René Bañez

René de Guzman Bañez is currently Non-Executive Director at Bank of the Philippine Islands since 2021.
Holds director positions at BPI Family Savings Bank, Inc., PLDT-Philcom, Inc., Catholic Travel, Inc., Fep Printing Corp., PLDT Clark Telecom, Inc., PLDT-Maratel, Inc., and PLDT Subic Telecom, Inc. Serves as Head-Administration & Materials Management at Smart Communications, Inc. Acts as Trustee at Radio Veritas-Global Broadcasting System, Inc. and Loyola School of Theology.
Holds the position of President at Pacific Global One Aviation Co., Inc. Formerly Group Director-Tax at Metro Pacific Investments Corp.
Served as Director at Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corp.
Was Senior VP, Head-Supply Chain & Asset Protection at PLDT, Inc. from 2008 to 2016.
Held the role of Group Vice President-Tax Affairs at Metro Pacific Corp.
Served as Commissioner at the Bureau of Internal Revenue from 2001 to 2002.
Completed undergraduate degree in 1976 and graduate degree in 1981 at the University of Ateneo de Manila.