Executive Directors

Business Experience of Directors

1. Wilfredo D. Keng,is the President of Century Hua Guang Smelting Incorporated (“GNSDC”) from 2008 to Present and Century Peak Corporation (“CPC”) from 2006 to Present. Moreover, he is currently the President of Colony Investors, Inc., from 2003 to Present, Good Earth Plaza, U-Need Shopping Center, Carriedo Plaza and Balikbayan Shopping Mall.  In addition, his business interests in China include Fil-China (Tianjin) Textile, Inc., Colony Real Property Development (Weifang), Inc. and Wuzhou Long (Quanzhou) Automotive Mfg. Co. Ltd.

2. Daniel Pascual, has been in marketing and sales since 1987. He served as Vice-President for Marketing of Container Corporation of the Philippines in 1987 to 1989. He became the Vice-President for Marketing of Park Place Developments, a company based in Vancouver, from 1989 to 1995. He returned to Container Corporation of the Philippines as Vice-President for Marketing in 1995 and holds the same position at present. He serves as concurrent Vice-President for Sales of Pagkakaisa Development Corporation from 1995 to present.

3. Jose Rey Cedo, has senior level expertise in financial audits, due diligence reviews, tax planning, and other accounting and financial services in various industries. During his career, he has held senior level positions in organizations in the Philippines and in Asia Pacific. He is a director of the following corporations – Apple Philippines, Inc. from Feb. 2007 to Present; Amazon Corporate Services, Inc. Oct. 2008 to Jan. 2018; GGS Technical Information from Aug. 2011 to Present; Howden Insurance Brokers, Inc. (Independent Director) from Jan. 2015 to Present; Invensys Phils., Inc. from Jan. 2009 to Present; NCS Philippines, Inc. from Jul 2004 to Present; Romago Inc. from Jan. 2015 to Present; and SPML Land Inc. from April 2015 to Present. He is a member of the Membership and Finance Committee of the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club, Inc., Audit Partner of SGV and Co. (an Ernst and Young member firm), Manila, Philippines, and Partner and Advisor of Drs. Utomo, Mulia & Co and P.T. SGV-Utomo (an SGV member firm). From November 1958 to August 1968, he was an Audit Division Staff of SGV & Co. He has a broad range of experience in leadership, consulting and hands-on roles in the following industries: real estate/construction, forest products, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and mining including oil exploration, refining and marketing. In 1968, he relocated to Jakarta, Indonesia, to establish Drs. Utomo Mulia & Co. and P.T. SGV-Utomo. Mr. Cedo attended the University of the Philippines and Far Eastern University in Manila, and completed an Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, California, USA.

4. Katrina Keng,is a young entrepreneur and is a graduate of De la Salle University in Manila with a degree on Business and Marketing from De La Salle University Manila. She has been the Company’s Vice President of Finance since 2017, with comprehensive experience spanning 7 years of overseeing accounting operations, accounting system implementation, effective staff management, and strategic planning.

5. Danilo L. Concepcion,has extensive knowledge and experience in academia, government, legal practice, and civic engagement.  He served as the 21st President of the University of the Philippines (UP) from 2017 to 2023, and as the dean of the UP College of Law from 2011 to 2017. He currently serves as a professor at the UP College of Law and the University of Sto. Tomas. In government, he served as Associate Commissioner of the SEC from 1996 to 2000 and Chief of Staff for the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel in 1996. In his legal practice, he has developed expertise in corporate rehabilitation, liquidation, and dispute resolution, having served as a rehabilitation receiver and liquidator for various companies and as an expert in commercial law arbitrations. He is currently a Special Counsel at the Divina Law Office. In his civic engagements, he served as a Governor of the Philippine Red Cross from 2013 to 2022 and as a Governor of the Management Association of the Philippines from 2020 to 2022. He is also a member of the Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society and the Knights of Rizal. He holds a Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from the National Kaoshiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2023). He earned his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Queen Mary University of London (1986), supported by a Chevening Scholarship, and completed a Summer Course in International Law at Oxford University. He graduated cum laude in the University of the Philippines (1983), and thereafter placed 16th in the Bar examinations. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, graduating Summa Cum Laude from the De La Salle-Araneta University, and placed 4th in the national board exams.

6. Laurito Serrano, is a Corporate Finance and Transaction Advisory practitioner with more than 40 years of professional experience. He develops and promotes financial advisory and project development engagements involving transaction structuring, public offerings, listings of shares, asset securitization and monetization, work-out deals, project studies, business acquisitions and debt and equity capital-raising. His exposure to businesses is broad, with concentration in manufacturing, consumer goods, banking and financial services, property ownership, property development, logistics, gaming, mining, and transportation. He started his professional career in the Audit and Business Advisory Group of SGV&Co., where he initially joined the assurance practice side of the business, and was thereafter awarded with a Firm-sponsored scholarship at the Harvard Graduate School of Business, before becoming a Partner in SGV&Co.’s Corporate Finance Consulting Group. He later on pursued assignments in private companies and performed transaction advisory work involving various principals and clients.

He is associated in several listed companies as independent director. He is presently an independent director in Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), Axelum Resources Corp. (AXLM), Belle Corporation (BELLE), and Anglo-Philippine Holdings (APO). His work as an independent director mostly covers risk oversight, audit and compliance, governance, and consultations on major transactions, special topics, or other emerging issues. He also serves as director in non-listed entities, such as Premium Leisure Corporation, RCBC Trust Corporation, and MRT Development Corporation. Further, he was an independent director in 2Go Group, Inc., Pacific Online Systems Corporation, Atlas Mining and Development Corporation, MJC Investments Corporation, APC Group, Inc., United Paragon Mining Corporation, Resorts World Corporation, and Philippine Veterans Bank.

7. Rogelio M. Guadalquiver, was a senior partner of SGV & Co., a member practice of Ernst & Young International where he was heavily involved in domestic and worldwide audit practices over three decades. Specializing in initial public offerings, industry research studies, corporate restructuring, business process re-engineering, business risk management, and financial and tax management consulting, he visited various Asian countries in a consultative capacity. After his retirement from SGV in 2001, Roger joined CG&Co. as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He is active in numerous socio-civic organizations, where he held key positions. He was Vice President for Southern Mindanao of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and President of PICPA-Cagayan de Oro Chapter. He served as President of the Rotary Club of Makati-EDSA, where he received several awards for meritorious service, as well as an officer of both the Rotary Club of Davao and the Rotary Club of West Cagayan de Oro. He was also elected as Executive Vice President of the Philippine Jaycee Senate and President of the Davao Jaycee Senate, for which he was awarded the Most Outstanding Chapter President of the Philippine Jaycee Senate. A Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree holder from the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R), Roger earned recognition as USJ-R’s Most Outstanding Alumnus in the field of Accountancy. He obtained his Master of Business Management degree from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and attended AIM’s Top Management Program. He also took courses at the Arthur Andersen Executive Program in Geneva, Switzerland (1987); Denver, Colorado, USA (1994); and Boston, Massachusetts, USA (1997).

The Nominations and Remuneration Committee is composed of the following:

The Audit Committee is composed of the following: