Mr. Gotianun, Filipino, was first elected as Director of FDC on 9 July 1993. He also serves as Chairperson of the Board and Director of FLI and EWBC, both publicly-listed companies. He is the President of Davao Sugar Central Co., Inc. and Cotabato Sugar Central Co. Inc. and a Director and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of FDCUI and its subsidiary power companies. He previously served as Director and Senior Vice President of Family Bank & Trust Co. (Family Bank) until 1984. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Northwestern University in 1976.
Mrs. Yap, Filipino, was first elected as Director of FDC on 30 March 1990. She is the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Filinvest land Inc. (FLI) and East West Banking Corporation. She is also the Chairperson of the Board of Filinvest REIT Corp. (FILRT) and holds director positions in various other companies within the Filinvest group. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago in 1977. She assumed the Vice Chairperson position in FDC on August 1, 2023.
Ms. Huang, Filipino, was elected Director of FDC on July 26, 2023. She was the former President of BPI Capital Corporation. She was also the former Branch Head of Investment Banking for Credit Suisse Philippines. She worked for 19 years at JP Morgan Chase and its predecessor institutions and was responsible for expanding the bank’s major corporate relationships. She brings more than thirty (30) years of experience in Philippine corporations and financial institutions. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Accountancy at the University of the Philippines and is a Certified Public Accountant. She assumed the role of President and CEO of FDC on August 1, 2023.
Mr. Gotianun, Filipino, was first elected as a Director of FDC on 24 October 2017. He is also a Director of FLI, a publicly-listed company, FAI and Festival Supermall, Inc. He served as the general manager of Filinvest Technical Industries from 1987 to 1990 and as loans officer at Family Bank from 1979 to 1984. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of San Francisco in 1979. He has been serving the Company as Vice President for more than five (5) years.
Mr. Gotianun, Filipino, was first elected as a Director of FDC on 29 April 2022. He is the Senior Vice[1]President of Filinvest Hospitality Corporation, a subsidiary of FDC. He serves as a director of Filinvest Mimosa, Inc. and as the President and CEO of The Palms Country Club, Inc. He also serves as a Director of Filinvest REIT Corp., and Filinvest Land, Inc., both publicly-listed companies. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Virginia in 2005 and his Master’s in Business Administration degree in IESE Business School - University of Navarra in 2010.
Ms. Virginia T. Obcena, Filipino, was first elected as an independent director of FDC on 29 April 2016. She is presently an independent director, Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nominations Committee of Capital Markets Integrity Corporation (CMIC), an independent unit of the Philippine Stock Exchange for the audit, surveillance and enforcement of the Securities Law, rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Philippine Stock Exchange, CMIC and other relevant regulators on the trading participants, principally the stock brokers. She is also a director and nominal shareholder in 168 Development Corporation, and member of the Panel of Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of the World Bank. She was a former partner of Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. and she also worked in the Accounting and Auditing Standards Group of Deloitte and Touche, New York. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, Magna cum Laude, in the University of the East and her Master in Business Administration degree in the University of the Philippines.
Mr. Suarez, Filipino, is also an independent director of FDC, a publicly-listed company, having been first elected in May 30, 2014. He is the Managing Partner of the Suarez & Reyes Law Offices and was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of The Philippine Stock Exchange.Mr. Suarez is also an independent director of Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company and a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Makati Chapter) and New York Bar. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws Degree from the Ateneo De Manila University Law School and a Master of Laws from Georgetown University Law Center.