BOD and Officers

Directors Officers

Ramontito E. Garcia

Director, Chairman and CEO, Member – Executive Committee, Member – Audit Committee, Member – Finance Committee

Ramontito E. Garcia, 64 years old, Filipino, has been a Director and member of the Executive Committee of the Company since December 20, 2002. He assumed the role of the Chairman and CEO of the Company in April 6, 2020. Prior to this, he held the position of President from December 2002 to April 2020. He is also a member of the Finance Committee and the Audit Committee of the Company. Other positions currently held are as follows: Chairman and CEO – Vivant Energy Corporation; Chairman – Visayan Electric Company, Inc., Hijos de F. Escaño, Inc., Vivant Renewable Energy Corporation, and Minergy Power Corporation; Chairman and President – JEG Development Corporation; and Director – Vivant Infracore Holdings Inc., Vivant Hydrocore Holdings Inc., Vivant Transcore Holdings Inc., Abovant Holdings, Inc., and JEGVEG Realty, Inc.; He is also the Chairman of Vivant Foundation, Inc.

Edgar John A. Garcia

Director, Vice Chairman

Edgar John A. Garcia, 70 years old, Filipino, has been the Director and Vice Chairman of the Company since April 9, 2020. He concurrently holds the position of President of MAI-I Resources Corporation. Mr. Garcia has a degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Gil A. Garcia II

Director, Member – Executive Committee, Member – Finance Committee

Gil A. Garcia II, 65 years old, Filipino, has been a Director and a member of the Executive Committee of the Company since September 30, 2004. He is also a member of the Finance Committee. Mr. Garcia was the Treasurer of the Company from 2004 to 2014. Other positions presently held include: Director – Visayan Electric Company, Inc. and Director, Chief Finance Officer and Treasurer of MAI-I Resources Corporation.

Charles Sylvestre A. Garcia

Director, Member – Executive Committee, Member – Related Party Transaction Committee

Charles Sylvestre A. Garcia, 59 years old, Filipino, is a Director of the Company and Member of the Company’s Executive Committee since September 30, 2004. He is also a member of Related Party Transaction Committee. Mr. Garcia also sits in the board of Visayan Electric Company, Inc. since 2007.

Arlo A.G. Sarmiento

President, Member - Audit Committee

Arlo A. G. Sarmiento, 45 years old, Filipino, has been the Director and member of the Executive Committee of the Company since 2003. He assumed the role of the President in April 6, 2020. Prior to this, he held the position of Executive Vice President from 2003 to April 2020. Mr. Sarmiento is a member of the Finance Committee, and concurrently holds the following positions: Chairman – 1590
Energy Corporation, Vivant Malogo Hydropower Inc., Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation, Isla Norte Energy Corporation formerly Vivant Powercore Active Inc., Vivant Infracore Holdings, Inc., Vivant Transcore Holdings, Inc., Vivant Corporate Center, Inc., Vivant Realty Ventures Corporation, Vivant Integrated Diesel Corporation, Vivant Isla Inc., Southern Powercore Holding Corporation, Amberdust Holding Corporation, Vivant Renewable Energy Corporation, Vivant Enercore Integrated, Inc. and Vivant Hydrocore Holdings, Inc.; Vice-Chairman – Lunar Powercore Inc. and Global Luzon Energy Development Corporation; Director andPresident & CEO – Vivant Energy Corporation; Director and Vice President for External Relation and Monitoring of Visayan Electric Company, Inc.; Director and Treasurer – Abovant Holdings, Inc. and JEGVEG Realty, Inc.; Director and Vice-President – Vivant Geo Power Corporation; Director and Chief Executive Officer – JEG Development Corporation; Director – Delta P., Inc., Calamian Islands Power Corporation, ET-Vivant Solar Corporation, Hijos De F. Escaño, Inc., Cebu Energy Development Corporation, MinergyPower Corporation and Watermatic Philippines Corporation; Board of Trustee and President of Vivant Foundation, Inc. Mr. Sarmiento holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Emil Andre M. Garcia

