She will replace Mr. Leandro Antonio G. Santillan as Head of Trust Banking Group who will transfer to another unit within the Bank. Jikee has been with the Bank for 12 years and is a key member of Financial Markets Sector's (FMS) leadership team that built the Bank's financial markets business.

Even before joining Metrobank, Jikee has been able to develop her distinct capabilities and expertise through formal learning and experience. With her deep real-world experience, CFA charter and post-graduate studies in the UK on international business and finance, Jikee possesses the unique combination of sales and structuring with a risk management, balance sheet and operations perspective. Jikee is the first Head of Markets Sales Group with the mandate of integrating sales and wealth management.

As Group Head, Jikee developed the team from about 30 people to 180 practitioners and grew revenues from financial markets products from 92 million in 2009 to 3.5 Billion by the time she transferred to Treasury in 2019. Jikee also established the structuring desk which contributed several billions of revenues for the Bank. Her move to Treasury as Group Head was part of her development as a successor for larger key roles in the Bank.

Under Jikee's leadership, Treasury actively supported Metrobank's peso bond issuance in June 2021. The peso bonds, with a tenor of 5.25 years, enabled the Bank to successfully raise a total of PHP 19.0 billion, even exceeding the remaining amount available in its PHP 100 billion Peso Bond Program. The bond issuance was 1.9x oversubscribed and fetched an interest rate of 3.60%, 35 basis points above the benchmark rate.

Through Treasury and Jikee's direction, the Bank sustained the expansion of its product suite and capabilities to maximize hedging, investment and trading opportunities for both the Bank and clients. In 2021, Treasury Group activated capabilities in Treasury Futures and Long-Term FX Options. With Jikee at the helm, the Bank also became a significant player in the Bureau of the Treasury's maiden issuance of Retail Dollar Bonds as well as maintained consistent performance as the Top Market Maker among Government Securities Eligible Dealers.