Mr. Aurelio R. Montinola III is currently the Chairman of Far Eastern University and the Vice Chairman of the Philippine Business for Education. He also served as the President of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) from 2005 to 2013, and President of the Bankers' Association of the Philippines from 2008 to 2012. Among others, he remains as Director of BPI and Chairman of BPI Philam Life Assurance Corporation. He was twice awarded with the Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Award for the Philippines  and received the Management Association of the Philippines Management Man of the Year in 2012. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS Management Engineering Degree from the Ateneo de Manila.