Board Profiles
Mr. Federico R. Lopez was elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in May 2010, and has been a Director of the Corporation since February 2006. He is also the Chairman and CEO of First Gen Corporation, Chairman of Energy Development Corporation and the Vice Chairman of Rockwell Land Corp. He likewise chairs the Boards of Asian Eye Institute, First Balfour, Inc., Terraprime, Inc., ThermaPrime Drilling Corp., First Philippine Electric Corp., First Philec, Inc., First Philippine Industrial Park, First Philippine Realty Corp., FP Island Energy Corporation, First Industrial Science and Technology School, Inc., Pi Energy Inc., and Pi Health Inc. He has been a board member of ABS-CBN Corporation and the President of Lopez, Inc. since October 2017. He has been the Chairman and CEO of Lopez Holdings Corporation since October 2020. He is also the Chairman of the Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change and Ang Misyon, Inc. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Double Major in Economics and International Relations (cum laude, 1983).
Mr. Benjamin R. Lopez was appointed Director and Vice Chairman of the Corporation last March 30, 2023, and has been Vice President of the Corporation since November 2006. He has been with FPH since October 1993. He is a Director of Rockwell Land Corporation. He was assigned to Rockwell in May 1995 where he held various posts in Business Development, Sales and Marketing. Prior to his recall to FPH in June 2004, he was a Vice President for Project Development of Rockwell. He is currently the President of INAEC Aviation Corporation. Mr. Lopez is currently the Senior Executive Vice President and Co-Chairman of Lopez, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of various subsidiaries such as First Balfour, Inc., Terraprime, Inc., First Philippine Electric Corp., First Philec, Inc., First Philec Solar Solutions Corp., First Philippine Power Systems, Inc., First Philippine Realty Corp., FPH Capital Resources, Inc. and First Philippine Utilities Corp. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs (1992) from George Washington University. He pursued his Executive Masters in Business Administration degree at the Asian Institute of Management (2001). Harvard Business School -OPM 60, Executive Education (2023).
Mr. Jaime I. Ayala was elected Director in 2021 and is the Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee. He is a member of the Audit and Board Risk Oversight Committees. He is the Founder and CEO of Hybrid Social Solutions, a social enterprise focused on empowering rural villages through solar energy. He was recognized as the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2013 and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines in 2012. He was President and CEO of publicly-listed Ayala Land, Inc. and Senior Managing Director of Ayala Corporation. Before that, he was a director (global senior partner) at McKinsey & Company, where he played a number of global and regional leadership roles, including head of the firm’s Asian Energy Practice and President of McKinsey’s Manila office. He is a Director of First Gen, a member of the National Advisory Council of the World Wildlife Fund, a trustee of Stiftung Solarenergie – Solar Energy Foundation and Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation, and the Chairman of Healthway Medical Inc. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School (honors, 1988) and completed his undergraduate work in Economics at Princeton University (magna cum laude, 1984).
Mr. David O. Chua was elected Director in 2021 and is a member of the Board Risk Oversight Committee. He is President and CEO of Cathay Pacific Steel Corporation (CAPASCO), Vice Chairman of the Board of the University of the East (UE), President of One Palanca Land Inc., President of Orinda Land Corp., President of Asia Pacific Capital Equities and Securities Corporation, Member of the Advisory Board of Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank), and Trustee of the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (UERMMMC). He also currently serves as a director on the board of NiHAO Mineral Resources, Inc., Dizon Copper and Silver Mines Inc., the Manila House Private Club Inc., Prople BPO Inc., and Kaisa Heritage Museum Inc. He is also the Vice President and Board Director of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FFCCCII), President of the Philippine Steelmakers Association (PSA), Chairman of the Philippine-Slovenia Business Council, Treasurer of Heavenly Garden Memorial Park Development Corp., Board Director of Edison Electric Integrated Inc., Board Director of Kellogg/Northwestern University Alumni Association of the Philippines, Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board of St. Jude Catholic School Alumni Association, and Chapter Chairman of YPO Gold, Philippines. He is a Member of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Employers Confederation of the Philippines, and the Makati Business Club. He was previously a Board Director of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), First Metro Investment Corporation (FMIC), Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank), Philippine Banking Corporation (Philbank), Crown Equities Inc., PBC Capital and Investment Corporation, and Lincoln Electric Philippines Inc. He graduated from St. Mary’s College of California with a Bachelor of Science in Financial Services Management Honors Program. He received his Master of Business Administration from J.L. Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Graduate School of Management.
