LANDBANK Countryside
Development Foundation, Inc.
RESUMES OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
(as of 28 September 2015)
VICTOR GERARDO J. BULATAO
Chairman
Mr. Victor Gerardo J. Bulatao is also currently a Member of the Board of Land Bank of the
Philippines (LBP). He is an NGO personality with a solid grounding in agrarian reform and
rural development. He worked with the Federation of Free Farmers and Association of Major
Religious Superiors in the 1970s and in various capacities in the Department of Agrarian
Reform, including as Undersecretary in the 1990s.
A former Executive Director of the KAISAHAN tungo sa Kaunlaran sa Kanayunan at
Repormang Pansakahan and the Consortium for Advancing People's Participation through
Sustainable Integrated Area Dvelopment (CAPP-SIAD), he now serves on the Boards of
KAISAHAN, Balay Mindanaw Foundation Inc. (BMFI) and Quidan Kaisahan Negros Occidental
(QK). These NGOs are into agrarian reform, participatory local governance, peace building,
disater relief and rehabilitaion, and alternative learning systems.
He has an AB Philosophy degree, cum laude, from the Ateneo de Manila University, and as
an Edward S. Mason Fellow, a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy
School.
DOMINGO I. DIAZ
Trustee
Mr. Domingo I. Diaz has been a Member of the Board of Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP)
since 2010. He concurrently sits as a Member of the Board of LBP Leasing Corporation and
serves as a Consultant of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
Prior to joining the public sector, Mr. Diaz worked in various capacities in companies in the
Philippines and abroad. He was Principal and President of Diaz and Company and was
President of American Consumer Laboratories Corp., both based in the U.S.A. He was Vice
President of Ayala Corp. (Phil.) before he assumed the post of Managing Director of Ayala
International PTE Ltd. In Singapore. Mr. Diaz was the Founding Director of Island
Development Bank in Brunei and was also Managing Director of Sealion Hotels Ltd. In
Singapore. Mr. Diaz was also a Director of various Ayala International Subsidiaries. He
worked with Mobil Oil Phils. before joining Ayala International.
Mr. Diaz graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in AB Economics. He
earned his Masters in Business Administration degree from the Amos Tuck School Darmouth
College in the U.S.A.
CECILIA C. BORROMEO
Trustee
Mrs. Cecilia C. Borromeo is concurrently the Executive Vice President of the Land Bank of
the Philippines (LBP) heading the Agricultural and Development Lending Sector. She is also
concurrently a Board Director of the LBP Leasing Corporaiton. Before joining LBP in 1989,
Mrs. Borromeo held various responsible positions in the public sector such as the
Department of Trade and Industry; the Human Settlements Development Corporation; the
KKK National Secretariat; and the Ministry of Human Settlements.
Mrs. Borromeo graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in BS
Agribusiness. She earned her Master in Business Administration Degree from the De La Salle
Business School and completed her Advanced Bank Management course from the Asian
Institute of Management.
ANDRES C. SARMIENTO
Trustee
Mr. Andres C. Sarmiento is also the Executive Vice President of the Land Bank of the
Philippines (LBP) heading the Operations Sector. Mr. Sarmiento is concurrently a Board
Director of the LBP Leasing Corporation and the Small Business Corporation. He also sits as
a Member of the Board of the Food Terminal, Inc. Mr. Sarmiento started working at LBP in
1975 and has held various executive positions in the Bank. Prior to joining LBP, he was Staff
Auditor at Sycip, Gorres and Velayo and Co. from 1972 to 1973.
Mr. Sarmiento earned his degree in BSBA major in Accounting from the Philippine School of
Business Administration. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
JOCELYN DG. CABREZA
Trustee
Ms. Jocelyn dG. Cabreza is currently the Executive Vice President of the Land Bank of the
Philippines (LBP) heading the Branch Banking Sector. She also currently chairs the LBP
Branch Operation and e-Banking Anti-Fraud Committees. She likewise holds a seat in the
LBP Resource and Development Corporation.