Director, Member – Executive Committee, Sr. Vice President - Power

Emil Andre M. Garcia, 43 years old, Filipino, has been a Director of the Company since 2009. He assumed the role of Senior Vice President – Power in July 2020. He assumed the role of Senior Vice President – Power in July 2020. Prior to this, he held the Assistant Vice President position for Corporate Planning and Development of the Company from February 2011 to December 2011. He was the Vice President for Operations from December 2012 to February 2019 before transferring to Vivant Energy Corporation as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operation Officer. Other positions currently held are as follows: Vice President, Treasurer and Director of Visayan Electric Company, Inc. since 2010; Chairman – La Pampanga Energy Corporation formerly Vivant Enercore Integrated, Inc., Vivant Solar Corp., ET-Energy Islands Corp., Calamian Islands Power Corporation and Delta P, Inc.; Director, President and Chief Executive Officer for Vivant Geo Power Corporation, 1590 Energy Corporation, Isla Norte Energy Corporation formerly Vivant Powercore Active, Inc., Southern Powercore Holding Corporation, Vivant Integrated Diesel Corporation, Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation, Vivant Renewable Energy Corporation, Vivant-Malogo Hydropower Inc., Vivant Isla Inc., Vivant Corporate Center, Inc., Vivant Realty Ventures Corp., Amberdust Holding Corporation and Lihangin Wind Energy Corporation; President – Hijos De F. Escano; Director – Cebu Energy Development Corporation, Isla Mactan-Cordova Corporation, Minergy Power Corporation, and Therma Visayas, Inc.; Director and Vice President – Global Luzon Energy Development Corporation and Lunar Powercore Inc.; Vice Chairman – Cebu Private Power Corporation; and Director and Chief Finance Officer of EMAG Resources and Development Corporation. He was also the President of Christ Company in 2009 to 2011. Mr. Garcia graduated from Velez College in 1998 with the degree in Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology.

Jose Marko Anton G. Sarmiento

Director, Member – Executive Committee, Member - Board Risk Oversight Committee, Member - Finance Committee

Jose Marko G. Sarmiento, 42 years old, Filipino, has been a Director and Member of the Executive Committee of the Company since 2008. Mr. Sarmiento is also a member of the Board Risk Oversight Committee and Finance Committee of the Company. Other positions currently held are as follows: Vice-President – Vivant-Malogo Hydropower, Inc. Mr. Sarmiento is also a Director (since 2005) and is the Chief Operating Officer of JEG Development Corporation (since 2009) and of JEGVEG Realty, Inc. (since 2009). Prior to this, he was the Treasury Manager of JEG Development Corporation and was the Vice President for Manufacturing at Detalia Aurora, Inc. Mr. Sarmiento holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Methodist University in North Carolina, USA. He obtained his Advanced Professional Training in Innovation Management in Product Development from Inwent in Bonn, Germany in 2004.

Atty. Jesus B. Garcia, Jr.

Independent Director, Chairman – Audit Committee, Member – Corporate Governance Committee, Member – Finance Committee, Member – Board Risk Oversight Committee, Member- Related Party Transaction Committee

Atty. Jesus B. Garcia, Jr., 75 years old, Filipino, has been the Independent Director and concurrently, the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Finance Committee, Corporate Governance Committee, Related Party Transaction Committee and Board Risk Oversight Committee of the Company. Mr. Garcia was the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of the Philippines for the period 1992 to 1996. Other positions currently held are as follows: Chairman – SunStar Publishing, Inc., Pan Arts Corporation, SunStar Management, Inc.; President, Jesever Realty Corporation, and Madre Realty Corporation.

Amb. Raul Ch. Rabe

Independent Director, Chairman – Board Risk Oversight Committee, Member – Corporate Governance Committee, Member – Audit Committee

Amb. Raul Ch. Rabe, 80 years old, Filipino, has been the Independent Director of the Company since 2003. He is the Chairman of the Board Risk Oversight Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee. Other positions currently held or held in the past are the following: Director – Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co. (Cagayan de Oro), up to present; Director – Minergy Power Corporation (Cagayan de Oro), Counsel of the Law Firm of Rodrigo, Berenguer & Guno (Makati City); Corporate Secretary – Manila Economic & Cultural Office (MECO) since 2001; Director – the Bank of Commerce, KGL-Negros Navigation, Pet Plans, Inc. (Makati City); Foreign Service Officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs (1968 to 1999); Third to Second Secretary in London (1972 to 1975); First Secretary in Bucharest (1975 to 1979); Chief Deputy of Protocol of the Department of Foreign Affairs (1979 to 1981); Minister Counselor in Jeddah (1981 to 1982); Minister and later Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington D.C., (1982 to 1984 and 1986 to 1989, respectively); Consul General in Honolulu (1984 to 1986); Assistant Secretary of the American Affairs (1989 to 1992); Ambassador to Seoul (1992 to 1993); Ambassador to the United States (1993 to 1999); Special Envoy of the President of the Philippines for the Americas and OIC Countries in 2001.

