John Eric T. Francia

President & Chief Executive Officer

President and Chief Executive Officer of AC Energy, Inc. Eric is also Managing Director and a member of the Management Committee of Ayala Corporation since 2009. In his previous role as Head of Ayala’s Corporate Strategy and Development group, he led Ayala’s entry into the energy and transport infrastructure sectors. Under his leadership, Ayala established its energy platform from a standing start in 2011, growing to 1,700 MW of attributable capacity by 2018.

Eric also helped establish Ayala’s infrastructure business, securing over US$ 1 billion worth of PPP projects in the transport infrastructure space between 2011 and 2014. He is a Director of various Ayala group companies including AC Infrastructure, AC Health and AC Ventures. In 2019, he was elected as President and CEO of two listed companies: AC Energy Philippines, Inc., and Phinma Petroleum and Geothermal, Inc.

Eric received his undergraduate degree in Humanities and Political Economy from University of Asia & the Pacific, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He then completed his Master’s Degree in Management Studies at University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, graduating with First Class Honors.

Patrice R. Clausse

Chief Operating Officer, AC Energy International

Chief Operating Officer of AC Energy International. Patrice joined Ayala Corporation in May 2010 as an advisor to the Strategy and Business Development team. He was a founding member of the AC Energy management in 2011 where he led the business development and operations teams. Currently, he is heading AC Energy’s International business, with focus on South East Asia and Australia.

Patrice is a member of the Board of Directors/ Management & Advisory Committee of AC Energy International Projects. Prior to joining Ayala, he was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in London as well as with Marakon Associates (part of Charles River Associates).

Patrice received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge University (UK). He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School where he graduated with high distinction as Baker Scholar.

Maria Corazon G. Dizon

Chief Finance Officer & Treasurer

Chief Finance Officer and Treasurer of AC Energy, Inc. Cora heads various functional units under Finance, which include Controllership, Corporate Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations, Audit, Risk Management, and Information Technology. In addition, she holds directorship positions and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee in a number of subsidiaries within the AC Energy group, such as South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation, Northwind Power Development Corp, AC Energy Development, Inc., and AC Energy International, among other entities. She is concurrently the Chief Finance Officer and Treasurer of AC Energy Philippines and of Phinma Petroleum and Geothermal, Inc.

Cora joined Ayala’s Energy and Infrastructure Group in 2016 after spending 28 years with Ayala Land, Inc., the publicly listed real estate vehicle of Ayala Corporation, where she previously held the positions of Head of ALI Capital Corp., Head of Business Development and Strategic Planning of the Commercial Business Group, Head of Asset Management Group of Shopping Centers, Head of Control and Analysis, Head of Investor Relations as well as Chief Financial Officer of Residential Buildings, Office Buildings and Shopping Centers groups. Prior to joining Ayala Land, she was connected with SGV & Co. for three years.

Cora graduated with a degree in Accountancy from University of Santo Tomas, graduating Cum Laude and is a Certified Public Accountant. She completed the academic units for a Masters Degree in Business Administration from De La Salle University Graduate School of Business, and attended an Executive Management Program at Wharton University of Pennsylvania.

Jose Maria P. Zabaleta

Chief Development Officer

Chief Development Officer of AC Energy, Inc, and Chief Executive Officer of ACE Endevor, the development arm of AC Energy. ACE Endevor currently has over 3,000MW of generation capacity under active development.

Prior to joining AC Energy, Sech was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bronzeoak Philippines, a pioneer and leader in clean technology energy development in the Philippines. Since 2004 and under his leadership, the Bronzeoak Group has been responsible for nearly $1 billion in deployed capital across 16 completed projects with multiple international partners and investors. Among Bronzeoak’s projects were Asia’s first sugarcane to ethanol and power cogeneration plant, the country’s first utility-scale solar power plant, six additional solar plants, and three biomass-fired thermal power plants utilizing agricultural residues. Bronzeoak’s energy businesses were integrated into AC Energy, Inc. in late 2016.

Sech continues as Chief Executive Officer of Bronzeoak’s independent non-energy investments, including AquaTerra Hotels & Resorts Development Corporation and its flagship development, Rosewood Hermana Mayor Resort & Residences.

Sech was born and raised in the Philippines and is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University with a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA. He currently lives in Manila with his wife and three children.

Dodjie D. Lagazo

Executive Director & Head, Legal and Regulatory

Executive Director and Head of AC Energy’s Legal and Regulatory Group. Dodjie holds the following positions in publicly-listed companies: Corporate Secretary of Phinma Petroleum and Geothermal, Inc., Assistant Corporate Secretary of Ayala Corporation and AC Energy Philippines, Inc.

Previously, Dodjie served as Director and member of AG Counselors Corporation’s Management Committee from January 2014 to July 2017. Prior to joining Ayala, he worked with the law firm of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan.

Dodjie received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He then completed his Bachelor of Laws Degree in the College of Law of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, ranked sixth in the graduating class of 2003. He is a member in good standing of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.

Gabino Ramon G. Mejia

Senior Vice President & Head, Plant Operations

Senior Vice President and Head of AC Energy Plant Operations. Gabino is concurrently President for South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation (SLTEC), President & CEO of Northwind Power Development Corporation (NorthWind) and North Luzon Renewable Energy Corp. (NLR), President of Negros Island Solar Power, Inc. (IslaSol) and San Carlos Solar, Inc. (Sacasol), Chairman of Montesol Solar, Inc. and Executive Vice President for GNPower Kauswagan Ltd. Co.

