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Profile
Consuelo D. Garcia, 70 years old, Filipino, was elected as an Independent Director of GT Capital Holdings, Inc. in May 2021. She currently holds the following positions: Independent Director of Lopez Holdings Corporation, and Far Eastern University, Incorporated, both publicly listed corporations, and Sun Life Investment Management and Trust Corporation, a non-bank BSP supervised financial institution, and a Director of Murrayhill Realty and Development Corporation. She was formerly an Independent Director of The Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. and ACEN Corporation. She is also currently an Independent Director and Trustee of ING Foundation Philippines, Inc.; Member of the Board of Trustees of the FINEX Academy, a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors, and a Member of the Filipina CEO Circle. Ms. Garcia worked for ING Bank for 31 years. She was formerly the Country Manager and Head of Clients of ING Bank N.V., Manila Branch for 9 years from September 2008 until November 15, 2017, and a Senior Consultant for ING Bank Asia, Challengers and Growth Markets, with focus on the roll-out of retail banking on an all-digital platform for 5 years from November 16, 2017 to June 30, 2022. Prior to these roles, she headed Financial Markets for ING which had overall responsibility for FX, Local Fixed Income and Local Interest Rate Derivatives, Debt Capital Markets, High Yield Bond Trading and Credit Derivatives. Ms. Garcia previously worked with SGV in audit and in Bank of Boston, Philippine Branch where she was involved in internal audit, trust, corporate finance and special projects. Ms. Garcia is a Certified Public Accountant and graduated Magna Cum Laude for Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, major in Accounting from the University of the East.