Bert is the President and Chief Executive Officer of MRI Worldwide Philippines. He is a seasoned banker with over 30 years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to setting up MRI in the Philippines, he was connected with First United Bank (now UCPB), Bank of America, Citytrust (an affiliate of Citibank), BPI (Ayala Group), and Globalbank (an affiliate of Metrobank Group and Tokai Bank of Japan). In BPI, he was Vice President and Market Head of the Asian Desk in Corporate Banking. He subsequently joined Globalbank as Vice President and Head of Corporate Banking Division I. Mr. Santos is an AB-Philosophy graduate of San Beda College and holds an MBA degree from De La Salle University

Bert had intensive training in executive search from MRI University which is based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He attended executive search training programs in Singapore, Hongkong, and Kuala Lumpur. MRI follows a unique methodology which has been proven to be very successful throughout its 39 years of existence, propelling it to be the largest executive search company in the world. In the Philippines, Bert's clients include the largest banks in the country and other well-known and big multinational and local companies in various industries.

Bert is a member of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and the Personnel Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP).