Mariana Zobel de Ayala

Mariana Zobel de Ayala is Vice President at Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), responsible for Consumer Bank Marketing & Digital Platforms. Mariana also serves as a board director and/or advisory committee member for several Ayala Group companies, across Ayala Land, AC Health, Ayala Group’s ACTIVE Fund and BPI’s Asset Management and Trust Company.

Mariana previously served as Deputy Head of Ayala Malls, a subsidiary of Ayala Land responsible for just under two million square meters in leasable retail space around the Philippines. In addition to directly overseeing Leasing Strategy & Development across the malls, Mariana was responsible for the build-out of Ayala Malls Labs / Digital & Data — a new unit focused on commercializing synergistic opportunities leveraging technology and data.  

Prior to this, she worked in Project Development for Ayala Land, and as a Corporate Strategy and Business Development Associate with Ayala Corporation, where she supported portfolio review across the conglomerate and business development interest in the healthcare sector.  

Mariana started her career at J.P. Morgan in New York City. She graduated from Harvard College with a BA in Social Studies (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics), and received an MBA from INSEAD.