BOD and Officers

Directors Officers

Dennis N.A. Garcia

Chairman – Board of Directors, Member – Executive Committee

63 years old, Filipino
Chairman and member of the Executive Committee of the Company since 2003
President and Co-Chairman – Executive Committee of VECO
Chairman – Vivant-Sta
Clara Northern Renewables Generation Corporation
Chairman and President – VICS-Amlan Holdings Corporation, VC Ventures Net, Inc., and Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation
Vice Chairman – Cebu Private Power Corporation
President – VEC and Hijos de F. Escaño, Inc.
Director – Abovant Holdings, Inc., MAI-I Resources Corporation, Delta P. Inc., 1590 Energy Corp., Director and Member of the Executive Committee – Cebu Energy Development Corporation
Chairman-Vivant-Malogo Hydropower Inc.
President, JEGVEG Realty, Inc.

Ramontito E. Garcia

Director, President, Member – Executive Committee

56 years old, Filipino
President of the Company since 2003
Director and Member of the Executive Committee of the Company since 2003
Chairman – VECO
Director-VECO since 2003
Vivant-Sta. Clara Northern Renewables Generation Corporation
Vice President – Cebu Private Power Corporation
Director – Delta P, Inc., 1590 Energy Corp., VICS-Amlan Holdings Corporation, Hijos de F. Escaño, Inc., Cebu Energy Development Corporation
CEO – JEG Development Corporation and VC Ventures Net, Inc.
President-Vivant-Malogo Hydropower Inc.
Vice President – JEGVEG Realty, Inc.

Gil A. Garcia II

Director, Treasurer, Member – Executive Committee

60 years old, Filipino
Director and Treasurer of the Company since 2004
Director-VECO since 2004
Treasurer-VECO and VC Ventures Net, Inc.
Director – VEC, Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation, and MAI-I Resources Corporation.

Charles Sylvestre A. Garcia

Director Member – Executive Committee

52 years old, Filipino
Director of the Company and Member of Executive Committee since 2004
Director – VECO since 2007.

Arlo A.G. Sarmiento

Executive Vice President

40 years old, Filipino, has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since 2003
Mr. Sarmiento concurrently holds the following positions: Director and Executive Vice President of VECO; Director and President – Vivant Energy Corporation, Vivant Geo Power, 1590 Energy Corp., Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation, Vics-Bakun Holdings Corporation, Vivant-Sta. Clara Northern Renewables Generation Corporation
Chairman – Delta P, Inc.
Director and Treasurer – Abovant Holdings, Inc. and JEGVEG Realty, Inc.
Director and Vice-President – Cebu Private Power Corporation; Director and Chief Executive Officer – JEG Development Corporation
Director – Vics-Amlan Holdings Corp., Amlan Hydroelectric Power Corporation, Vivant-Malogo Hydropower Inc., Vivant Isla Inc., Therma Visayas, Inc., Hijos De F. Escaño, Inc., Cebu Energy Development Corporation and Calamian Islands Power Corporation
Mr. Sarmiento holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Emil Andre M. Garcia

Director, Vice President – Operations and Business Development

35 years old, Filipino, has been a Director of the Company since 2009. Mr. Garcia is also the Vice President for Operations and Development of the Company since January 2013.Prior to this, he held the postion of Vice President for Corporate Planning and Development in 2012, after holding the position of Assistant Vice President for the same department from February 2011 to December 2011. Other positions currently held are as follows:

Director of VECO since 2010
Director of Vivant-Malogo Hydropower Inc.
Director of Calamian Islands Power Corporation
Secretary and Treasurer 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

39 years old, Filipino, has been a Director and Member of the Executive Committee of the Company since 2008.
Other positions currently held are as follows: Vice-President – Vivant-Malogo Hydropower, Incorporated. Mr. Sarmiento is the Chief Operating Officer of JEG Development Corporation (since 2010), JEGVEG Realty, Inc. (since 2010) and JDC One Acacia Inc.
Prior to this, he was the Assistant Vice President for Manufacturing at Detalia Aurora, Inc. from 2001 to 2010.
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

67 years old, Filipino
Independent Director of the Company since 2004
Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company since 2004
Secretary – Department of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of the Philippines (1992–1996)
Chairman – SunStar Publishing, Inc., Pan Arts Corporation, SunStar Management, Inc.
President, Jesever Realty Corporation, Madre Realty Corporation.

Amb. Raul Ch. Rabe

Independent Director

73 years old, Filipino
Independent Director of the Company since 200
Chairman, ACK Freight Express, Inc. since 1999
Of 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 Washington (1993 to 1999)
Special Envoy of the President of the Philippines for the America and OIC Countries in 2001.

