Economics, Finance and Accounting Department

Raul P. Ruiz has headed equities research for RCBC Securities since 2010. Before that, he headed equities research at the Philippine branches of 3 foreign-based stock brokerage houses.

He also headed Business Development for an Israel-based multinational company, Africa-Israel Investments Phils. Inc., looking for direct equity investments in real estate, tourism, power and infrastructure projects in the Philippines.

He started his career as an investment analyst in the Asset Management Group of the former Far East Bank and Trust Co., now merged into Bank of the Philippine Islands; topped the “Trust and Investment Management course” of the Trust Institute Foundation of the Philippines, the educational arm of the Trust Officers’ Association of the Philippines; and audited the “Trust and investment Management course” of the American Bankers Association held at Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA.

He has passed the 3 Chartered Financial Analyst exam levels as of 2004.
He obtained his BA Economics degree, magna cum laude, and his MBA, at UP Diliman.