Mr. Stephen T. CuUnjieng was elected Director in 2018 and Chairman of the Related Party Transactions Committee. He is a member of the Compensation and Remuneration, Corporate Governance, and Audit Committees. He is an independent director at Century Properties Group, Century Pacific Food, Inc. Philippine Bank of Communications, Pasay Harbor City Corporation and Cebuana Lhuilier Services and Greenergy Holdings, Inc. He is also a Founding Advisory Member of the ASEAN Advisory Group of the Financial Services Development Council of Hong Kong SAR. He was a Senior Adviser or Senior Managing Director at Evercore and Chairman at Evercore Asia Limited from 2009 to 2022. He is part of the Executive Advisory Board for Asia of the Wharton School of Business until May 2024, and is part of the International Advisory Board of the New York Philharmonic. He was previously an independent director of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, an Adviser to the Board of SM Investments Corporation (2008-2017), and was a director of Manila North Tollways Corporation, Phoenix Petroleum, and Golden Springs. He was Vice Chairman, ASEAN of Macquarie (Hong Kong) Limited from 2007 to 2009. He is a member of the Audit Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and the Board Risk Oversight Committee of FPH. He has a Degree in Bachelor of Arts (1980) and also a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (with honors) (1984) from the Ateneo de Manila University and the Ateneo Law School. He also has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from the Wharton School of Business (1986).
Atty. Francisco Ed. Lim was elected Director in 2021 and is a member of the Audit, Corporate Governance, and Board Risk Oversight Committees. He is a Senior Legal Counsel of the Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices (ACCRALAW). He holds the following positions: President and Chairman, AA Com Travel Philippines, Inc.; Co-Chairman, Capital Market and Development Council (CMDC); Trustee, CIBI Foundation, Inc.; Trustee and Chairman, Judicial Reform Initiative, Inc. ( JRI); Trustee, Shareholders’ Association of the Philippines (SharePhil); Member, Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD). He was the President of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX). He served as President and CEO, and director of the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE), President and CEO of the Securities Clearing Corporation of the Philippines (SCCP). He also served as President of the Shareholders’ Association of the Philippines (SharePHIL). He is a Director and Trustee of several companies. He is a law professor (on leave) at the Ateneo de Manila University and the San Beda Graduate School of Law. He is a Member of the Committee on the Revision of Rules, Supreme Court and Chair, the Committee on Commercial Law, Philippine Judicial Academy, among others. He is a columnist for Rappler. He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Philosophy and cum laude in Bachelor of Arts from the University of Santo Tomas. He completed his Bachelor of Laws degree (Second Honors) from the Ateneo de Manila University, and his Master of Laws degree from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a member of both the Philippine Bar and the New York State Bar.
Ms. Roberta L. Feliciano was elected Director in 2021 and is a member of the Board Risk Oversight Committee. She has been the Managing Director of ABSCBN Foundation, Inc. (AFI) since 2021. She is active in the civil society sector with designations that include Director, Philippine Council for Non-Government Certification (since 2022); Trustee, League of Corporate Foundations (since 2022); Chairperson of the SEA Institute (since 2010); President, Yoga Manila Inc. (since 2006); Trustee, Lopez Group Foundation, Inc. She is also a member of the Rockwell Land Corporation and Lopez Holdings Corporation board. She graduated from the Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts in Government.
