Union Bank of the Philippines has appointed three senior executives to bolster its cards, loans, trade finance and risk operations, including a former Citibank Philippines executive with more than two decades of banking experience.
The Aboitiz-led lender said its board approved the appointment of Romila N. Junio as senior vice president and head of cards, loans and standard account management operations under its retail, wealth and treasury operations, effective Aug. 17.
Junio has more than 22 years of experience across cards and loans, consumer and transaction banking, payments, trade operations, regulatory compliance, risk management and operational transformation.
She most recently served as head of treasury and trade solutions operations and payment operations at Citibank Philippines. She previously held senior roles at Citi, including consumer core operations head and core operations solutions strategic lead and control head.
Junio graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman and completed Citibank’s Asia-Pacific Leadership Development Program. She also holds certifications in foreign exchange and bonds.
UnionBank also appointed Francis Joseph O. Maneja as vice president and model validation team head, and Rachelamine I. Tuplano as vice president and trade finance head under transaction banking.
Both appointments took effect on Aug. 17.