Carmelo Maria Luza Bautista

Independent Director

59 years old, Filipino
Director and President of Director and President of GT Capital in 2011
First Metro Investment Corporation (FMIC) Executive Director and Chairman of the Risk Management Committee in April 2008, Head of Investment Banking Group in 2009
He has been in the Banking and Financial Services sector for 39 years.
He obtained his Master’s Degree in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management and his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Ateneo de Manila University.
Director of Federal Land, TMP, PCFI, GT Capital Auto Dealership Holdings, Inc., and Toyota Subic, Inc.
Adviser to the Board of Trustees of GT Foundation, Inc.

Rogelio Q. Lim

Independent Director

75 years old, Filipino
He is a senior executive with extensive experience in the power industry, manufacturing, and product engineering, working with multinational and multicultural environment companies.
He has over 25 years of manufacturing experience and 16 years in the Electric Power industry both in top management position.
He is a former President and CEO of East Asia Utilities Corporation and consultant of Aboitiz Power Gen, oil group.
He was the Director of Digital Products Engineering of TIMEX prior to his retirement in May 1999.
He has attended numerous short courses from the Asian Institute of Management, MIT in Cambridge Massachusetts, and UCLA in California, USA.
He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Mapua Institute of Technology-Manila in 1963 and Strategic Business Economics Program from the University of Asia and the Pacific in 2000.

Dennis N.A. Garcia

Chairman – Board of Directors, Member – Executive Committee

63 years old, Filipino
Chairman and member of the Executive Committee of the Company since 2003
President and Co-Chairman – Executive Committee of VECO
Chairman – Vivant-Sta
Clara Northern Renewables Generation Corporation
Chairman and President – VICS-Amlan Holdings Corporation, VC Ventures Net, Inc., and Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation
Vice Chairman – Cebu Private Power Corporation
President – VEC and Hijos de F. Escaño, Inc.
Director – Abovant Holdings, Inc., MAI-I Resources Corporation, Delta P. Inc., 1590 Energy Corp., Director and Member of the Executive Committee – Cebu Energy Development Corporation
Chairman-Vivant-Malogo Hydropower Inc.
President, JEGVEG Realty, Inc.

Ramontito E. Garcia

Director, President, Member – Executive Committee

56 years old, Filipino
President of the Company since 2003
Director and Member of the Executive Committee of the Company since 2003
Chairman – VECO
Director-VECO since 2003
Vivant-Sta. Clara Northern Renewables Generation Corporation
Vice President – Cebu Private Power Corporation
Director – Delta P, Inc., 1590 Energy Corp., VICS-Amlan Holdings Corporation, Hijos de F. Escaño, Inc., Cebu Energy Development Corporation
CEO – JEG Development Corporation and VC Ventures Net, Inc.
President-Vivant-Malogo Hydropower Inc.
Vice President – JEGVEG Realty, Inc.

Arlo A.G. Sarmiento

Executive Vice President

40 years old, Filipino, has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since 2003
Mr. Sarmiento concurrently holds the following positions: Director and Executive Vice President of VECO; Director and President – Vivant Energy Corporation, Vivant Geo Power, 1590 Energy Corp., Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation, Vics-Bakun Holdings Corporation, Vivant-Sta. Clara Northern Renewables Generation Corporation
Chairman – Delta P, Inc.
Director and Treasurer – Abovant Holdings, Inc. and JEGVEG Realty, Inc.
Director and Vice-President – Cebu Private Power Corporation; Director and Chief Executive Officer – JEG Development Corporation
Director – Vics-Amlan Holdings Corp., Amlan Hydroelectric Power Corporation, Vivant-Malogo Hydropower Inc., Vivant Isla Inc., Therma Visayas, Inc., Hijos De F. Escaño, Inc., Cebu Energy Development Corporation and Calamian Islands Power Corporation
Mr. Sarmiento holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Emil Andre M. Garcia

Director, Vice President – Operations and Business Development

Director of VECO since 2010
Director of Vivant-Malogo Hydropower Inc.
Director of Calamian Islands Power Corporation
Secretary and Treasurer 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.