Ms. Mercedes Lopez Vargas was elected Director in 2021, and is a member of the Audit Committee. She is the President and Executive Director of the Lopez Group Foundation, Inc. (LGFI), a hub that coordinates, facilitates, and communicates the corporate social responsibility initiatives of all the major companies and foundations of the Lopez Group. She is also the Director of the Lopez Museum and Library, Former Vice President of Logistics for ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, Chairperson of the Lopez Human Resources Council, and a Trustee for ABS-CBN Foundation and the Asian Eye Institute, all part of the Lopez Group of Companies. Ms. Vargas is a trustee of the Philippine Advocacy for Arts Foundation, Inc., organizer of the nationwide Philippine Art Awards; Co-Founder and President of Stilo Artefino Foundation, Inc., a movement that advocates the preservation, promotion, and sustainability of Philippine artisanal crafts and livelihood; Trustee of Asia Society Philippines; Founding Member of the Asia Venture Philanthropy Network Gender Platform; and Trustee of De La Salle College of St. Benilde. She took up BA in Communication Arts at Assumption College.
Mr. Miguel Ernesto L. Lopez was elected Director of the Corporation last October 1, 2020, and is a member of the Executive, Audit, and Finance and Investment Committees. He has been a Director and Treasurer of Rockwell Land since 2009. Since 2016, he has been Senior Vice President and Head of Office Commercial Development of Rockwell Land. He was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Rockwell Integrated Property Services, Inc. (RIPSI) from 2012 until he started heading the Office Development business of Rockwell Land in June 2016. He is also an Executive Vice President of Lopez Holdings Corporation. He is also a Director of Rockwell Leisure Club, Inc., Rockwell Carmelray Development Corp., Rockwell Nepomuceno Development Corporation, Third Generation Holdings Corp., Kamino Algae Technologies, Inc., Lopez, Inc., Rockwell MFA Corp., and Rockwell Primaries; and a Trustee of the Rockwell Center Association, Inc. He is the Chairman of the Board for 8 Rockwell Condominium Corporation since March 2022. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc. and an Advisor and PR Officer of the Lopez Group Foundation Inc. He was previously part of the Board of Directors for Indra, Outsourced Telleserve Corporation, Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corp., Philippine Commercial Capital, Inc. (PCCI), and PCCI Finance. His past positions include: Senior Vice President and General Manager of Rockwell Property Management Corp., Vice Chairman of Meralco Savings and Loan Association, Executive Director of Meralco Millennium Foundation, Inc., Vice President and Head of Corporate Affairs of Lopez Holdings Corp. He held several executive and management positions at Meralco from 2002-2010. Before this, he was with Maynilad Water Services, Inc. as head of its Central Business Area and BayanTel as AVP for Customer Service Division. Mr. Lopez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Menlo College of California, USA, and attended the Executive Development Program of the Asian Institute of Management.
Ms. Rizalina “Riza” Gervasio Mantaring was elected Director in 2016 and is Chairperson of the Audit Committee. She is a member of the Compensation and Remuneration, Related Party Transactions, and Board Risk Oversight Committees. She likewise serves as Lead Independent Director. She is currently a Director of Sun Life Grepa Financial. She retired as CEO and Country Head of the Sun Life Financial group of companies in the Philippines in June 2018. She first joined Sun Life in 1992 as Senior Manager for Asia Pacific of its Information Systems Department. She progressively took on a variety of roles until she was appointed Chief Operations Officer for Asia in 2008. The following year, she became Deputy President for Sun Life Philippines in March, then President and CEO in August. Riza graduated cum laude with a BS in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of the Philippines and an MS in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Albany. She is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (with distinction). Currently, Ms. Mantaring also serves as Independent Director of Ayala Corporation, Bank of the Philippine Island, PHINMA Corporation, Universal Robina Corporation, Inc., Maxicare Healthcare Corp., GoTYME Bank, BPI Asset Management & Trust Corp. and East Asia Computer Center Inc. She was the President of the Management Association of the Philippines in 2019. She is also a member of the Boards of Trustees of the Makati Business Club (Treasurer), Philippine Business for Education, and Private Sector Advisory Council of the President of the Philippines.
