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In addition to Dr. Razavi’s exposures in the banking and finance field, he is also an educator. Indeed, he is, at present, a Professor at the School of Economics of the Shaid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran and an Associate Professor, School of Economics of the same school. He also taught in the United States of America (USA) as an Assistant Professor and an Associate Professor of the Department of Management, School of Business, Hampton University. Dr. Razavi has already published several books and other publications in the field of business management and research (mostly in Islamic context) and these are being used as reference materials in financial institutions and universities in his country. Dr. Razavi’s educational background is, indeed, a remarkable one, having finished 2 Masteral education -- Master of Engineering, Department of Systems Engineering, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlotsville, Virginia, USA; M.A Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA -- and a Ph.D. in Economics, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Ambassador Tambunting also chairs PlantersbankSME Solutions, Inc., the e-commerce venture Plantersbank has entered in partnership with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), and PDB-FMO Development Center, an undertaking with the bank’s Dutch partner Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO). He is also Chairman of the Micro Enterprise Bank of the Philippines, a joint undertaking of Plantersbank, IFC, and FMO. Outside his activities in Plantersbank, Ambassador Tambunting is active in the community, being Co-Chairman of the Philippine-British Business Council, and member of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Business for Social Progress and of the Carlos P. Romulo Foundation. He is the Chairman of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP). He sits in the Board of Directors of Globe Telecom and of Philam Fund, Inc.; Philam Strategic Growth Fund, Inc.; Philam Bond Fund, Inc., and Philam Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. Ambassador Tambunting served as the Philippines’ Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1993 to 1998. At the same time, he concurrently served as Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland. During these years, he also stood as Permanent Philippine Representative to the International Maritime Organization. Ambassador Tambunting was conferred Management Man of the Year 2003 by the Management Association of the Philippines; “Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem” by the Vatican in 2004; and the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2005 by the Asian Bankers Association. The Ambassador earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Maryland. Prior to that, he had obtained his secondary education from the Culver Military Academy in Indiana, and his elementary education from the Ateneo de Manila University.
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Dr. Mehdi RAZAVI is the concurrent Managing Director & Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Industry & Mine. He started leading the bank in 2006 bringing with him essential experiences and education in the banking and finance field. Prior to his appointment, he has served in various financial institutions in Iran and in Europe at high level capacities. Thus, making him a very effective leader in any financial institutions todate.
Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Planters Development Bank (Plantersbank), the country’s leading bank for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Plantersbank has prestigious international organizations among its shareholders --- the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Dutch Government’s Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). Together, these institutions own 40% of Plantersbank.
Mr. Anthony Nihal FONSEKA is a career banker and joined DFCC Bank in January 2000 as Chief Executive/Director after being with HSBC for 22 years. He is also the Chairman of the Colombo Stock Exchange and a Vice Chairman of ADFIAP. He is a Director of Commercial Bank of Ceylon Limited and the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka. He is also a Member of the Governing Board of the National Institute of Business Management (NIBM) and the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), Sri Lanka. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Committee in Finance and Banking of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and is the Chairman of the Banking Insurance and Financial Services Committee of the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka.
