In the recent 16th Global Meeting of the Emerging Markets Forum held in Marrakesh, Former Secretary of Finance and the current chairman of Philippine Veterans Bank Dr. Roberto F. De Ocampo was invited to speak and be one of its panel members.

This year's Global Meeting brought together about over a hundred prominent policy makers, private sector leaders and intellectuals from around the world to discuss key issues on emerging markets and developing economies.

The Forums' co-chairs are Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former deputy chairman, the Planning Commission of India; Masatsugu Asakawa, president, Asian Development Bank; Michel Camdessus, former managing director, IMF; Enrique Garcia, former president and chief executive officer, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America; Liqun Jin, chairman and president of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; and Hiroshi Watanabe, chairman, Japan Institute for International Monetary Affairs.

Philippine Veterans Bank is a commercial bank that counts Filipino World War II veterans, their heirs and descendants, post-WW2 veterans and AFP retirees as its shareholders. It operates 60 full branches and 1 branch-lite unit in key cities and municipalities nationwide and caters to both corporate and retail financial markets, offering deposit and loan products, cash management services and treasury and trust services, among others.

Under Republic Act 11597, which is also its charter, PVB is an authorized government depository bank and offers its banking services to government agencies, government owned corporations, and local government units. The Bank extends grants to support projects and activities for the benefit of veterans, their heirs and descendants.