Mr. Cirilo “Vic” P. Noel was elected as Director in 2021 and is Chairman of the Board Risk Oversight Committee. He is a member of the Audit and Related Party Transactions Committees. He is the Chairman since May 2024 of Security Bank Corporation, and has been a Director since April 2018, while also being appointed Vice Chairman in 2020. He is a lawyer and certified public accountant (CPA). He is the Chairman of Palm Concepcion Power Corporation, Juxtapose Ergo Consultus, Inc., and Cofiar Land Corp. He is a Director of Eton Properties, Inc., Transnational Diversified Group Holdings, Amber Kinetics Holdings Co., PTE Ltd., Globe Telecom, Inc., LH Paragon Group, Golden ABC, San Miguel Foods and Beverage, Inc., and Robinsons Retail Holdings. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Luke’s Medical Center Quezon City and St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine. He sits as a board member of St. Luke’s Medical Center - Global City and St. Luke’s Foundation, Inc. He is affiliated with the Makati Business Club, Harvard Law School Association of the Philippines, and Harvard Club of the Philippines. He was a Director of Philippine Airlines, PAL Holdings, Inc., and JG Summit Holdings. He was recognized as the 2019 Outstanding CPA by the Professional Regulations Commission for his distinguished contributions to the fields of accountancy, tax, and law. He held various positions in SGV & Co., including Chairman, Managing Partner, Vice Chairman and Deputy Managing Partner, Head of Tax Division, and Partner, Tax Services. For two terms, he was a member E&Y Global Advisory Council member. He was also Ernst & Young (EY) ASEAN Tax Head and Far East East Area Tax Leader from 2004 to 2009 and the Presiding Partner of E&Y Asia Pacific Council. He graduated from the University of the East with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and obtained his Bachelor of Laws from the Ateneo Law School. He took a Master of Laws at Harvard Law School. He is a Harvard International Tax Program fellow and attended the Asian Institute of Management Program Management Development Program.
Mr. Santiago Dionisio R. Agdeppa is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – Lawyer. He is also a Career Service Executive eligible. He was elected as Director in May 2024. He is also a Director of Union Bank of the Philippines starting December 2024. He was a director with Philex Mining Corporation until January 2024, Philamlife Tower Management Corporation and PLDT Corporation until December 2024, and Vice Chairman of AIA Tower Corporation until December 2023. After passing the CPA Board Examination, he worked briefly from 1984 to 1985 as an accounting staff in the private sector. From 1985 to 1990, he worked in the Commission on Audit with the last position held as State Auditor II. He transferred to the SSS Legal Department in 1990. In 2005, he became the Assistant Vice President of Cluster Legal Support (renamed as Operations Legal Department). He was also the Officer-in-Charge of the NCR Central Cluster Legal Unit from 2005-2010 and Legal Adviser and Legal Counsel, SSS Provident Fund (2003 - 2010). He was promoted as Senior Vice President in November 2014. He was a non-voting member of the SSC Board Audit Committee (from 2010 to 2014) and was a member of various SSS Management Committees. He attended official seminars such as the Training Program on Pension Schemes (Italy), Management Course (U.S.), Data Security (U.S.), Compliance and Ethics (U.S.), and various seminars on legal education as well as training courses by the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Ms. Anita B. Quitain was elected Director in 2018 and was a member of the Board Risk Oversight Committee. She is a Commissioner of the Social Security System, having been appointed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte at the start of his administration in 2016. She was elected Director of the Corporation last March 1, 2018. She graduated from the University of Mindanao in Davao City, where she earned the degree of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She worked as a public school classroom teacher for ten (10) years, after which she transferred to the Social Security System, Region 09. Ms. Quitain also studied accounting for two (2) years at the University of Mindanao and took up masteral studies, earning thirtyseven(37) units. Starting her SSS stint as a simple clerk, she slowly rose through the ranks and served the SSS in various capacities. She headed the following sections of the SSS Region 09: Membership, Real Estate, Operations Accounting, Membership Assistance Center, and Sickness, Maternity, and Disability. She also served as Head of the then-newly-opened SSS Representative Office in Digos, Davao del Sur, for five (5) years. She retired from the SSS on July 15, 2009, after 31 years of continuous and dedicated service.
