Maritza Arizmendi Díaz, CPA, Esq., is Chief Financial Officer, in charge of corporate finance, accounting, financial and capital planning, treasury, asset liability management, information technology, and facilities management.
Ms. Arizmendi has successfully held positions of increasing executive management and responsibility in banking and finance throughout her career. She joined OFG in 2012 when it acquired Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s Puerto Rico operations, where she was CFO and Treasurer of the subsidiary of the Spanish bank.
Ms. Arizmendi was named OFG’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance in 2012, Chief Accounting Officer in 2014, and CFO in 2017. Her areas of responsibility have steadily expanded since then and have included upgrading OFG’s financial management systems.
She started her career in financial services in Puerto Rico in 1990 at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she attained the position of Senior Auditor. In 1994, she was named Vice President of Loan Review at Poncebank, which was acquired by BBVA in 1998. Subsequently, she became Vice President of Risk Management of BBVA’s PR Operations in 1998, Senior Vice President of Financial Planning in 2000, and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 2006.
Ms. Arizmendi is a Certified Public Accountant and is admitted to practice law in Puerto Rico. She received her B.S. in Accounting and J.D. from University of Puerto Rico.