Paulino S. Soo

Mr. Paulino S.
Soo is a President, CEO, CFO & Secretary at Empress Mining, Inc., a President at Philippine Gaming Management Corp., a President at Abacus Capital & Investment Corp., a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at First Abacus Financial Holdings Corp., a Chairman at Abacus Securities Corp.
(Philippines), a Chairman at Vista Holdings Corp., a President at Bagan Resources Pte, Inc., a President at Berjaya Pizza (Philippines), Inc. and a Treasurer at Kailash PMN Management Corp.
He is on the Board of Directors at Berjaya Auto Philippines, Inc., Bermaz Auto Philippines, Inc., Friendster Philippines, Inc., MOL AccessPortal, Inc. and Uniwiz Trade Sales, Inc. He oversees the overall management of Abacus Securities and Abacus Capital in the key areas of business development, trading and dealership, operations and control.
He also provides directions inputs for the research group of Abacus Securities.
Prior to Abacus, Mr. Soo spent more than 16 years with Citibank, N.A.
occupying various positions in operations, corporate banking, treasury, consumer and investment banking.
The last four years of his stay with Citibank were spent in the Hong Kong Branch, after which he came to Philippines to organize Abacus Securities.
He was also President of the Philippine Bank of Communications from March 1995 to June 1997.
He was Governor and Treasurer of the Phillippine Stock Exchange in 1998, and in 1999 and Chairman of Philippine Gaming Management Corp.
Mr. Soo holds a Master in Business Administration degree from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Business and Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management Engineering from De La Salle University.