Mr. Roberto V. Ongpin
Chairman
Elected chairman of the Company in January 2000. He is presently the chairman of ISM Communications Corporation, Eastern Telecommunication Philippines, Inc., Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise, Inc. (CURE), Developing Countries Investment Corporation, and La Flor de la Isabela, Inc. He is also deputy chairman of the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong); non-executive Director of Shangri-La Asia (Hong Kong), and E-2 Capital (Holdings) Ltd. (Hong Kong), and Director of American Orient Capital Partners, Ltd. (Hong Kong). He was former Chairman and managing partner of SGV& Co. and served as Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of the Philippines from 1979 to 1986. Mr. Ongpin is a certified public accountant and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ray C. Espinosa
Vice Chairman
Elected vice chairman of the Company in June 2006. He is currently a director of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, vice chairman of PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, president and CEO of ePLDT, Inc. and Wolpac Mobile, Inc., director and corporate secretary of Cyber Bay Corp., and an independent director and chairman of the Audit and Nomination Committees of Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company. He is the chairman of SPi Technologies, Inc., ePLDT Ventus, Inc., Parlance Systems, Inc., Vocativ Systems, Inc., Infocom technologies, Inc., Level Up Philippines, Inc., Digital Paradise, Inc. and Airborne Access, Inc. He was a partner of Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan from Dec. 1982 to June 2000, foreign associate in Convington & Burling (Washington D.C. USA) from Sept 1987 to Aug 1988 and law lecturer in Ateneo de Manila School of Law from 1983 to 1985 and 1989. He is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and has a Master of Law from the University of Michigan Law School.
Eric O. Recto
Vice Chairman
Elected vice chairman on July 2006 and previously President and Director of the company in March 2005. He is currently the CEO of Eastern Telecommunication Philippines, Inc. and Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise, Inc. (CURE) as well as the Director and President of ISM Communications Corporation. He is also currently a director and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Philippine National Bank and was recently appointed as a Director of Maynilad Water Services Inc. Prior to joining the Company, he was an Undersecretary of the Department of Finance for the Philippine Government in charge of handling both the International Finance Group and the Privatization Office. Before joining government, he was CFO of Alaska Milk Corporation and prior to that, Belle Corporation from 1994 to 2000. Mr. Recto spent four years as a banker with Bankers Trust Company doing corporate finance advisories from 1990 to 1994. Mr. Recto has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines as well as an MBA from Johnson School, Cornell University.
Dennis O. Valdes
President
Elected president of the Company on July 2006. He is presently a director of NutraSweet Phils., Inc. and Malayan Bank. He worked in various capacities for the Inquirer Group of Companies from 1996 to 2006, as a director of Phil. Daily Inquirer, Inc.; founding president of Inq7 Interactive, Inc. and president of Inquirer Publications, Inc. Simultaneously, he worked for the Print Town Group of companies, as EVP and chairman of the executive committees of FEP Printing Corp., president of Lexmedia Digital Corp. and founding president of Newspaper Paraphernalia, Inc. He is a certified public accountant, graduated magna cum laude in Business Administration and Accountancy from the University of the Philippines and has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Mr. Tomas I. Alcantara
Director
Elected director of the Company in May 2002. He is presently Chairman and President of Alsons Consolidated Resources, Inc., Chairman of Manila Economic and Cultural Office, Director of DBP-Daiwa Securities Corp., Petronas Energy (Phils.), Inc., and Holcim Philippines Manufacturing Corp, among others. He was formerly the Managing Head of the Board of Investments and Undersecretary of the Department of Trade and Industry from July 1986 to March 1995.
Mr. Ramon S. Ang
Director
Elected a director of the Company on November 2001. He is currently president and COO of San Miguel Corporation. Mr. Ang is also a member of the board of directors of Picop Resources and Cyber Bay Corporation, a position he has held for the past five years.
Mr. Benito R. Araneta
Director
Elected director of the Company in March 2003. He is chairman and CEO of the Araneta Properties, Inc., he is also the chairman and president of Boie, Inc., Philippine American Drug Co., and chairman of Boie-Takeda Chemicals, Inc. and director of Southeast Asia Cement Corp., Honda Philippines, Inc.
