A leader with a pure heart for the Filipinos abroad was shown to Salimar M. Salomabao, the Assistant Vice President and Head of Philippine National Bank (PNB)-Middle East. This man is full of eagerness to help his fellow Filipinos in the Middle East in terms of financial literacy.
For more than 20 years abroad, Salimar experienced working in different industries and stayed for a long time in a bank set-up. Most of his time abroad was spent in Saudi Arabia, where he became a chairman of the Maranao Community and a Remittance Manager of Arab National Bank.
Salimar, a great philanthropist, always believes in the power of overseas Filipino workers in the workplace. For that reason, he wants to help his fellow ”kababayans” to properly save their money in the most trusted bank of the Filipinos, the PNB.
You First
After graduating from college, Salimar opted to work abroad to support his family’s needs. He held that reason to be strong and determined to achieve his goal in life. Like any other Filipinos, Salimar creates his fate with the help of God.
“My first employment abroad was on July 1995 as Sales Executive at Gulf Telecom Company in Dammam Saudi Arabia, then moving to the banking industry in the same country KSA in 1999 until 2017 as Remittance Manager with Arab National Bank,” he stated.
Currently, he is working with the PNB-Middle East, supporting and educating Filipinos to save money and invest for the future. With PNB, Filipinos can easily open their savings account with a low-interest rate when sending money to their loved ones.
“As a Banker and Head of PNB in the Middle East, the most I enjoy is the awareness on how to save money and invest the hard income of our fellow Kababayans in the Middle East to use proper channel of sending their hard-earned money to their loved one in the Philippines instead of sending to a black market or informal channels,” Saliman uttered.
As part of PNB, Saliman acculturated its company tagline in his own life by prioritizing the need for OFWs in the Middle East. Aside from being an OFW, he also worked as the Filipino Community Leader in Saudi Arabia.
Maranao Pride
Salimar serves the people wholeheartedly with his voluntary works as he provides excellent support as a chairman of the Maranao Community in Saudi Arabia. Nothing can stop his eternal love for his tribe and country.
“I was one of the Filipino community leaders in Riyadh Saudi Arabia Chairman of Maranao Community to support our fellow kababayan in Riyadh, KSA and Currently, I am one of the Board of Director of Maranao Community in UAE continue the advocacy of supporting the needs of our fellow OFWs in UAE,” Salimar said.
According to him, in more than 20 years working abroad, serving the country and the Filipino people, he still wants to go back to his homeland to retire together with his family. Salimar believes that one should go back to his or her family who supports them in the midst of joys and draughts.
“The most important is to love your family who is always there; either you returned home with huge amount of money or nothing, they are always there for you and of course to love our Lord for being always there,”” he advised.
Thus, he also wants to remind all Filipinos abroad that it is essential to spend hard-earned money wisely.
PNB-Dubai: You First
As the Assistant Vice President and Head of PNB Middle East, Salimar believes that financial stability is one of the main goals of every Filipinos working abroad. Most of the kabayans want to provide a good life to their families back in the Philippines and, at the same time to invest something for the future.
How is it possible? It is through the help of the PNB- Dubai who wants to put every OFW first.
The bank provides excellent services such as facilitation of opening PNB OFW Saving Account (Peso or USD), facilitation of Issuance of Global Filipino Cash Card, and PNB Own a Philippine Home Loan (OPHL) for investment with a low-interest rate for all the services.
“Invest wisely the extra income in the Philippines, so that once your return home, you will not be facing financial difficulties,” he said.
