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Maria Eugenia H. Leon Guerrero is BankGuam Holding’s new director
Q1 dividends announced
BankGuam Holding Co. made two announcements following its Feb. 25, 2019, board meeting: The appointment of Maria Eugenia H. Leon Guerrero to the board of directors for BankGuam Holding Co., Bank of Guam, and BG Investment Services, and the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend.
Leon Guerrero
Leon Guerrero’s appointment follows the resignation of Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, effective Dec. 31, 2018. Leon Guerrero was also appointed to serve as a member of the Stock Purchase Plan committee, Trust, Asset Liability, Executive and Loan committees of the board of directors.
Leon Guerrero is currently executive vice president /retail and card services of the bank (since 2016) and an officer of the holding company (since 2018). She began her career with Bank of Guam in 2009 as a management trainee, and has held the position of commercial credit officer, six sigma champion and strategic planning officer and director of card Services before assuming her current role overseeing the bank’s branch network, e-banking and card services.
A graduate of the University of Washington (B.A., International Studies), the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington (Master of Business Administration) and the Pacific Coast Banking School, Leon Guerrero serves as the current chair for the Guam Foundation for Public Education. She is the vice chair for Teach Money, Inc. and treasurer of Sanctuary Inc. of Guam, in addition to being a member of Rotary Club of Tumon Bay, Guam Young Professionals and I Fanlalai’an Oral History Project. She is a certified Project Management Professional and has earned Bank of Guam’s Supervisor of the Year and Familia Champion of the Year Awards.
“I am very pleased at the appointment of Maria to our board of directors. Her extensive banking experience and community involvement in our region bring a seasoned perspective and deep knowledge to our company. We look forward to her contributions to our mission and purpose.” said Joaquin P.L.G. Cook, interim president and chief executive officer.
The board also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share for the holders of its common stock and a dividend payment to the holders of the company’s 5.5 percent fixed rate/floating rate noncumulative preferred stock, series A, at its board’s regular meeting held on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. The dividends will be paid on March 29, 2019, to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2019. (PR)