Mr. Emmanuel P. Singson was elected Director in 2021 and is a member of the Executive, Finance and Investment, and Related Party Transactions Committees. He was promoted to Executive Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Finance Officer of FPH, effective October 2021. He is presently the EVP, Treasurer, and CFO of First Gen Corporation, which he joined in 2001. He has led, structured, negotiated, and implemented multiple financing initiatives for First Gen and its subsidiaries, including the USD1.5B EDC acquisition in 2007 and the USD544M Sta. Rita Refinancing in 2008, and the USD360M Acquisition of British Gas shares in the First Gas companies in 2012. He was appointed Vice President of First Gen in 2005 and Head of Investor Relations in 2007. He was appointed Treasurer in 2010 and CFO in 2011. He is currently the President of First Philippine Development Corp. He is likewise Director and Treasurer of First Philec, Inc., FPH Land Ventures, Inc., First Philippine Properties Corp., First Philippine Realty Corp., FP Island Energy Corp., First Industrial Science, and Technology School, Inc., Grand Batangas Resort Development, Inc., First Philippine Utilities Corp., Pi Energy, Inc. and Pi Health, Inc. Mr. Singson is Director of First Balfour, Inc., Terraprime, Inc., First Philippine Electric Corp., First Industrial Township, Inc., First Industrial Township Utilities, Inc., First Industrial Township Water, Inc., First Philippine Industrial Park, Inc., FPIP Property Developers & Management Corp., FPIP Utilities, Inc., and FPH Capital Resources, Inc. He is likewise Treasurer of First Sumiden Realty, Inc. He is also a member of the board of trustees to the following foundations: Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc, Ang Misyon, Lopez Group Foundation, Inc. (LGFI), and Solar Village Foundation. Mr. Singson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the Ateneo de Manila University (1987).
Mr. Richard B. Tantoco was elected Director of the Corporation on March 1, 2018, and is a member of the Executive, Finance and Investment, and Related Party Transactions Committees. He was an Executive Vice President from September 2011 to June 2023 and a Vice President of the Corporation from May 1997 to August 2011. He was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Energy Development Corporation from 2009 to 2023 and is a Director of the Corporation and several EDC subsidiaries. He also sits as a Director of First Gen Corporation since August 2005 and was an Executive Vice President of the company and several First Gen subsidiaries and its affiliates from 2007 to June 2023. He is also an independent director of Cebu Air, Inc since 2021. He was the President from 2012 to 2023 and is a Trustee of the Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc., and is a Trustee in the board of several non-profit organizations, such as KEITECH Educational Foundation, Inc., Business for Sustainability Development, Inc., The Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc., and The Knowledge Channel. Before joining FPH, he worked with Procter and Gamble Philippines as a Brand Manager and with the management consulting firm Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, Inc. in New York and London where he specialized in mergers and acquisition advisory, turnaround strategy advisory, and growth strategy formulation for media and manufacturing companies. Mr. Tantoco has an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania (1993) and a BS degree in Business Management from the Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated with honors (1998).
Mr. Jonathan C. Russell has been a Senior Adviser of FPH since August 2012, and has been a Director of the Energy Development Corporation since November 2007. He is also an Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of First Gen Corporation. He was Vice President of Generation Ventures Associates (GVA), an international developer of independent power projects based in Boston, USA, responsible for developing 1,720MW of IPP projects in Asia. Before joining GVA, he worked for BG PLC based in London and Boston, responsible for developing power and natural gas distribution projects. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical and Administrative Sciences (with Honors) (1987) and a Master of Business Administration in International Business and Export Management degree (with Distinction) (1989), both from City University Business School in London, England.
Mr. Mario L. Bautista has been Board Adviser of FPH since May 2015. He is currently a Director of ABS-CBN Corporation. He also sits as a director of Asian Eye Institute, Inc. He is a Founding Partner of the Poblador Bautista and Reyes Law Office and has been its Managing Partner since 1999 until the present. He graduated with a Bachelor of Communication Arts from the Ateneo de Manila University (1975). He obtained his Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the Philippines (1979), ranking 6th in the Bar Examinations of that year. He was a Professor of Criminal Law at the Ateneo de Manila School of Law.
1 Resigned on January 13, 2025 in view of his retirement from the Social Security System (SSS), of which he was its director-nominee.
2 2 Resigned on April 19, 2024 due to the end of her tenure as a member of the Social Security Commission, the governing board of the SSS, of which she was its director-nominee.