Mr. Randall Cox
Director
Elected director of the company in 2005. Mr. Cox is currently the chairman of Coxinvest LLC, a US based consulting company which he formed in 2003. From October 1997 to January 2000 Mr. Cox served as managing director of Lombard Asian Private Investment Company, a Hong Kong based private equity fund associated with CALPERS and the Asian Development Bank, where he was responsible for the funds investment in, and served as board and excom member of, Korea's Good Morning Securities. From February 2000 to May 2002 Mr. Cox was president of Yes Television Asia as well as Director, Main Board of Yes Television Plc. Prior to this, Mr. Cox held senior management positions with the Hongkong Land Company, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, and was founder and Managing Partner of a Hong Kong based boutique investment bank specializing in the hospitality sector. Mr. Cox has a BA from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA from the University of California Marshall School of Business.
Mr. Craig Ehrlich
Director
Elected director of the Company in May 2002. He is presently director and vice chairman of ISM Communications Corporation, chairman of GSM Association (GSMA), co-chairman of Novare Technologies and director of Roamware, ECI Telecom and Hutchison Mobile Communications. He was a former managing director of SUNDAY Communications Limited. In 2003, he rejoined as a Board Member of the Hutchinson Group Company. Mr. Ehrlich has a B.A. degree from the University of California Los Angeles, a master degree from Occidental College and a postgraduate fellowship with the Coro Foundation. He has been a resident of Hong Kong since 1987.
Mr. Mariano L. Galicia, Jr.
Director
Elected director of the company on June 2006. He is currently the group vice president of ePLDT, Inc. He was formerly a senior vice president of Fort Bonifacio Development Corp., group vice president for corporate services of Metro Pacific Corp., human resources director of Johnson & Johnson (Phils), Inc. Jansen Pharmaceuticals and J & J Medical Phils., Inc. and group manager of Del Monte Philippines, Inc./Del Monte International, Inc. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the Philippines.
Mr. Mario J. Locsin
Director
Elected director of the Company in January 2000. He is presently the director of Association Broadcasting Company; president of Inpilcom Inc., Aeropartners Inc. and treasurer of Hideco Sugar Milling Co. Inc. In the past, he served as a director of Belle Corporation, APC Group, Southwest Resources, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and Pilipino Telephone Company, as well as Director, executive vice president and COO of Philippine Airlines.
Mr. Mario A. Oreta
Director
Elected director of the Company in March 2005. He presently manages his own law firm which he set-up in 1978. He is also the chairman of the Noble House Group which has interest in construction, property development and retirement destinations. He was managing partner of the law firm of Tanjuatco, Oreta, Factoran and Berenguer.
Mr. Rafael B. Ortigas
Director
Elected director of the Company in May 2003. He is currently the vice president and director of ISM Communications Corporation. He is the executive vice president of Sagitro, Inc., vice president of Leafar Commercial Corporation, chairman, president & director of Rising Sons of 3K, Inc., chairman/director of CK3K, Inc. and director of Vinmer Realty, Inc., Concrete Aggregates Corp., director and treasurer of Creative Trade Center Services, Inc. and general partner of Ortigas and Company, Ltd. He was formerly chairman and CEO of Itogon-Suyoc Mines Inc. and president of Concrete Aggregates Corporation.
Mr. George H. Tan
Director
Elected director of the company on June 2006. He is currently the president and chief financial officer of Digital Paradise, Inc. (an ePLDT subsidiary) -- franchisor and operator of Netopia Internet Cafes. He was the senior vice president and CFO of ePLDT Inc. from 2000 to 2006. He was the executive vice president chief financial officer of William, Gothong & Aboitiz, Inc. from 1998 to 1999. He was an associate professor and held various key positions in Asian Institute of Management from 1989 to 1997. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Masters in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management.
Mr. Delfin J. Wenceslao Jr.
Director
Elected director of the Company in May 2004. He is presently chairman and president of D.M. Wenceslao & Associates, Inc., chairman of Aseana Holding, Inc. and Mandaue Land Consortium, Inc., managing director of R-I Consortium. In the past, he served as chairman of Philippine Ecopanel, Inc., president and director of Bay Dredging, Inc. and Bay Resources and Development Corporation; and director of Belle Bay City Corporation.
