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Lynette V. Ortiz

Courtesy of Land Bank of the Philippines
  • Title
    President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Company/Affiliation
    Land Bank of the Philippines
  • Country/Territory
    Philippines

Land Bank of the Philippines is the nation's largest government financial institution. At its core, the bank provides services to the country's small farmers and fishers, and other micro, small, and medium enterprises. Lynette V. Ortiz is the 11th president and CEO of Land Bank and has been leading it since her 2023 appointment by the Philippines' president. Prior to moving to Land Bank, she was the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Philippines. The bank remitted a $580 million dividend to the government this year, the largest among the Philippines’s state owned companies.