Carmelo Maria Luza Bautista

Independent Director, Chairman – Finance Committee

Carmelo Maria Luza Bautista, 62 years old, Filipino, has been the Independent Director of the Company since June 2017 and is the current Chairman of the Finance Committee. He assumed the role of Director and President of GT Capital Holdings Incorporated in 2011. Prior to his election, Mr. Bautista joined FMIC in April of 2008 as Executive Director and was appointed as Chairman of the Risk Management Committee. He later assumed the position of Head of its Investment Banking Group in 2009. Mr. Bautista has been in the Banking and Financial Services sector for 39 years. Some highlights of his previous scope of responsibilities over this period include: Program Director at Citibank Asia Pacific Banking Institute; Vice President and Head of the Local Corporate and Public Sector Groups Citibank-Manila; Vice President-Real Estate Finance Group, Citibank N.A.-Singapore branch; Vice President-Structured Finance, Citibank N.A.-Singapore Regional Office; Country Manager, ABN AMRO Bank-Philippines; and President and CEO, Philippine Bank of Communications. Mr. Bautista has a Master’s Degree in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management where he graduated in the Dean’s Citation List. He also has a Bachelor’s degree, Major in Economics, from the Ateneo de Manila University. Mr. Bautista has no directorships in other listed companies aside from GT Capital. He is currently serving as Director of Federal Land, TMP, Axa Philippines and GT Capital Auto Dealership Holdings, Inc. He is also an Adviser to the Board of Trustees of GT Foundation, Inc.

Rogelio Q. Lim

Independent Director, Chairman – Corporate Governance Committee, Chairman – Related Party Transaction Committee

Rogelio Q. Lim, 78 years old, Filipino, has been the Independent Director of the Company since June 2017. He is also the Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Related Party Transaction Committee, and a member of the Board Risk Oversight Committee and Audit Committee of the Company. Other positions held in the past are the following: Director, President and CEO – East Asia Utilities Corp.; Senior Vice President and General Manager – Cebu Private Power Corp.; Senior Vice President – Aboitiz Power Corp. (Oil Group); Director and Vice Chairman – Metro Cebu Water District; Director – Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority, American Chamber of Commerce Cebu Chapter; President and Director – Cebu Business Club; Manufacturing and Operations Consultant – Hercules and Ultramarine; Director Digital Products Engineering – Timex Corp.; Far East Manufacturing Manager – Timex F E; President and General Manager – TMX Philippines, Inc.; Vice President for Manufacturing – Comptronics Philippines, Inc.; Vice President and General Manager – Intron Industries Sinderian Berhad; Asst. Corp Q/A Manager and head of Applications Engineer – Union Carbide Philippines, Inc.; Project Engineer – US Army Topographic Command Department of Geodesy ; Airways Engineer – Civil Aeronautics Administration; Director and Private Sector Representative – Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board; Private Sector and Committee Chair – Regional Development Council, Region VII.

Arlo A.G. Sarmiento

President, Member - Audit Committee

Emil Andre M. Garcia

Director, Member – Executive Committee, Sr. Vice President - Power

Atty. Jess Anthony N. Garcia

Senior Vice President - Business Development for Infrastructure; Corporate Secretary; Chief Information Officer

Atty. Jess Anthony N. Garcia, 49 years old, Filipino, has been the Corporate Secretary and Corporate Information Officer of the Company since 2003. He is also the Senior Vice President – Infrastructure since 2019. Prior to this, he held the position of Vice President for Legal of the Company from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Garcia concurrently acts as the Corporate Secretary of Vivant Foundation, Inc. and SunStar Publishing, Inc., and the Assistant Corporate Secretary of Abovant Holdings, Inc. Other positions currently held are as follows: Chairman – Watermatic Philippines Corporation; Director, President and Chief Executive Officer – Vivant Hydrocore Holdings Inc., Vivant Transcore Holdings Inc. and Vivant Infracore Holdings Inc.; Director – Vivant Corporate Center, Inc., Vivant Realty Ventures Corporation, La Pampanga Energy Corporation formerly Vivant Enercore Integrated Inc., Southern Powercore Holding Corporation, Vivant Geo Power Corporation and Amberdust Holding Corporation. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and has been a member of the California Bar since 2002 and of the Philippine Bar since 1998.