A Certified Public Accountant, Ms. Cabreza is also a Master of Business Administration and a
Career Executive Service eligible.
RABBONI FRANCIS B. ARJONILLO
Trustee
Mr. Rabboni Francis B. Arjonillo is currently the Executive Vice President of the Land Bank of
the Philippines (LBP) heading the Treasury and Investment Banking Sector. Before he joined
LBP in 2012, he was Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President at China Banking
Corporation Philippines. Mr. Arjonillo is the founding Chairman of the Vietnam Bond Market
Forum, was former Director and President of the Money Market Association of the
Philippines and Director and Vice-President of the Associatione Cambiste Internationale (ACI
Forex Philippines). He also founded the Junior Philippine Economics Society during his
college days.
He has an AB Economics Degree from De La Salle University and a Masters in Business
Management degree from the Asian Institute of Management. Since 1980, he has also been
teaching courses in foreign exchange, money market and derivatives for various educational
and financial institutions and industry associations in the Philippines and Vietnam.
Aside from his many accomplishments and affiliations in banking, Mr. Arjonillo is an active
servant leader and member of the Board of Elders of the Couples for Christ (CFC) and an
advocate of the Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation.
JOSELITO P. GUTIERREZ
Trustee
Mr. Joselito P. Gutierrez is also concurrently the Senior Vice President of the Land Bank of
the Philippines (LBP) heading the Mindanao Lending Group. He has been with LBP since
1988 as an Assistant Bank Manager, rose from the ranks and handled various bank
operations nationwide.
Mr. Gutierrez is a Certified Public Accountant completing his BSBA Accountancy at University
of the East.
LEILA C. MARTIN
Trustee
Ms. Leila C. Martin is also concurrently the First Vice President of the Land Bank of the
Philippines (LBP) heading the Lending Program Management Group. Her past positions with
LBP include being the Vice President and Branch Manager of various Metro Manila LBP
Branches. She was awarded the LBP Gawad Punla and Outstanding Branch Manager of the
Year.
Ms. Martin is a Career Executive Service Officer V. She completed her BS Mass
Communication at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
CATHERINE ROWENA B. VILLANUEVA
Trustee
Ms. Catherine Rowena B. Villanueva is also concurrently the First Vice President of the Land
Bank of the Philippines (LBP) heading the Corporate Affairs Department. She also sits as the
Director for Corporate Communications at the Philippine Marketing Association and the
Director for Ways and Means of the Bank Marketing Association of the Philippines.
She has an AB Journalism Degree from the University of Sto. Tomas and completed the
Marketing Strategy Course at the Asian Institute of Management.
FR. XAVIER C. ALPASA, SJ
Trustee
Fr. Xavier C. Alpasa, SJ is also currently the Chairman of the Board and Founder of
Rags2Riches, a social enterprise, and sits as Board Member in the St. Paul’s College Pasig,
Institute of Social Order, JJC Institute for Church and Social Issues as well as Working
Hands Foundation. He is also a Faculty member at the Ateneo Graduate School for Business.
Some of Fr. Xavier’s awards and recognitions include being one of Esquire Philippines Best
and Brighest, a CORDES Fellow and a TED Global Fellow. He has a Master of Arts in
Theology and Master of Arts in Applied Business Economics. He was ordained as a Jesuit in
April 2009.
PETER ANDREW S. GUTIERREZ
Trustee/Executive Director
Mr. Peter Andrew S. Gutierrez is the Executive Director of the LANDBANK Countryside
Development Foundation, Inc (LCDFI). He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of
Jesuit Volunteers Philippines Foundation, Inc (JVPFI). Prior to joining LCDFI, he worked in
various development organizations including Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang
Magsasaka (PAKISAMA) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) working with farmers on agrarian
reform, peacebuilding, and social enterprise development.
Mr. Gutierrez graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in BS Management
Engineering. He earned his Master of Arts degree in International Political Economy and
Development from Fordham University.