Executive Directors
Mr. Federico R. Lopez
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Mr. Federico R. Lopez was elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in May 2010. He 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. Francis Giles B. Puno
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Mr. Francis Giles B. Puno was elected Director in March 2011 and is a member of the Executive, Compensation and Remuneration, Corporate Governance, and Finance and Investment Committees. He was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer of FPH, effective October 2015. He is a member of the Executive Committee, Finance and Investment Committee, and the Board Risk Oversight Committee. He was Chief Finance Officer and Treasurer of FPH in October 2007 (promoted to Executive Vice President in September 2011), a position he held until September 30, 2015. He was Vice President since he joined the Corporation in June 1997. He is currently the Vice-Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of First Gen. He is a Director of the Energy Development Corporation and its various subsidiaries since 2007 and was appointed as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer last July 1, 2023. He is also Chairman of First Batangas Hotel Corp. and First Philippine Development Corp. He is President of First Philippine Industrial Park, Inc., FPH Capital Resources, Inc., First Philippine Utilities Corp., FPHC Realty & Development Corp., and First Philippine Realty & Development Corp. He is Vice Chairman of First Philec, Inc. and FPH Land Ventures, Inc. He is likewise a director of First Balfour, Inc., Terraprime, Inc., ThermaPrime Drilling Corp., First Philippine Electric Corp., First Philec Energy Solutions, Inc., First Philec, Inc., First Philec Manufacturing Technologies Corp., First Philippine Power Systems, Inc., First Philippine Industrial Park, Inc., FPIP Property Developers & Mgt. Corp., FPIP Utilities, Inc., First Philippine Properties Corp., First Philippine Realty Corp., First Industrial Township, Inc., First Industrial Township Utilities, Inc., First Industrial Township Water, Inc., Grand Batangas Resort Development, Inc., Rockwell Land Corp., FP Island Energy Corp., First Industrial Science, and Technology School, Inc., Pi Energy Inc. and Pi Health Inc. Before joining FPH, he worked with the Chase Manhattan Bank as Vice President for its Global Power and Environmental Group. He is a Trustee for the Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc., Lopez Group Foundation Inc., Eugenio Lopez Foundation Inc., Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc., Sikat Solar Challenge Foundation, Inc. and Philippine Business for Social Progress. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the Ateneo de Manila University and a Master in Business Administration degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago, Illinois.
Mr. Emmanuel P. Singson
TREASURER AND CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER
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. A number of key initiatives were undertaken under unfavorable financial circumstances. 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 trustee 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. Benjamin R. Lopez
VICE CHAIRMAN
Mr. Benjamin R. Lopez was appointed Director and Vice Chairman of the Corporation last March 30, 2023. He 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). He completed the Owner/President Management Executive Education at Harvard Business School (2023).
Mr. David O. Chua
DIRECTOR
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.
Ms. Roberta L. Feliciano
DIRECTOR
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 ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. (AFI) since 2021. Under her leadership, AFI is deepening its commitment to synergize its advocacies in disaster management, children’s rights and development, education, environment, and sustainable livelihood through authentic collaborations, effective storytelling, and model-building. 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
DIRECTOR
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. Founded upon the pillars of public service, it reflects the commitment made by the present generation of Lopezes to continue a legacy of philanthropy and social responsibility for the Filipino people. 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
DIRECTOR
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.
Mr. Richard B. Tantoco
DIRECTOR
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).
Ms. Diana V. Pardo-Aguilar
DIRECTOR
Ms. Pardo-Aguilar serves as one of the Commissioners of the Philippine Social Security System. She was elected as Director of the Company on March 27, 2025. Ms. Pardo-Aguilar is an investment banker with extensive experience in capital markets transactions and an entrepreneur with businesses in the fields of information technology and electronic payments, retail trade, and property management. Ms. Pardo-Aguilar is a director of PXP Energy Corporation and Security Bank Corporation, and serves as Chairperson of SB Capital Investment Corporation since August 2016. She is also a director of Philex Mining Corporation, Medical Doctors Inc., and Science Park of the Philippines, Inc. She is a board advisor of Philippine Seven Corporation, and serves as the Governor and Vice President of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines. She is the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of La Salle Greenhills, and serves as a member of the La Salle East Asia Boards (LEAD Economic Council, LEAD Investment Board), De La Salle Philippines Investment Committee, La Salle Institute’s International Economic Council (IEC) in Rome, and Finance Committee of the De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute. She was a director of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., Electronic Commerce Payments, Inc., Wenphil Corporation, and Ionics, Inc. Ms. Pardo-Aguilar was also a member of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Inc., De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, La Salle Greenhills, De La Salle Santiago Zobel. Ms. Pardo-Aguilar holds a Master’s Degree in International Business and Finance, with honors, at Pepperdine University, California (1988), and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Studies at De La Salle, Manila University (1985).
Independent Directors
Mr. Jaime I. Ayala
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
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. Stephen T. CuUnjieng
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Mr. Stephen T. CuUnjieng was elected Director in 2018. He is the Chairman of the Related Party Transactions Committee, and 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).
Mr. Cielito F. Habito
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
An accomplished economist, Dr. Habito is a Professor of Economics at the Ateneo de Manila University and is also Chairman of Brain Trust Inc. and Operation Compassion Philippines. He also writes the weekly column “No Free Lunch” in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He is an Independent Director at Sun Life Financial and Manila Exposition Complex, Inc., and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, Advisory Committee of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)- Philippines, and CSO Advisory Group of World Bank Philippines, among others. He is also Editor in Chief of the Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development. He served in the Cabinet of former President Fidel V. Ramos throughout his presidency in 1992-1998, as Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning and Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Dr. Habito is the recipient of numerous awards including the Presidential Award (2019) and Most Outstanding Alumnus Award (1993) from the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) Alumni Association, Philippine Legion of Honor (1998), The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award (for Economics) in 1991, and the Gawad Lagablab (Outstanding Alumnus Award) of the Philippine Science High School in 1991. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Major in Agricultural Economics), summa cum laude (1975) from the University of the Philippines; a Master of Economics (1978) from the University of New England (Australia); and a Master of Arts (1981) and Ph.D. in Economics (1984) from Harvard University.
Mr. Cirilo P. Noel
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
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, where he was 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 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.