Cezar Consing

Cezar Consing

Chairman, Philippine Dealing Systems Holdings Corporation

Filipino, 65 years old, is currently the President and CEO of Ayala Corporation. He is Chairman of ACEN Corporation, and Vice Chairman of Bank of the Philippine Islands, Ayala Land Inc. and Globe Telecom. He is also Chairman or Vice Chairman of many of the Ayala Group’s unlisted companies. Mr. Consing is Chairman of the Philippine Dealing System and the College of St. Benilde. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission. He is a member of the boards of trustees of the Philippine-American Educational (Fulbright) Foundation and the Philippines–Japan Economic Cooperation Committee. Mr. Consing was President and CEO of Bank of the Philippine Islands from 2013-2021. He was a Partner and Co-Head for Asia of the Rohatyn Group from 2004-2013. He was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan & Co. from 1985-2004. For 7 years, Mr. Consing was the Head or Co-Head of Investment Banking for Asia Pacific and President of J.P. Morgan Securities Asia. He worked for Bank of the Philippine Islands from 1981-1985. Mr. Consing has previously served as Chairman and President of the Bankers Association of the Philippines, President of Bancnet, and Chairman of the National Reinsurance Corporation. He has previously served as an independent director of Jollibee Foods Corporation, CIMB Group Holdings Berhad and First Gen Corporation. Mr. Consing has previously served as a board director of the Asian Youth Orchestra, the US-Philippines Society, La Salle Greenhills, Endeavor Philippines, and International Care Ministries. Mr. Consing received an A.B. Economics degree (Accelerated Program), Magna Cum Laude, from De La Salle University, Manila, in 1979. He obtained an M.A. in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1980.