Credit Suisse established a representative office in the Philippines in April 2018 and wants to further expand its domestic footprint in this emerging market.

Credit Suisse appointed Josephine Kee Hong S Yap as the chief representative of the Credit Suisse representative office, in the Philippines, with immediate effect, according to a media release on Tuesday. She is based in Manila and reports to Christian Senn, Market Group Head Philippines, Credit Suisse Private Banking Asia Pacific.

The bank established the representative office in the Philippines for its wealth management business in April 2018, upon receiving the license from the Securities and Exchange Commission and regulatory approval from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

Three Decades of Experience

Yap is a seasoned banker with almost three decades of experience in the Philippines financial services industry. She joined Credit Suisse from Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company where she was most recently the Head of Private Wealth Countryside, Financial Market Sector, leading a team of senior relationship managers with respective regional coverage across the Philippines.

Throughout her career at Metrobank, Josephine Yap had extensive experience in bank branch management and operations.