Gabino has worked in Ayala Corporation for more than 25 years. Before his secondment to AC Energy, he was assigned to HCX Technology Partners (formerly HRMall, Inc.) as Business Development Head with a prior role of overseeing the set-up of the HR Outsourcing business of Ayala Corporation and has also served as Project Manager in Ayala Land.

Gabino holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Asian Institute of Management and has completed his MBA Internship in York University, Schulich School of Business. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Letters degree from San Beda College where he graduated with Academic Distinction.

Roman Miguel G. de Jesus

Senior Vice President & Head, Commercial Operations

Senior Vice President and Head of AC Energy Philippines’ Commercial Operations. Miguel also heads AC Energy Inc.’s International Businesses. He is a former President and CEO of North Luzon Renewable Energy Corporation and former Head of the Retail Electricity Supply group of AC Energy, Inc.

Prior to joining AC Energy, Inc., Miguel held the positions of Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and then Chief Operating Officer of North Luzon Renewable Energy Corporation. Before this, he practiced law in the law firms of Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & delos Angeles where he specialized in corporate banking and finance and Puyat Jacinto & Santos where he specialized in energy law and special projects.

Miguel has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Philosophy from the Ateneo de Manila University, where he was an instructor for ten years. He also has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines where he graduated Cum Laude, receiving awards, among others, for being Chair of the Philippines.

Sebastian Arsenio Richards Lacson

Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of AC Energy Inc. and Head of South Luzon Thermal Corporation. Basti has been in the electric power industry for over a decade with his most recent role as President & COO of Aboitiz Coal Business Unit. He was also Chief Operating Officer of the Visayan Electric Company and has held various roles in Spanish gas and electricity producer and distributor, Union Fenosa, in Panama and Spain.

Basti completed his Masters in Business Administration and Economics at the University of Navarre in Barcelona, Spain. He received his BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from Ateneo de Manila University.

J. Edmond C. Garcia

Senior Vice President, Finance

Senior Vice President for Finance. Jed currently oversees Corporate Finance and Investor Relations at AC Energy, Inc. He is also concurrently the Chief Finance Officer for 2 of AC Energy’s largest thermal plants, under a Joint Venture.

Jed began his career at AC Energy in 2013 as a senior finance executive reporting to its CFO and was seconded to the company’s first thermal plant joint venture, as the CFO during construction.

Prior to AC Energy, Jed had a broad and successful career working at senior level positions at some of the largest global foreign financial institutions, such as Soc-Gen, Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, including a brief overseas rotation in Toronto, Canada and Boston, Ma., for Sun Life of Canada. His experience includes, stockbroking, investment banking, derivative transactions, Project and Structured Finance, fixed income and equity portfolio investment management, credit analysis, treasury, client account management and financial product development. Throughout his career, he has directly managed in excess of US$500m in investible equity and fixed income funds and has been directly involved in over US$2bln in debt and equity capital raising.

More recently, Jed completed an executive education program for finance at NUS-Chicago Booth, in Singapore. He holds an MS Finance degree from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, College of Business Administration (Virata School of Business).

Irene S. Maranan

Vice President & Head, Corporate Communications & Sustainability

Vice President and Head of AC Energy’s Corporate Communications and Sustainability Group. Irene leads the overall communications team in protecting and promoting the company’s reputation, oversees public relations and drives the corporate sustainability strategy.

Irene led the development of the company’s brand and its integration with the institutionalization of the organisation’s culture. She spearheaded the development of the company’s Environment and Social (E&S) Policy and Management System and led the company’s flagship sustainability program that involves a Conservation Estate in a community within one of the company’s wind farms - a multi-year program with livelihood, environment protection and other sustainability features.

Irene joined the company in January 2015 and was one of the pioneers in Ayala’s Energy and Infrastructure Group. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications from St. Scholastica’s College Manila and brings over 20 years of experience in strategic marketing and corporate communications from companies across diverse industries such as Chevron, Globe Telecom and real estate companies, prior to joining Ayala.

Ma. Chiara Lubich H. Zotomayor

Vice President & Head, Human Resources – International

Andree Lou C. Kintanar

Vice President & Head, Human Resources & Corporate Services

Vice President and Head of Human Resources and Corporate Services. Andree has over 20 years experience in leveraging human resource and organizational culture for competitive advantage. Her multi-functional HR experience cuts across the areas of organizational development, talent management, employee engagement and total rewards.

Prior to joining AC Energy, Andree was Head of Human Resources & Corporate Services for AffinityX ROHQ, the marketing and creative services company of Ayala’s LiveIt Investments Ltd. She was also Assistant Vice President & HR Business Partner at Deutsche Knowledge Services and previously held various HR & OD leadership roles at Bayan Telecommunications, SAP Phils. partner SSIP Asia, San Miguel Packaging Products and Philips Electronics & Lighting.

Andree graduated from St. Scholastica’s College with a double degree in Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Human Resource Development, honors’ program. She completed the academic units for a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business, and an Ayala Leadership Acceleration Program - Harvard Business Publishing graduate.