Manila Water Enterprise East Zone Manila Concession | Manila Water Investors
The Board provides guidance on achieving fairness, transparency, and accountability in all major financial and business dealings of the company, with the objective of equally protecting the interests of the investors, stockholders, and other stakeholders.
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Member, various advisory boards of Harvard University, including the Global Advisory Council, HBS Board of Dean’s Advisors, and Chairman of the HBS Asia-Pacific Advisory Board, Mitsubishi Corporation International Advisory Council, JP Morgan International Council, JP Morgan Asia Pacific Council, Global Board of Adviser of the Council on Foreign Relations, Singapore Management University
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit in 2009, the Philippine Legion of Honor with rank of Grand Commander in 2010, and the Order of Mabini with rank of Commander in 2015 by the President of the Philippines in recognition of his outstanding public service. In 2017, he was recognized as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Pioneer by the UN Global Compact for his work in sustainable business strategy and operations. The first recipient of the award from the Philippines, he was one of 10 individuals recognized for championing sustainability and the pursuit of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) in business.
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Mr. Ablaza was the President and CEO of Manila Water Company, Inc. from 2010 to 2017. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Manila Water Philippine Ventures, Inc., Boracay Island Water Company, Inc., Clark Water Corporation, Manila Water Total Solutions Corp., Manila Water Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Manila Water South Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd., Thu Duc Water Holdings Pte. Ltd., Kenh Dong Water Holdings Pte. Ltd., and Manila Water International Solutions, Inc. He was also the President of Manila Water Consortium, Inc. and Manila Water International Solutions, Inc., Vice-Chairman of Laguna AAAWater Corporation, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Manila Water Foundation, Inc.
In 1997, Mr. Ablaza was the Chief Operating Officer of Globe Telecom, Inc. and became President and CEO from 1998 to April 2009. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Innove Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Globe Telecom Inc. from October 2003 to April 2009. In April 2009, he was tasked to handle AC Capital as Deputy CEO and became CEO the following year.
Before joining Ayala Group, he held several positions in Citibank: Vice-President and Country Business Manager for the Philippines and Guam of Citibank, N.A. for its Global Consumer Banking Business (1994-1997), Vice-President for Consumer Banking of Citibank, N.A. Singapore (1994 – 1995), Vice President for Consumer Account Management Group-Citibank Manila in 1986 and thereafter became the bank’s representative to the board of directors of City Trust Banking Corporation and its various subsidiaries from 1987 to 1994.
In 2004, Mr. Ablaza was recognized by CNBC as the Asia Business Leader of the Year, making him the first Filipino CEO to win the award. In the same year, he was awarded by Telecom Asia as the Best Asian Telecom CEO. In 2013, he was recognized for his consistent leadership and innovation across the banking, investment, telecommunications and utility service industries through the Citi Distinguished Alumni Award for Leadership and Ingenuity. Mr. Ablaza was the first and only Filipino to be awarded with such an honor.
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Mr. Aquino first joined Manila Water as Group Director for Corporate Affairs and was later appointed President and CEO in January 1999. He left Manila Water to take on the position of President of Ayala Land, Inc. from April 2009 to April 2014, but remained a Director of the Company.
He was named "Co-Management Man of the Year 2009" by the Management Association of the Philippines for his leadership role in a very successful waterworks privatization and public-private sector partnership.
Mr. Aquino Has been with the Ayala Group in various capacities for the past forty (40) years and has held the position of Senior Managing Director in Ayala Corporation. He was President of the Ayala Property Management Corporation from 1989 to 1999 and Senior Vice President of Ayala Land, Inc. from 1989 to 1998. He was also a Business Unit Manager at IBM Philippines, Inc. from 1968-1980.
He is also a member of the Multi Sectoral Advisory Board of the Philippine Army and the Multi Sector Governance Council of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
In 2015, he was elected as Director of The Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company.
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John Eric T. Francia is Managing Director and member of the Management Committee of Ayala Corporation since 2009. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of AC Energy, Inc.
In his previous role as Head of Ayala’s Corporate Strategy and Development group, Mr. Francia led Ayala’s entry into the energy and transport infrastructure sectors. Under his leadership, Ayala established its energy platform from a standing start in 2011, growing to 1,800 MW of attributable capacity by 2019. Mr. Francia also helped establish Ayala’s infrastructure business, securing over $1bn worth of PPP projects in the transport infrastructure space between 2011 and 2014.
Mr. Francia is a Director of various Ayala group companies including AC Infrastructure, AC Health and AC Ventures. In 2019, he was elected by the board of two listed companies: AC Energy Philippines as President and CEO and ACE Enexor, as Chairman and CEO.
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Mr. Lazaro was named Management Man of the Year 1999 by the Management Association of the Philippines for his contribution to the conceptualization and implementation of the Philippine Energy Development Plan and to the passage of the law creating the Department of Energy. He was also cited for stabilizing the power situation that helped the country achieve successive high growth levels up to the Asian crisis in 1997.
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Ms. Nuesa was awarded the ING-FINEX Chief Finance Officer of the Year for 2008.
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Mr. Cuisia was nominated by President Benigno S. Aquino III to be Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States of America on November 30, 2010 and confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on February 09, 2011. He formally assumed his position on April 2, 2011 and served until June 2016.
Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Cuisia was Vice Chairman of Philam Life after having served the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer for 16 years. He was also Chairman of the Board for BPI-Philam Life Assurance Co., the Philam Foundation and Tower Club, Inc.
Before becoming Philam Life's President and CEO for sixteen (16) years, Mr. Cuisia served the Philippine Government as Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines and Chairman of its Monetary Board from 1990-1993. He was also appointed Commissioner, representative of the Employer's Group, for the Social Security System (SSS) in September 2010. Mr. Cuisia was also Governor for the Philippines to the International Monetary Fund and Alternate Governor to the World Bank. Prior to service in the Central Bank, he was also the Administrator of the Social Security System from 1986- 1990.
Ambassador Cuisia is a recipient of numerous awards and accolades including 2017 SIGNUM MERITI for exemplary public service from De La Salle University; TEN OUTSTANDING FILIPINO (TOFIL) awardee on December 2016 by the JCI Senate and ANZA Foundation; the ORDER OF THE SIKATUNA with the rank of Grand Cross by President Benigno Aquino III in 2016; LIFETIME CONTRIBUTOR AWARD (public sector) by the Asia CEO Forum in 2015; “JOSEPH WHARTON AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT” by the prestigious Wharton Club of Washington, DC in May 2011; Management Association of the Philippines’ MANAGEMENT MAN OF THE YEAR for 2007; 2006 DISTINGUISED LA SALLIAN Award; Manuel L. Quezon Award for Exemplary Governance in 2006; Raul Locsin CEO OF THE YEAR AWARD in 2004; and TEN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN (TOYM) Award for Domestic Banking in 1982.
Ambassador Cuisia is married to the former Maria Victoria Jose with whom he has five children.
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Mr. Laya has served as Minister of the Budget; Minister of Education, Culture and Sports; Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines; Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts; and Professor and Dean of Business Administration of the University of the Philippines.
Mr. Hermosura has served as Managing Director of Ayala Corporation since 1999 and as a member of the Management Committee of Ayala (Holding Company) since 2009 and the Ayala Group Management Committee since 2010.
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Mr. Hermosura is also a member of the Board of Directors of a number of companies in the Ayala group.
He is currently a member of the faculty of the College of Law of San Beda University. Mr. Hermosura graduated valedictorian with Bachelor of Laws degree from San Beda College of Law in 1986 and placed third in the 1986 Bar Examinations.