Robert Bidal

Robert Bidal is the Chief Credit Officer and an Executive Vice President for Century Bank in Santa Fe. He has worked in banking and finance for over 30 year including for a large international bank, a regional bank and for numerous community banks. He brings to Southwestern College a wealth of experience in commercial lending, community development banking and credit administration. He has served on the Board of Directors for several non-profits over the years. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of International Management, Financial Management and other business related disciplines for Northwood University in Cedar Hill, TX and the University of Phoenix in Albuquerque, NM.  

He has led “meet the banker” seminars for small businesses and served for many years as a Boy Scout leader. He has a B.A. in Political Science (International Relations) from the University of Arizona and an M.B.A. in Financial Management from the Robert O. Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of New Mexico.