PNB tops private sector in learning and development

21 September 2023 — Philippine National Bank (PSE: PNB) received the prestigious Gawad Maestro Learning and Development Organization of the Year Award for the Private Sector category from the Philippine Society for Talent Development (PSTD) during the 6th Gawad Maestro Awards 2023 held on September 21.

Philippine National Bank (PSE: PNB) received the prestigious Gawad Maestro Learning and Development Organization of the Year Award for the Private Sector category from the Philippine Society for Talent Development (PSTD) during the 6th Gawad Maestro Awards 2023 held on September 21.

“We are honored to receive this award as PNB always strives to take care of its best asset – its people,” said PNB’s VP and Head of the Institute for Banking Excellence Michael Mariano. “PSTD acknowledged our efforts in making learning and development impactful across the organization.“

PNB’s Human Resource Group officer-in-charge Socorro Corpus added, “PNB’s Institute for Banking Excellence has always been dedicated to provide employees with various learning opportunities, integrating synchronous instructor-led courses and programs along with the continued implementation of an e-learning platform – LinkedIn Learning.”

“We are excited to be Philippine National Bank’s chosen partner to digitize and transform their corporate lending process. Integro’s SmartLender platform is a ready compendium of best practices across leading banks in ASEAN and is already localized for the Philippines’ regulatory and business environment. We are confident it will enable PNB to optimize the risk-reward equation and improve customer experience,” said Integro Technologies CEO Shekhar Mullatti.

PSTD likewise noted that the bank has demonstrated outstanding leadership and creativity in improving organizational performance through learning and development.

Launched in March 2011 and held every two years, Gawad Maestro seeks to honor and recognize outstanding public and private organizations that exhibit innovation and dynamism in learning and development policies and programs.