Filipino, 55 years old, Ms. Bobadilla is the Chief Audit Executive of the BPI Group of companies since July 2023 and leads the Bank’s Internal Audit Division. She oversees the audit of different units, systems, and processes of the BPI Group and provides assessment on the adequacy and effectiveness of their internal control systems, risk management, and governance processes. She supports the Audit Committee in the discharge of its oversight function and also works closely with Chief Risk Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, external auditor and other assurance units for a comprehensive review of risks and compliance systems in the Bank.
As Chief Audit Executive, she sits as resource person in the board-level Related Party Transactions Committee, and the management level Fraud and Irregularities Committee. Prior to her appointment as CAE, she was the Head of the Department covering the audit of Global Markets, Wealth Management, Enterprise Services, Strategy and Finance, and Insurance. She is also the appointed Internal Audit Head for BPI Europe, PLC since 2016 and Audit-Manager-in-Charge for BPI International Finance Ltd. since 2021. In 2006, she headed the Internal Audit (IA) Quality Assurance and Improvement Unit and Admin, which made significant contributions in preparing for IA’s first external assessment review, to which IA earned the “Generally Conforms” rating in the review conducted by SGV & Co. The audit practices, principles and standards that were crafted and adopted during that time remained to be an integral resource that carried IA to consistently perform at par with international standards up to this date.
Ms. Bobadilla is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of the University of the East-Caloocan with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She also earned her Certified Quality Assurance Validator in 2008 and completed the Bank’s Leadership Excellence Acceleration Program in 2010.
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