Profile

Mr. Jocson is currently EVP and the COO of BPI. He heads BPI’s Enterprise Services which serves as the backbone of the organisation that includes Human Resources, Centralized Operations, Information Systems, Digital Channels, Business Transformation & Data Science, Facilities Services, Corporate Affairs and Communications, and Client Experience Center. He chairs the Bank’s IT Steering Committee and is a member of the Bank’s Management Committee.

He is also currently the Vice Chairman of the CyberSecurity Committee of the Bankers Association of the Philippines and a Member of Yoma Bank’s (Myanmar) Technology Advisory Committee.

Mr. Jocson began his career as a Systems Analyst with IBM Manila in 1982, subsequently took on more responsibility as he assumed different positions, including Information Systems Manager, Systems Engineering Manager and Manager of Quality. In 1995, he was assigned in Singapore where he led IBM’s Applications/Systems Integration business in ASEAN and South Asia. In 1996, he was appointed as Managing Director for IBM Philippines. In 2000, he took on a new assignment as Vice President and GM of IBM Global Services, ASEAN and South Asia. He was then appointed as Vice President and GM of IBM Global Services for Industrial Sector for Asia Pacific in 2005. Two years later, in 2007, he took on the role of Vice President and GM of Application Services for the Growth Market Unit, where he led IBM’s Applications Management and Application Integration Services in Asia Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Middle East/ Africa. He was then appointed as VP & GM of Integrated Technology Services for Asia Pacific in 2010. In 2013, he was appointed as VP & GM of IBM Global Services for Central and Eastern Europe based in Prague, Czech Republic. In this capacity, he was responsible for IBM’s services portfolio in Russia/CIS, Turkey, Poland & Baltics, Central Europe and South East Europe. From January 2015 until he joined BPI in September 2015, he was in Singapore as IBM Asia Pacific VP & GM for Strategic Outsourcing which catered to major regional banks, telcos and airlines as major clients.

He was also a member of IBM’s Growth & Transformation Team, which is composed of the top senior leaders in IBM which worked directly with the Chairman on key/strategic initiatives. He has served on several external boards, including the Economic Development Board of Singapore, Philamlife and iPeople.

Mr. Jocson graduated with a B.S. Industrial Engineering degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1982 and obtained his MBA from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business.