ALEXANDER ESCUCHA CCES Class 1969 Valedictorian.  CNCHS Class 1973 Valedictorian.  First Vice-President, China Banking Corporation.

ALEXANDER ESCUCHA CHAIRS PANEL OF JUDGES OF THE ASIAN BANKER'S IT IMPLEMENTATION AWARDS (2008) The 2008 awards were presented during The 9th Asian Banker Summit at The Melia, Hanoi, Vietnam on March 17-19, 2008

Best Banking Security Systems: Winning bank - Kotak Mahindra (India) Winning vendor - Paladion From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Agnelo D'souza, associate vice president of Information Technology at Kotak Mahindra Bank; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore; Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., the Philippines, and Vinod Vasudevan director Managed Services at Paladion. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Branch Automation & Networking: Winning bank - Seylan Bank Winning vendor – NCS From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Chang Chew Lik, general manager, FSI, NCS Group; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore; Ajantha Madurapperuma, senior deputy general manager, Seylan Bank; Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Call Centre: Winning bank – GE Money Thailand Winning vendor – Avaya From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Dharittee Kritsernvong, senior vice president, GE Money, Thailand; Fulvio Toniotti, regional account director Asia Pacific, Avaya; Voranuch Dejakaisaya, chief information officer GE Money, Thailand; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore, and Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., the Philippines. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Core Banking: Winning bank – Federal Bank Winning vendor – Infosys From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore; G Rajagopalan Nair, deputy general manager of IT, Federal Bank; M Venugopalan, chairman and CEO, Federal Bank; K Raghunath, head delivery manager, Finacle South Asia, Infosys; Vishal Bhatia, project manager, Finacle, Infosys; Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best CRM/Applications Project: Winning bank – Chinatrust Commercial Bank Winning vendor – Teradata From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore; Mark Chen, SVP and country head, Chinatrust Commercial Bank Vietnam; Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Data and Analytics Project: Winning bank – HSBC (Malaysia) Winning vendor – SAS (Malaysia) From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore; Jimmy Cheah, managing director of SAS Malaysia; Mark Bennett, senior manager, Credit Risk Management, HSBC; Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best E-Banking: Winning bank – Hong Leong Bank (Malaysia) Winning vendor – IBM (Malaysia) From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore; Millie Yong, business manager, Financial Services Sector, IBM Malaysia; Ken Yong, head, E-Banking, Hong Leong Bank; Victor Khor, chief operating officer, Transaction & e-Banking, Hong Leong Bank; Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

HR Systems (Letter of Commendation): Bank – Union Bank of India Vendor – TCS From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore; R Suryanarayanan, senior manager HR; VR Iyer, general manager of IT at Union Bank of India; Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Multi-channel Capability: Winning bank – AmInvestment Group Winning vendor – N2N Connect From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore; Nicholas Chua, executive director, N2N Connect; Danion Ong, head of IT for investment banking, Information Services Department, AmInvestment Bank; Lee Yew Kin, head of retail brokerage, AmInvestment Bank; Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Retail Payment: Winning bank – Bank Mandiri (Indonesia) Winning vendor – Silverlake From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore; Raymond Kwong Yong Sin, managing director, Silverlake Axis; Suresh Gummalam, senior vice president of IT Business Solutions and Applications Services Group, Bank Mandiri; Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corp., the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Risk Management: Winning bank – Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Winning vendor – Atos Origin From left to right: Philip Strause, International Resource director, The Asian Banker; Venky Krishnakumar, senior advisor, Global Retail and Commercial Banking group, Barclays Bank, Singapore; Lim Swee Kim, regional client director at Atos Origin; Chieng Shaw Fen, project manager for Basel II Calculation and Reporting Solution at Standard Chartered Bank; Keith Newington, programme director of (BCRS) at Standard Chartered Bank; Alex Escucha, first vice president, China Banking Corporation, the Philippines, and Matthew Kovac, managing editor, The Asian Banker. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha