John Eric T. Francia

Chairman

Eric Francia is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AC Energy Corporation (PSE:ACEN). Under his leadership, Ayala established its energy platform from a standing start in 2011, to become one of the largest renewable energy platforms in Southeast Asia, with over 1800 MW of attributable renewables capacity.

Mr. Francia is also a Managing Director and member of the Management Committee of Ayala Corporation since 2009, and was appointed as Chairman of Ayala’s Investment Committee in 2021. He is also a Director of various Ayala group companies including AC Infrastructure, AC Health, AC Ventures, Manila Water and as Chairman and CEO of ACE Enexor.

Mr. Francia earned a Master’s Degree in Management Studies at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, graduating with First Class Honors. He received his undergraduate degree in Humanities and Political Economy from the University of Asia & the Pacific, graduating magna cum laude.

Augusto Cesar D. Bengzon

Director

Mr. Bengzon joined Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) in December 2004 and currently serves as its Senior Vice President, Chief Finance Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Treasurer. He is a Director of Cebu Holdings Inc. and Prime Orion Philippines Inc., the publicly listed subsidiaries of ALI. His other significant positions include: Chairman of Aprisa Business Process Solutions Inc.; Vice Chairman of CMPI Holdings Inc.; Director, Treasurer & Compliance Officer of Anvaya Cove Golf and Sports Club Inc.; Director & President of CMPI Land Inc.; Director & Assistant Treasurer of Ayala Greenfield Development Corp.; Director and Treasurer of ALI Eton Property Development Corp., Amaia Land Corp., Aurora Properties Inc., Avida Land Corp., Ayala Property Management Corp., Bellavita Land Corp., BGNorth Properties Inc., BGSouth Properties Inc., BGWest Properties Inc., Ceci Realty Inc., Philippine Integrated Energy Solutions Inc., Serendra Inc. and Vesta Property Holdings Inc.; Director of AG Counselors Corporation, Alabang Commercial Corporation, ALINet.Com Inc., Alviera Country Club Inc., Alveo Land Corp., Ayala Land Commercial Reit Inc., Ecozone Power Management Inc., Laguna Technopark Inc., Makati Development Corp., Nuevocentro Inc., Northgate Hotel Ventures, Inc., Portico Land Corp., Station Square East Commercial Corp. and Southcrest Hotel Ventures, Inc.; Treasurer of AKL Properties, Inc., Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corporation, and Hero Foundation, Inc., Assistant Treasurer of Ayala Greenfield Golf & Leisure Club, Inc. Prior to joining ALI, he was Vice President and Credit Officer at Citibank N.A. where he spent sixteen years in various line management roles covering Treasury, Corporate Finance and Relationship Management.

He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Ateneo de Manila University and is a graduate of the Philippine Trust Institute. He was granted the Andres K. Roxas scholarship at the Asian Institute of Management where he received his Masters Degree in Business Management.

Raymundo A. Reyes, Jr.

Director

Chief Operating Officer of ACE Enexor Inc. Mr. Reyes has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since February 2013. After a short teaching and graduate assistantship stint at the U.P. Department of Chemistry and Department of Geology and Geography, he started his career as a geologist with the Philippine National Oil Company in 1976 and was subsequently seconded to the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies. He joined the Company as Exploration Manager in 1987, and became its Vice President for Exploration in 1994. He is concurrently the President & COO of Palawan55 Exploration and Production Corporation, and Vice President of Maibarara Geothermal, Inc., a joint venture between AC Energy Corporation, PetroGreen Energy Corp., and PNOC Renewables. He is also a Director of Palawan55 Exploration and Production Corporation since February 2013, and Maibarara Geothermal, Inc. since April 2016.

Mr. Reyes holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Master of Science in Geology degrees from the University of the Philippines and is both a licensed geologist and chemist.

Jaime Z. Urquijo

Director

Senior Business Development Manager of the International Business unit of AC Energy, Inc. Prior to this, Mr. Urquijo was a Strategy and Business Development Manager at Ayala Corporation. From 2014 to 2016, he was seconded to AF Payments, Inc. and served as head of Business Development. Prior to joining Ayala, he was an analyst and associate in JP Morgan Bank in New York from 2010 to 2013. He was a player for the Philippine national rugby team from 2010 to 2013 and currently serves as a board member of the Philippine Rugby Football Union. In 2019, he was elected as Director of ACE Enexor, Inc.

Mr. Urquijo received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. He currently serves as the President of the Notre Dame Club of the Philippines. He obtained his Masters in Business Administration in INSEAD, France.

Jaime Alfonso E. Zobel de Ayala

Director

Mr. Jaime Alfonso Antonio Zobel de Ayala currently heads Business Development under Ayala Corporation’s Corporate Strategy Group. He started as a Business Development Associate of Ayala Corporation in January 2015. He was then seconded to Globe Telecom, Inc. and was Head of Business Development (Prepaid Division) from April 2016 to May 2017, and Head of Fixed-Mobile Convergence (Product Management) from May 2017 to November 2018. Prior to joining Ayala, he worked as an Macro-Sales analyst at Goldman Sachs in Singapore. In 2019, he was elected as Director of ACE Enexor, Inc.

He studied in Harvard University and took up Government as his primary concentration and Visual and Environmental Studies as his secondary concentration. He obtained a Master’s Degree in Business Administration at Columbia Business School, New York.

Raphael Perpetuo M. Lotilla

Director

Atty. Lotilla serves as an Independent Director of several private companies. He served as Secretary of Energy from 2005 to 2007 and was a former Professor of Law at the University of the Philippines. He has a varied experience in law, legislation, ocean law and marine affairs, energy, power sector reform, privatization, sustainable development, and justice and development. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, and chairs the boards of the Center for Advancement of Trade Integration and Facilitation (CATIF) and the Asia-Pacific Pathways for Progress Foundation,Inc. In 2019, he was elected as Independent Director of ACE Enexor, Inc.

Atty. Lotilla obtained his degrees in Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 1979, and Bachelor of Arts in History in 1980 from the UP College of Arts and Sciences in Diliman. He graduated from the UP College of Law in 1984, and earned his Master of Laws degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1988. He was an undergraduate scholar of the National Science and Development Board and the Chief Justice Fred Ruiz Castro Foundation, and was also a De Witt Fellow.

Ma. Aurora D. Geotina-Garcia

Director

Ms. Geotina-Garcia is currently the President of Mageo Consulting, Inc. and CIBA Capital Philippines, Inc. She is also currently an independent director of Queen City Development Bank and Cebu Landmasters, Inc. She was a director in the following companies and organizations: Bases Conversion and Development Authority (2011-2016), BCDA Management Holdings, Inc. (2011-2016), Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation (2011-2016), Heritage Park Management Corporation (2015-2016), Bonifacio Global City Estates Association, Inc. (2012-2016), Bonifacio Estates Services Corporation (2012-2016), and HBC, Inc. (2012-2016). She started her professional career at SyCip, Gorres, Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.), where she joined the Management Services Division in 1974. She joined SGV & Co.’s Economic and Financial Consulting Division in 1986 and was promoted to Partner in 1990. She headed SGV & Co.’s Global Corporate Finance Division from 1992 until her retirement from the partnership in 2001, after which she remained as Senior Adviser to SGV & Co up to September 2006. In 2019, she was elected as Independent Director of ACE Enexor, Inc.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accountancy from the University of the Philippines in 1973. She completed her Master of Business Administration from the same university in 1978.

Alberto A. Lim

Director

Mr. Lim he President of the Culion Foundation, Inc., and the Chairman of the El Nido Foundation, Inc. He was a former director of the Development Bank of the Philippines, and the Chairman of the DBP Leasing Corporation. He was a former president of the Makati Business Club, and served as the Secretary of Tourism from 30 June 2010 to 12 August 2011. In 2019, he was elected as Independent Director of ACE Enexor, Inc.

Mr. Lim holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University, a Master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School and a master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Mario Antonio V. Paner

Director

Mr. Paner was previously the Treasurer and head of the BPI’s Global Markets Segment, responsible for managing the Bank’s interest rate and liquidity gaps, as well as its fixed income and currency market-making, trading, and distribution activities– in the Philippines and abroad. Mr. Paner was also previously the Chairman of the BPI’s Asset & Liability Committee and was a member of the Management Committee and Asset Management Investment Council. He also served as a Board member of BPI Europe Plc.