Minuel Carmela N. Franco

Senior Vice President - Corporate & Shared Services; Group Chief Finance Officer; Treasurer; Compliance Officer; Chief Risk officer

Minuel Carmela N. Franco, 49 years old, Filipino, has been the Senior Vice President for Corporate and Shared Services since 2019 and concurrently as Treasurer, Chief Operating Officer and Compliance Officer. Prior to this, she held the Vice President for Finance position of the Company from 2013 to 2018. Ms. Franco also currently holds the following positions: Chairman – Southern Grove Properties and Development Corporation; Director and Treasurer & Chief Finance Officer – Vivant Renewables Energy Corporation, Vivant Integrated Diesel Corporation, Vivant Isla Inc., Vivant Geo Power Corporation, Vivant Enercore Integrated, Inc., Southern Powercore Holding Corporation, Vivant Realty Ventures Corporation, Vivant Corporate Center, Inc., Amberdust Holding Corporation, Vivant Hydrocore Holdings Inc. Vivant Transcore Holdings Inc., Vivant Infracore Holdings Inc. and Watermatic Philippines Corporation; Board of Trustee and Treasurer – Vivant Foundation, Inc.; Treasurer and Chief Finance Officer – Vivant Energy Corporation, Isla Norte Energy Corporation formerly Vivant Powercore Active Inc., Global Luzon Energy Development Corporation, Vivant Malogo Hydropower Inc. and Lunar Power Core Inc.; Treasurer – Culna Renewable Energy Corp. Past positions held are as follows: Trader, Associate and Credit Analyst at Multinational Investment Bancorporation and Capital One Equities Corporation from 1992 to 1994; Investment Analyst at Kim Eng Securities Inc. and ING Barings (Phils.), Inc. from 1994 to 1997; Investment Officer at Standard Chartered Bank’s Investment Services Group from 1998 to 2000; Project Analyst at Newgate Management, Inc. from 2000 to August 2002, Investor Relations Officer and Senior Project Analyst (Corporate Planning Group) at San Miguel Corporation from September 2002 to June 2007; Head of Investor Relations at Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. and Aboitiz Power Corporation from July 2007 to December 2012. Ms. Franco holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Business Economics (Cum Laude) from the University of the Philippines.

Ma. Cielita C. Aniga

Vice President - Human Resources

Ma. Cielita C. Aniga, 64 years old, Filipino is the Vice-President for Human Resources. Prior to this, she served as Independent Consultant for Human Resources from 2018 to 2019. She is also the Founder and Chief Mentor of Pupils for Life, management consulting firm. Her previous employment was with Aboitiz Power – Distribution as SAVP for Human Resources from 2010 to 2016, Visayan Electric Company as AVP for Human Resources from 2004 to 2009, Davao Light and Power Company as AVP for Human Resources and Quality from 1993 to 2000, and various consulting and masteral teaching stints for Human Resources and Quality from 2000 to 2003. Ms. Aniga has a Master’s Degree in Management, major in Industrial Relations from the University of the Philippines and has Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering degrees from the University of Mindanao and UP-MSU-IIT, respectively. She has certificates in talent management, Human Resources problem-solving, organizational development, and Quality management from institutions here and abroad.

