Fernando Zobel de Ayala

Chairman

Filipino, is President and Chief Operating Officer of Ayala Corporation since April 2006. He has been a Director of Ayala Corporation since May 1994. He holds the following positions in publicly listed companies: Chairman of Ayala Land, Inc., Manila Water Company, Inc., and AC Energy Corporation (ACEN); and Director of Bank of the Philippine Islands, Globe Telecom, Inc. and Integrated Micro- Electronics, Inc.; and Independent Director of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation. He is the Chairman of AC International Finance Ltd., ALI Eton Property Development Corporation, Liontide Holdings, Inc., AC Energy, Inc., Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc., Automobile Central Enterprise, Inc., Alabang Commercial Corporation, Accendo Commercial Corp. and Hero Foundation, Inc.; Co- Chairman of Ayala Foundation, Inc. and Ayala Group Club, Inc.; Vice-Chairman of AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc., Ceci Realty Inc., Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation, Bonifacio Land Corporation, Emerging City Holdings, Inc., Columbus Holdings, Inc., Berkshires Holdings, Inc. AKL Properties, Inc., AC Ventures Holdings Corp., and Bonifacio Art Foundation, Inc.; Director of LiveIt Investments, Ltd., AG Holdings Ltd., AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation, Asiacom Philippines, Inc., Ayala Retirement Fund Holdings, Inc., Honda Cars Philippines, Inc., Isuzu Philippines Corporation, and Manila Peninsula; Member of the Board of INSEAD Business School and Georgetown University; Member of the International Advisory Board of Tikehau Capital and of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library International Advisory Council; Vice Chairman of the Philippine-Singapore Business Council, member of the World Presidents’ Organization and Chief Executives Organization; Chairman of Habitat for Humanity International’s Asia-Pacific Capital Campaign Steering Committee; and Member of the Board of Trustees of Caritas Manila, Pilipinas Shell Foundation, and the National Museum.
He graduated with B.A. Liberal Arts at Harvard College in 1982 and holds a CIM from INSEAD, France.

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala

Director

Filipino, is Chairman and CEO of Ayala Corporation since April 2006. He has been a Director of Ayala Corporation since May 1987. He holds the following positions in publicly listed companies: Chairman of Globe Telecom, Inc., Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. and Bank of the Philippine Islands; and Vice Chairman of Ayala Land, Inc., Manila Water Company, Inc. and AC Energy Corporation (ACEN). He is also the Chairman of Ayala Retirement Fund Holdings, Inc., AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc., AC Ventures Holding Corp., AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation and Asiacom Philippines ; Co-Chairman of Ayala Foundation, Inc. and Ayala Group Club, Inc.; Director of Alabang Commercial Corporation, Ayala International Pte. Ltd., AC Energy Inc., Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc., Light Rail Manila Holdings, Inc. and AG Holdings Ltd. Outside the Ayala group, he is a member of various business and socio- civic organizations in the Philippines and abroad, including the JP Morgan International Council, JP Morgan Asia Pacific Council, and Mitsubishi Corporation International Advisory Council. He sits on the board of the Singapore Management University and on various advisory boards of Harvard University, including the Global Advisory Council, HBS Board of Dean’s Advisors, and HBS Asia-Pacific Advisory Board, which he chairs. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Asia Business Council, a member of the Global Board of Adviser of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Co-Vice Chairman of the Makati Business Club, Chairman of Endeavor Philippines, and a board member of Eisenhower Fellowships. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit in 2009, the Philippine Legion of Honor with rank of Grand Commander in 2010, and the Order of Mabini with rank of Commander in 2015 by the President of the Philippines in recognition of his outstanding public service. In 2017, he was recognized as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Pioneer by the UN Global Compact for his work in sustainable business strategy and operations. The first recipient of the award from the Philippines, he was one of 10 individuals recognized for championing sustainability and the pursuit of the 17 SDGs in business.

He graduated with B.A. in Economics (Cum Laude) from Harvard College in 1981 and obtained an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in1987.

Eric T. Francia

Director

Filipino, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AC Energy Corporation (PSE:ACEN). Under his leadership, Ayala established its energy platform from a standing start in 2011, to become one of the largest renewable energy platforms in Southeast Asia, with over 1800MW of attributable renewables capacity.

Mr. Francia is also a Managing Director and member of the Management Committee of Ayala Corporation since 2009, and was appointed as Chairman of Ayala’s Investment Committee in 2021. He is also a Director of various Ayala group companies including AC Infrastructure, AC Health, AC Ventures, Manila Water and as Chairman and CEO of ACE Enexor.

Mr. Francia earned a Master’s Degree in Management Studies at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, graduating with First Class Honors. He received his undergraduate degree in Humanities and Political Economy from the University of Asia & the Pacific, graduating magna cum laude.

Gerardo C. Ablaza, Jr.

Director

Filipino, is currently a management consultant at Ayala Corporation and a member of the Board of Directors of AC Energy, Inc. He served as President and CEO of Manila Water Company from June 2010 to April 2017 and still remains involved with the company as a Director and member of various board committees. From 1998 to April 2009, he was President and CEO of Globe Telecom, Inc. In June 2015, he became a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Institute for Water Policy under the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore. He obtained his degree in Liberal Arts (Honors Accelerated Program), Major in Mathematics from De La Salle University, graduating as Summa Cum Laude.

Solomon M. Hermosura

Director

Filipino, has served as Managing Director of Ayala Corporation since 1999 and a member of the Ayala Corporation Management Committee since 2009 and the Ayala Group Management Committee since 2010. He is also the Group Head of Corporate Governance, General Counsel, Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary of Ayala Corporation. He is the CEO of Ayala Group Legal. He serves as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Ayala Land, Inc., and Corporate Secretary of Globe Telecom, Inc., Manila Water Company, Inc., Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. and Ayala Foundation, Inc.; and a member of the Board of Directors of a number of companies in the Ayala group. He graduated valedictorian with Bachelor of Laws degree from San Beda College in 1986 and placed third in the 1986 Bar Examination.

Jose Teodoro K. Limcaoco

Director

Filipino, has been Chief Finance Officer and Finance Group Head of Ayala Corporation since April 10, 2015. He is the former President of BPI Family Savings Bank. He is a member of the Board of Directors of AC Energy, Inc. His prior assignments within the Ayala group include President of BPI Capital Corporation from 2007 to 2010. He was Officer-in-Charge for Ayala Life Assurance, Inc. and Ayala Plans, Inc., Trustee and Treasurer of Ayala Foundation, Inc., President of myAyala.com, and CFO of Azalea Technology Investments, Inc. He graduated with a degree in BS Mathematical Sciences in Stanford University in 1984 and earned his Master’s Degree in Finance from Wharton School University in 1988.

Jose Rene Gregory D. Almendras

Director

Filipino, concurrently serves as Senior Managing Director and Group Head of Public Affairs of Ayala Corporation, President & Chief Executive Officer of Manila Water Company, Inc. (MWCI) and President & Chief Executive Officer of AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation. He is also a member of the AC Management Committee, member of the Ayala Corporation Management Committee and the Ayala Group Management Committee since August 2016. Rene is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of MWCI and a Board of Director of the following companies within the Ayala Group: AF Payments Inc.; Light Rail Manila Holdings, Inc.; MCX Tollway Inc.; and AC Energy Philippines, Inc. He spent 13 years with the Citibank group where he started as a management trainee and landed his first CEO position as President of City Savings Bank of the Aboitiz Group at the age of 37. In 2011, he was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Sustainability Champion for his efforts as President of MWCI. During his stint as MWCI President and Chief Operating Officer, the company received multiple awards and was recognized as one of the Best Managed Companies in Asia, Best in Corporate Governance, one of the Greenest Companies in the Philippines and hailed as the world’s Most Efficient Water Company.

Under the Administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III, Mr. Almendras served as a member of the Cabinet holding the position of Secretary of the Department of Energy, Office of the Cabinet Secretary and the Department of Foreign Affairs. In June 2016, he was acknowledged by the Administration for his remarkable performance in addressing the country’s urgent issues and was awarded the highest Presidential Award given to a civilian–Order of Lakandula, Rank of Gold Cross Bayani.