Financial management executive with more than three decades of leadership
experience in investments, investment banking, fund management, treasury, corporate
finance, and strategic business development. His industry knowledge is complemented
by extensive operational competencies in corporate finance and management
accounting.

With over 15 years of specialized exposure in real estate and natural resources
development, he was a member of the core leadership team that successfully
developed premier property assets, including The Picasso Serviced Residences,
Mondrian Residence, and Y2 Residence Hotel.

Currently he leads several corporations. He is the President and CEO of Bright Kindle
Resources, Inc., President of Marcventures Holdings, Inc., and Treasurer of Ardent
Property Development Corporation and First Ardent Property Development Corp.

His previous leadership roles include serving as the Managing Director of both Asian
Alliance Investment Corporation and Asian Alliance Holdings & Development
Corporation.

A Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA), he holds a Bachelor of Science in
Accounting from San Beda College and earned his Master in Business Management
(MBM) from the Asian Institute of Management.

Ms. Marianne Regina T. Dy was elected Director in September 2014. She is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of So-Nice International Corporation and an active member of the Meat Importers and Traders Association (MITA). She is a graduate of De La Salle University with degrees in Psychology, Marketing Management, and Finance for Senior Executives from the Asian Institute of Management.

Michael L. Escaler was elected Director on November 14, 2014.  He is  the President and CEO of All Asian Countertrade Inc. known as the largest sugar trader in the Philippines, founded in 1994 in partnership with Louis Dreyfus and Nissho-Iwai. He is also the Chairman and President of PASUDECO Development Corp. and All Asian Oils and Fats Corporatio; Chairman and CEO of Sweet Crystals Integrated Mill Corporation and Okeelanta Corporation; Chairman of Balibago Waterworks System Inc., South Balibago Resources Inc., Megaworld Capital Town Inc., JSY Transport Services Inc., Aldrew and Gray Transport Inc., Silverdragon Transport Inc. and Metro Clark Waste Management Inc.; President of San Fernando Electric Light and Power Company Inc. and Stanwich Philippines Inc. He serves as an Independent Director of Lorenzo Shipping Corporation, Director of PowerSource Philippines Inc., Empire Insurance Company, Trinity Insurance Brokers Inc., Trinity Healthcare Services Inc., Omnigrains Trading Corporation and Leyte Agri Corporation.

A sugar trader in New York and London from 1974 to 1993, Mr. Escaler began his career at Nissho-Iwai of America for two years and left for ACLI International, one of the largest privately held trading company. Later on, he transferred to Philipp Brothers as Vice-President to head its white sugar trading operations.  Afterwards he started his own trading company in the Philippines.

He is a Hall of Fame Sprinter for Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated Cum Laude in Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He obtained his Masters in Business Administration in International Marketing in New York University.

A Philanthropist, Mr. Escaler supports various charities including Habitat for Humanity, Coca Cola Foundation, PGH Medical Foundation, Mano Amiga Academy, and Productive Internships in Dynamic Enterprise (PRIDE).

Ms. Ruby Sy was elected Director in April 2018.  She previously served as President and Director of Asia Pilot Mining Philippines Corp. (APMPC), Director and Treasurer of Bauxite Resources, Inc. and Director and Treasurer of Alumina Mining Philippines Inc.

Mr. Anthony M. Te was elected Director in August 2013. He is currently Director of Marcventures Holdings, Inc., Chairman of the Board of Asian Appraisal Company, Inc., Amalgamated Project Management Services, Inc., Asian Asset Insurance Brokerage Corp. and Professional Funding Services Inc. He is Chairman and Chief Finance Officer of Mactel Corp., and Director and Treasurer for Manila Standard Today Management, Inc. Mr. Te is a licensed soliciting official for Non-Life Insurance with the Philippine Insurance Commission. He previously sat as director in the following companies: AG Finance, Inc. Balabac Resources & Holdings Co., Inc., Commonwealth Savings & Loans bank, EBECOM Holdings, Inc., Equitable PCI Bank, MRC Allied Industries, Inc., Oriental Petroleum & Minerals Corp., PAL Holdings, Inc., PGA Cars, Inc., and Phoenix Energy Corp. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from De La Salle University.

Mr. Kwok Yam Ian Chan was elected as Independent Director on 25 September 2020. He is currently a Director of Zenith System and Heavy Equipment, Seaborne Shipping Inc., and lsky Empire Realty Inc. He is likewise a Director of Megalifters Cargo Handling Corp., King Dragon Realty Corp. and DK Ventures Inc. Previous to that, he was the Managing Director of Dunfeng Philippines International Inc. from 2010 to 2017. He was also the President of Dunfeng Shipping Inc. from 2013 to 2017 and served as a Director of Mannage Resource and Trading Inc. from 2015 to 2017. He obtained his master’s degree in Economics majoring in Finance at California Polytechnic University. Mr. Chan graduated from DLSU – College of St. Benilde with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration majoring in Export Management.

Mr. Alfredo S. Panlilio, 62 years old, Filipino, is a Director of PLDT Inc. (“PLDT”) and served as its President and CEO. He also served as the President and CEO of Smart Communications, Inc. (“Smart”) and held leadership positions in the various subsidiaries of PLDT and Smart. Despite his retirement as President and CEO of PLDT and Smart, Mr. Panlilio has remained as a Director of PLDT and Smart, and has continued to hold
various leadership positions within the PLDT group as Chairman of Maya Bank, Inc.; Director of Multisys Technologies Corporation and 17 Multipay Corporation; and Trustee of Asian Carriers Conference Inc. Mr. Panlilio was the Senior Vice President and Head of Customer Retail Services and Corporate Communications of Manila Electric Company (“Meralco”). He also held several leadership positions within the Meralco Group.