Education & Training

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• Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of the Philippines, 1972

• BS Chemistry (cum laude), University of the Philippines, 1969

• EC-ASEAN Program: The Management of Strategic and Organizational Change, Euro-Asia Centre, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, 1988

• International Finance Training, Nomura Securities, Tokyo, Japan, 1975

 

Past Experiences

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• University of the Philippines (UP) System, 2011-2017:

• President & CEO

• Co-Chair, UP Board of Regents

• Chair, UP Provident Fund, Inc.

• Chair, UP Foundation, Inc.

• UP Alumni Association, Inc. (UPAA), 2009-2010:

• President & Chair of the Board of Directors

• Alumni Regent on the UP Board of Regents

• Asian Development Bank (ADB), 1989-2008:

• Director, Private Sector Operations (financial institutions & investment funds)

• Director, Infrastructure Finance

• Advisor for Public-Private Partnership

• Senior Investment Officer

• Posted in ADB Headquarters in Manila, Indonesia Resident Mission, and India Resident Mission

• Asian Institute of Management (AIM), 1980-1989:

• Professor of Financial Management 

• Director, AIM Advanced Bank Management Program

• Chair, MBM I Program

• Investment Banking in the Philippines, 1972-1979:

• State Investment House, Inc., Vice President

• First Metro Investment Corporation (FMIC), Vice President

• Philippine Pacific Capital Corporation (now RCBC Capital), Asst. Vice President

• Bancom Development Corporation, Project Manager

• Institutional Boards, 2011-2017:

• International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

• Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)

• Foreign Service Institute Board of the Philippines

• Philippine Center for Economic Development (PCED)

• Philippine Science High School (PSHS) System

• Small Enterprises Research & Development Foundation (SERDEF)

• Scientific Career Council, Philippines

• Corporate Boards (as nominee of the Asian Development Bank)

• Everbright Bank of China, China

• ShoreCap International Ltd., Netherlands

• Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd. (IDFC), India

• AIG India Sectoral Fund, India

• Andhra Petrochemicals Ltd., India

• Creditcapital Venture Fund Ltd., India

• DCL Polyesters Ltd., India

• Indian Acrylics Ltd., India

• SARA Fund Trustee Company Ltd., India

• Twentieth Century Finance Corporation, India

• Mutual Fund Company of the Philippines, Philippines

 

Current Affiliations

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• President & Fellow, Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD)

• Independent Director, SM Investments Corporation (SMIC)

• Special Adviser, University of the Philippines (UP)

• Trustee, University of the Philippines Foundation, Inc. (UPFI)

• Trustee, Institute for Solidarity in Asia

• Trustee, Center for Excellence in Governance

• Member, ASEAN Corporate Governance Expert Group

• Member, Armed Forces of the Philippines Multi-Sector Governance Council (AFP-MSGC)

• Professorial Lecturer, UP College of Economics and Management

• Governor, Management Association of the Philippines (MAP)

• Life Member, Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX)

• 2018-2019 President, Rotary Club of Makati

• Member of SharePHIL