Mark D. Habana

Vice President

Mark D. Habana, 44 years old, Filipino, is the newly-appointed Vice President of Vivant. Mr. Habana was first appointed as the Vice President for Commercial Affairs of Vivant in April 17, 2017. In 2019, Mr. Habana moved to Vivant Energy Corporation as its VP – Subsidiary Operations and Chief Risk Officer, before moving back to Vivant in 2021. He currently holds the following position: Director of 1590 Energy Corporation, Vivant Integrated Diesel Inc., Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation, Vivant Isla Inc., Calamian Islands Power Corporation, Delta P., Inc., Minergy Power Corporation, Visayan Electric Company, Inc and Vivant Malogo Hydropower Inc.; Director and Chief Operating Officer of Vivant Solar Corp. formerly ET-Vivant Solar Corp. and ET Energy Island Corp. Before joining the Company, he was AVP at Energy Development Corporation (EDC) since May 2014. He ran Operations of the BacMan Geothermal Business Unit and led EDC’s Technology Innovation efforts. Prior to this, he was in the oil & gas industry from March 2007 to April 2014 as Manager of Business Development for Occidental Petroleum and Venoco Inc.; both in Denver, Colorado. From September 2002 to March 2007, he took on risk management and deal structuring roles at energy trading firms: Sempra Energy Solutions in California and Constellation Energy in Maryland. He graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (Cum Laude). In June 2002, Mr. Habana earned his Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University in California, and, in January 2009, he completed the Executive Management Program from the Harvard Business School in Massachusetts.

Michael B. Velasco

Vice President

Michael B. Velasco, 46 years old, Filipino, is the newly-appointed Vice President of Vivant. He first joined the Vivant group in March 1, 2020 as Vice President for Business Development & Industry Affairs of Vivant Energy Corporation before moving to Vivant in 2021. He currently holds the position of Director of Prism Energy, Inc. Before joining the Company, he was with Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. for more than eighteen (18) years. His last role in Shell was in Trading & Supply as Channel Optimisation Lead for PH, and was tasked with ensuring the optimization of the value chain of the fuels businesses of Shell in the country. Prior to Trading & Supply he was in the Commercial Fuels group as the Indirect Channel Team Lead which managed the fuels distributor portfolio. He also handled direct account in different industries, including Marine. He started in Shell with the Retail group having assumed roles in Sales and Marketing. Prior to Pilipinas Shell, he had brief stints in what was then Watson Wyatt Philippines, Inc. and Hertz Local Edition in Reseda, California. He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in March 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with major in Management Economics.

Maria Victoria E. Sembrano

Vice President – Controllership and Corporate Services for Infrastructure

Maria Victoria E. Sembrano, 59 years old, Filipino, assumed the position of Vice President Controllership and Corporate Services for Infrastructure in April 2021. Prior to this, she was the Senior Assistant Vice President for Controllership of the Company since February 2018, and concurrently for Corporate Services for Infrastructure in September 2020. She previously served as the Assistant Vice President for Controllership from 2012 to 2018. Concurrently, Ms. Sembrano also holds the following positions: Director and Treasurer & CFO – Southern Grove Properties and Development Corp.; Treasurer and Chief Finance Officer – Vivant Corporate Center, Inc., Vivant Realty Ventures Corporation, Vivant Isla Inc., Vivant Malogo Hydropower Inc., Corenergy, Inc., Southern Power Holding Corp., Vivant Geo Power Corp. and Amberdust Holding Corp. Before joining the Company, Ms. Sembrano was the Corporate Services Director of the Marsman Drysdale Agribusiness Group. Prior to this, other positions held in the Marsman Drysdale Agribusiness Group starting 1992 include positions in Finance, Logistics and Administration. Ms. Sembrano holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Major in Accounting (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of San Carlos.

Brigette Cecile N. Garcia

Senior Assistant Vice President - Corporate Planning

Brigette Cecile N. Garcia, 33 years old, Filipino, assumed the position of Senior Assistant Vice President for Corporate Planning in November 2020. Prior to this, she was the Assistant Vice President of Corporate Planning from February 2018 to October 2020 and the Corporate Planning Senior Manager of the Company from 2016 to 2017. Before joining Vivant, she worked for a year as a Management Trainee for Utility Economics at Visayan Electric Company, Inc. and for three (3) years as an Investment Consultant for Family Offices Private Banking at Credit Suisse AG in Singapore. Ms. Garcia graduated from Singapore Management University (SMU) with a double degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Bachelor of Science in Economics and Bachelor of Business Management in 2009. She was also the school Salutatorian and recipient of the Top Student of the School of Economics Award and the Monetary Authority of Singapore Academic Excellence Award. She obtained a Master’s of Science degree in Accounting and Finance from London School of Economics (LSE) in 2013.

