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 Roberto R. Herencia is President of Popular North America
(“PNA”), the U.S. bank holding company of Popular Inc.
(“Popular”), and President of Banco Popular North America,
PNA’s banking subsidiary, with executive offices in Chicago,
Illinois. PNA is a $20 billion bank holding company and its
subsidiaries include BPNA, a community bank operating 144
branches in seven distinct markets located in six states; Equity
One, a consumer finance company with 132 locations in 26
states; Popular Mortgage Servicing, a residential mortgage
servicing operation; and E-LOAN, an internet consumer lending
and deposit gathering financial services company.
Mr. Herencia is Executive Vice President of Popular, a registered
public bank holding company (NASDAQ: BPOP) with assets of
more than $50 billion and the parent company of Banco Popular
de Puerto Rico, the dominant banking franchise in Puerto Rico.
He is a member of the Corporate Leadership Council, Popular’s
most senior management body.
Prior to joining Banco Popular in 1991, Mr. Herencia spent ten years with The First National Bank of
Chicago (now Chase). He joined First Chicago in 1981 as part of its Credit Training Program and went
on to spend four years in México as Corporate Banking Associate and Assistant Manager. From 1986
to 1988, he was Assistant Vice President and Deputy Senior Credit Officer for Latin America. In 1989,
he became Vice President and Team Leader responsible for the restructure of problem assets in
Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, and the Philippines. In 1990, he became in charge of First Chicago's
operations in Latin America as Vice President and Head of the Emerging Markets Division.
Mr. Herencia is a member of the Board of Directors of several Popular subsidiaries and the Banco
Popular Foundation. He is a Trustee of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and a Trustee
of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. Mr. Herencia also serves in the Board of Directors of
Junior Achievement of Chicago, Operation Hope in Los Angeles, the Economic Club of Chicago, The
Executives’ Club of Chicago, as well as a member of DePaul University’s College of Commerce
Advisory Council.
In March 2005, Fast Company Magazine chose Mr. Herencia as one of the Fast 50 Business Leaders in
the area of innovation. In February of 2004, Mr. Herencia was named “Latino Executive of New York” by
the Metropolitan New York Better Business Bureau (BBB) Foundation. Also in 2004 and 2005, Mr.
Herencia made the list as one of the 100 most powerful Latinos by Poder Magazine, a publication of The
Economist. In 2006, he was selected Grand Marshal of the Hispanic Parade in New York City. Named
by Inspire Magazine as one of its “Champions of Charity”, Mr. Herencia was awarded the prestigious
Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The Medals are presented to Americans of diverse origins for their
outstanding contributions to their own ethnic groups and to American society.
Mr. Herencia, a native of Puerto Rico, graduated Magna Cum Laude and received his B.S.B.A. in
Finance from Georgetown University in 1981. He received his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School at
Northwestern University in 1991.
Mr. Herencia and his family live in Glenview, Illinois.
Bilingual English-Spanish
Location:
Chicago
Topics:
- Leading Change
- Building Strong Teams
- Creating a Culture of Bold,
Daring and Defiant DreamMakers
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Maria Silvar
Phone: (847) 994-6582 or email
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