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 (2009) The 2009 awards were presented during The 10th Asian Banker Summit at the China World Hotel in Beijing, China on May 11-13, 2009

Award: Best ATM Installation and Management Project in Asia Pacific: Winning bank - Chinatrust Commercial Bank Winning vendor - Mercuries Data Systems From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Bell Chong, chief representative, Chinatrust Commercial Bank, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Call Centre Project Award 2009: Winning bank – Taishin International Bank Winning vendor – Octon, Intumit From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Kevin Ren, director, business development division, Intumit, Josephine Yang, SVP, head of IT services division, Taishin International Bank, Joy Pan, product director, Octon, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Core Banking Project/Honorable special mention for most innovative entry: Winning bank – Jibun Bank Corporations Winning vendor –Oracle Financial Services From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Takeo Tohara, president, Jibun Bank Corporations, Yutaka Kawajiri, sales director, Oracle Financial Services, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines. Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best CRM/Applications Project Award 2009: Winning bank – Kotak Mahindra Winning vendor – Oracle From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Patrick Ng, director, Financial Services Industry business unit, Asia Pacific, Oracle Financial Services, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Data and Analytics Project Award 2009: Winning bank – Alliance Bank Winning vendor –SAS Institute From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Jimmy Cheah, managing director, SAS, Bridget Lai, group CEO, Alliance Bank Malaysia, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best E- Banking Project Implementation Award 2009: Winning bank – ICICI Bank Winning vendor – Infosys Technologies From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Anand Arkalgud, head of sales, Greater China region, Infosys Technologies, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Enterprise Transformation Project Award 2009: Winning bank – Alliance Bank Malaysia Winning vendor – IBM From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Millie Yong, business manager, Financial Services Sector, Bridget Lai, group CEO, Alliance Bank Malaysia, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Retail Payment Project Award 2009: Winning bank – Citibank (China) Winning bank – China UnionPay Data Services From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Zhong Qi, vice manager, China UnionPay Data Services, Steven Tan, vice president, Country Technology and Re-engineering head, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Risk Management Implementation Award 2009: Winning bank – Bank of Communications Winning vendor – FICO From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, John Chen, vice president, FICO, Lynn Ye, senior manager, Risk Management & Control, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Trade Finance Project Award 2009: Winning bank – Kasikornbank Winning vendor – Progress Software From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Songpol Chevapanyaroj, first SVP, Corporate Business division, Kasikornbank, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Best Trading Back Office Project Award 2009: Winning bank – Royal Bank of Scotland (Singapore & UK) Winning vendor – SmartStream Technologies From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Anthony Campbell-Brown, sales director, Asia Pacific, SmartStream, Peh Bee Leng, head of Treasury Operations & Investigations, Asia Pac, RBS, Peter Akwaboah, head of Treasury Operations, RBS, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Honorable special mention for the most innovative entry: Winning bank – Jibun Bank Corporations Winning vendor – Oracle Financial Services From left to right: Philip Strause, international resource director, The Asian Banker, Takeo Tohara, president, Jibun Bank Corporations, Yutaka Kawajiri, sales director, Oracle Financial Services, and Alex Escucha, chairman, IT Implementation Awards panel of judges, and first vice president, China Banking Corp., Philippines Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha

Group photo of the winners of The Asian Banker IT Implementation Awards 2009 Photo courtesy of Alex Escucha