Shem Jose W. Garcia

Senior Assistant Vice President - Corporate Communications

Shem Jose W. Garcia, 40 years old, Filipino, assumed the position of Senior Assistant Vice President for Corporate Communications in April 2021. Prior to this, he has been the Assistant Vice President for Corporate Communications since February 2018. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Vivant Foundation, Inc. He previously served as a Director of Vivant Corporation from 2005-2008. He joined as a full-time employee of Vivant as the Senior Manager for Corporate Social Responsibility in 2014. He has a Bachelor Degree with Honors from the London College of Communications, University of the Arts London. He previously served as the Business Development Officer for JEG Development Corporation, where he currently serves in the Board of Advisors. He also serves as the President of the Board of Trustees for the Dominus Pascit Me Foundation and Corporate Secretary for Mon Y Liza Holdings.

Grant Clark

Special Assistant to the CEO; Assistant Vice President - Information Technology; Data Privacy Officer

Grant Clark, 43 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President for Business Development of the Company since October 2015 until taking up the position as Assistant Vice President for Administration and IT in 2019. He is also the Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer and Data Protection Officer. Mr. Clark currently holds the following positions: Director, President and Chief Executive officer – Southern Grove Properties and Development Corp.; Director of Vivant Corporate Center Inc. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Clark worked for 12 years in the Government in Australia (Victoria), his last position being the Director of Economics at the Department of Sustainability and Environment (2010-2013). He moved to the Philippines in 2013 and worked briefly as a Director in KPMG Philippines (2013-2014). He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree with First Class Honors in Economics from Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.

Atty. Catherine S. Bringas

Assistant Vice President-Legal

Atty. Catherine S. Bringas, 37 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President for Legal since January 2017. Prior to this, she was the Legal Senior Manager of the Company from 2013 to 2016. Concurrently, Ms. Bringas holds the following positions: Director – Prism Energy, Inc.; Director and Corporate Secretary – Southern Grove Properties and Development Corporation; Corporate Secretary – ET-Vivant Solar Corp., ET Energy Island Corporation, Corenergy Inc., 1590 Energy Corporation, Delta P, Inc. Calamian Islands Power Corporation, Vivant Enercore Integrated Inc., Isla Norte Energy Corporation formerly Vivant Powercore Active Inc., Vivant Isla Inc., Vivant Geo Power Corp., Souther Powercore Holding Corp., Vivant Realty Ventures Corporation, Vivant Corporate Center, Inc., Amberdust Holding Corporation, Southern Powercore Holding Corporation, Vivant Infracore Holdings Inc., Vivant Hydrocore Holdings Inc., Vivant Transcore Holdings Inc., Vivant Integrated Diesel Corporation, Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation, Vivant-Malogo Hydropower, Inc., Vivant Renewable Energy Corporation, Vivant Isla Inc. and Minergy Power Corporation. She holds a degree in Legal Management from De La Salle University and obtained her Juris Doctor from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law in 2008. She has been a member of the Philippine Bar since 2009. Prior to Vivant, Ms. Bringas worked at the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation as a Corporate Attorney under the Office of the President and CEO.

Ronnel Vergel E. De Leon

Assistant Vice President - Treasury

Ronnel Vergel E. De Leon, 33 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President for Treasury since February 1, 2020. Before joining Vivant, Mr. De Leon was with Manila Water Company, Inc.’s Treasury Department from October 2011 to January 2020, where he held the Treasury Head position for 2 years. Prior to this, he worked as Research Associate and Management Trainee at the Philippine Dealing System from 2007 to 2009. Mr. De Leon obtained his bachelor’s degree in Economics (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of the Philippines-Diliman in 2007 under the Philippine Geothermal Inc scholarship for UP students. In 2011, he earned his master’s degree in European Finance and Banking from the University of Warsaw in Poland under the European Commission’s Erasmus Mundus scholarship. Mr. De Leon is a Certified Treasury Professional by the Ateneo-BAP Institute of Banking.

Carlos F. Bargamento Jr.

Assistant Vice President - Internal Audit

Carlos F. Bargamento, Jr.,38 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President for Internal Audit since April 2020. Prior to this, he was the Internal Audit Senior Manager from 2013 to 2020. He joined the company in 2004 as an Accounting Assistant and became a Finance Manager in 2008. He concurrently serves as Internal Auditor of the Vivant Foundation, Inc. Mr. Bargamento obtained his degree in Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (Cum Laude) and Bachelor of Laws in University of San Jose-Recoletos. He is a Certified Public Accountant and also holds certification as a Certified Forensic Accountant (CrFA) and a Certified Internal Control Auditor (CICA).

