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Henry Aguda
UNIONBANK

“ They realised that it was actually more convenient than the traditional channels to open an account with UnionBank during the pandemic ” HENRY AGUDA CTOO AND CTO , UNIONBANK

EXECUTIVE BIO

Henry Aguda

TITLE : SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT , CHIEF TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS OFFICER , AND CHIEF TRANSFORMATION OFFICER AT UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES , AND CHAIRMAN AT UBX PHILIPPINES
INDUSTRY : BANKING LOCATION : PHILIPPINES
Henry Aguda is the Senior Executive Vice President , Chief Technology and Operations Officer , and Chief Transformation Officer of Union Bank of the Philippines , and also Chairman of the Board of UBX Philippines , the fintech venture studio of the bank .
Currently , he is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Philippines Diliman Technology Management Center , a Global Faculty Mentor and Director of the Academic Advisory Board of the Asian Institute of Digital Transformation ( AIDT ), a Board Member of Insular Health Care , Inc . ( IHC ), and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors ( FICD ). He is also a former board member of the Philippine Clearing House Corporation ( PCHC ).
Mr . Aguda obtained his degrees in Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Juris Doctor in Law , both from the University of the Philippines . He is the author of the book , “ Data Privacy & Cybercrime Prevention in the Philippine Digital Age ”.
He was recognised as one of the “ Top 10 banking and financial technology leaders on Digital Reinvention in ASEAN 2021 ,” featured in an E-book that The Asian Banker co-published with Backbase . Also just recently , he was awarded “ Privacy Advocate of 2021 ” by the National Privacy Commission and “ CTO of the Year – Southeast Asia ” by The European Global Banking and Finance Awards 2021 .
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