Popular, Inc. Appoints Head of Newly Created Commercial Credit Administration Group
February 15 2012 - 1:35PM
Business Wire
Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPOP) announced today the appointment,
effective March 15, 2012, of Ileana González as Head of the newly
created Commercial Credit Administration Group. Popular also
announced the appointment of Jorge J. García as Corporate
Comptroller.
“This appointment recognizes Ileana’s performance in a critical
function and her excellent track record at Popular where she has
worked for more than 20 years,” said Richard L. Carrión, Chairman
and CEO of Popular. “We are very pleased with this
announcement.”
As a member of the Senior Management Team, González will lead a
new group that will consolidate several divisions performing
credit-management and administrative functions. González has served
Popular as Corporate Comptroller since 2004, supervising the areas
of Consolidation and Regulatory Reporting, Corporate Reporting and
Compliance, Corporate Taxes, Corporate ALM and Budget, Corporate
Systems and Management Reporting.
She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Puerto Rico
and pursued graduate studies at the School of Banking at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. González also serves on the board
of Nuestra Escuela, a non-for-profit organization that provides
alternative education programs for young academic dropouts.
“I am honored by the appointment and look forward to fulfill my
new duties to help Popular reach its strategic goals,” said
González.
García succeeds González as the Corporate Comptroller and
Principal Accounting Officer of the Corporation. García will report
to Jorge A. Junquera, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of the Corporation. García has served since June
2009 as Senior Vice President and Director of Finance and
Accounting of Banco Popular North America, the Corporation’s
banking subsidiary in the mainland United States. He holds a B.B.A.
in accounting from the University of Iowa.
Founded in 1893, Popular, Inc. is the leading banking
institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico and ranks
36th by assets among U.S. banks. In the United States, Popular has
established a community-banking franchise providing a broad range
of financial services and products with branches in New York, New
Jersey, Illinois, Florida and California.
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