Dyan Ramona S. Olegario

Assistant Vice President - Accounting

Dyan Ramona S. Olegario, 36 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President for Accounting since April 2020. Prior to this, she was the Accounting Senior Manager of the Company from October 2013 to 2020 and Treasury Manager from March to October 2013. Prior to joining Vivant, Ms. Olegario held the following positions: Business Development Manager in 2012 at Aboitizland Inc., Accounting Head at Taft Property Ventures Development Corporation from 2010 to 2012 and Senior Associate for Tax Services at SGV & Co from 2007 to 2010. Ms. Olegario is a Certified Public Accountant. She holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (Magna Cum Laude and recipient of the Most Outstanding Graduate Award) from the University of San Jose-Recoletos in 2005. In 2016, Ms. Olegario earned a certificate in Management Program from the Asian Institute of Management.

Ellen S. Baladya

Assistant Vice President- Water Infrastructure

Ellen S. Baladya, 37 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President for Water Infrastructure since July 2020. Prior to accepting this position, Ms. Baladya was head of Technical and Innovation Services under Aboitiz InfraCapital, Inc. from February 2016 to June 2020 supporting water business development, project management and operation. After earning her degree in Civil Engineering (Gold
Medalist) as an Alfonso Yuchengco Scholar from Mapua Institute of Technology in 2005, she worked at Manila Water Company, Inc. from 2005-2016 where she held various key management positions in marketing and operations.

Denise Mae D. Blanco

Assistant Vice President - Human Resource

Denise Mae D. Blanco, 42 years old, Filipino, assumed the position of Assistant Vice President for Human Resource in April 2021. Prior to that, she was the HR Senior Manager of the Company from September 2015 to March 2021. Before joining Vivant, Ms. Blanco held the following positions: Senior HR Business Partner at Convergys Singapore Holding, Inc. – ROHQ from 2011 to 2015, HR Manager at Convergys Philippines Services from 2009 to 2011, and various Human Resources roles at Convergys Philippines Services from 2006 to 2009. Ms. Blanco is a Certified Associate Fellow in People Management (AFPM) by the People Society of Fellows, People Managers Association of the Philippines (PMAP) – National, Certified Leadership Development & Succession Strategist by the Human Capital Institute, Board of Director of St. Theresa’s College Almuni Association, former Vice-Chair for Membership & Retention Committee PMAP Cebu Chapter, The Outstanding Cebuano Youth Leaders (TOCYL) Awardee of 1998 given by the Cebu City Youth Development Commission. She holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (recipient of the Campus Leadership Award) from St. Theresa’s College in 1999, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Carlos in 2004.

Joan A. Giduquio-Baron

Assistant Corporate Secretary

Atty. Joan A. Giduquio-Baron, 50 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company since 2003. Ms. Baron also holds other positions: Acting Corporate Secretary of Visayan Electric Company, Inc; Director and Assistant Corporate Secretary – Southern Grove Properties and Development Corporation; Assistant Corporate Secretary of Vivant Energy Corporation, 1590 Energy Corporation, Amberdust Holding Corporation, Corenergy, Inc., Vivant Solar Corporation, Isla Norte Energy Corporation formerly Vivant Powercore Active Inc., Southern Powercore Holding Corporation, Vivant Corporate Center, Inc., La Pampanga Energy Corporation formerly Vivant Enercore Integrated, Inc., Vivant Geo Power Corporation, Vivant Infracore Holdings Inc., Vivant Hydrocore Holdings Inc., Vivant Transcore Holdings Inc., Vivant Integrated Diesel Corporation, Vivant Realty Ventures Corporation, Vivant Renewable Energy Corporation, Vivant Isla Inc., Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation, Vivant-Malogo Hydropower, Inc., and Sun Star Publishing, Inc.; Corporate Secretary – JEGVEG Realty, Inc., JEG Development Corporation, JDC Tomodachi, Inc. and Watermatic Philippines Corporation. She obtained her Juris Doctor from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law in 1996 and her Master in Management degree from the Asian Institute of Management in 2001. Ms. Baron has been a member of the Philippine Bar since 1997 and a Director of the Alumni Association of the Asian Institute of Management-Cebu Chapter. She is a Partner at J.P. Garcia and Associates. Prior to this, she was an Associate Attorney at Puno and Puno Law Offices from 1997 until 2001.

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