Minuel Carmela N. Franco

Senior Vice President - Corporate & Shared Services; Treasurer; CFO; Compliance Officer

44 years old, Filipino, has been the Vice President for Finance since May 2013.
Ms. Franco also currently holds the following positions: Treasurer – Calamian Islands Power Corporation, Vivant- Northern Renewables Generation Corporation, Delta P, Inc., Vivant-Malogo Hydropower, Inc., and 1590 Energy Corp.
Director and Treasurer – Vivant Isla Inc., Vivant Geo Power Corp., Vics-Amlan Holdings Corporation, Vics-Bakun Holdings Corporation, Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation, Vivant Energy Corporation; Director – VC Ventures Net, Inc.
Member of the Board of Advisors – VECO.
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.

Jess Anthony N. Garcia

Senior Vice President - Business Development for Infrastructure and Innovation; General Counsel; Corporate Secretary; Chief Information Officer

43 years old, Filipino, has been the Corporate Secretary and Corporate Information Officer of the Company since 2003.
He is also the General Counsel of the Company.
Mr. Garcia concurrently acts us the Corporate Secretary of VECO, Vivant-Sta. Clara Northern Renewables Generation Corporation, Delta P, Inc., VICS – Amlan Holdings Corporation, Vivant Geo Power Corp., Vivant Integrated Generation Corp., 1590 Energy Corp., Vivant-Malogo Hydropower Inc., Amlan Hydroelectric Power Corporation, Vics-Bakun Holdings Corporation, Calamian Islands Power Corporation, Vivant Energy Corporation, Vivant Isla, Inc. and SunStar Publishing, Inc.
He is the Assistant Corporate Secretary of Abovant Holdings, Inc. and Hijos De F. Escaño.
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.

Mark D. Habana

Vice President-Commercial Affairs

40 years old, Filipino, has been the Vice President for Commercial Affairs since April 17, 2017.
Prior to this, Mr. Habana was the Assistant Vice President in Bacman Geothermal Business Unit of Energy Development Corporation (EDC).
He also served as Business Development Manager in both Occidental Petroleum and Venoco, Inc. in Denver Colorado from 2007 to 2014.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, where he graduated Cum Laude. He further pursued graduate studies in MS Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University California, and earned his Executive Management Program from Harvard Business School, Massachusetts.

Maria Victoria E. Sembrano

Senior Assistant Vice President - Controllership

54 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President for Finance and Administration of the Company since 2012.
Ms. Sembrano also holds the following positions: Director and Treasurer – VC Ventures, Inc. and Director – Corenergy Inc.
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.

Macario C. Padullo, Jr.

Senior Assistant Vice President - Corporate Management Systems

39 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President for Corporate Management Systems of the Company since February 2011.
Prior to this, Atty. Padullo held the following positions in the Company: Finance Manager from 2009 to 2011 and Finance Officer from 2003 to 2009.
Atty. Padullo, Jr. also holds the following positions: Chairman and President – VC Ventures Net, Inc. and Director – Corenergy Inc.
He is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr. Padullo holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of San Carlos. He obtained his degree in Bachelor of Laws (Class Valedictorian) from the University of Cebu in 2009.

Cris C. Fernandez

Assistant Vice President - Technical Operations

38 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President for Technical Operations of the Company since January 2015.
He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of VECO.
He joined the Company on October 2012 as Senior Technical Manager and is a licensed Electrical Engineer.
He used to work as an Electrical Engineer in Australia and has been an accredited Professional Engineer of Engineers Australia.

Grant Clark

Assistant Vice President - Information Technology, Administration, and Business Development Innovation; Data Privacy Officer

38 years old, Australian, has been the Assistant Vice President – Corporate Services Group since 2017.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Clark worked for twelve (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.

Erickson B. Omamalin

Assistant Vice President-Business Development

32 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President of Business Development since January 2017.
Prior to this Mr. Omamalin held the following positions in the Company Business Development Sr. Manager from January 2012 – December 2016, Finance and Business Development Officer from September 2009 to December 2011.
Before joining the Company, Mr. Omamalin was the Accountant II in Smart Communications, Inc.
He is a member of the Philippines Institute of Certified Public Accountant.
Mr. Omamalin holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from University of San Jose Recoletos.

Catherine S. Bringas

Assistant Vice President-Legal

33 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Vice President of Legal since January 2017.
She joined the company as External Affairs Senior Manager from January 2013 to October 2014 was then transferred to Legal Department as Legal Senior Manager from November 2014 – December 2016.
Prior to joining the company, Atty. Bringas was the Corporate Attorney (Office of the President) of the The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation. Other position held in The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation: Legal Member (The Bids and Awards Committee)
Started her career as an Associate Attorney in The Law Firm of Tiongco Avecilla Flores & Palarca
She obtained her Juris Doctor from Ateneo de Manila University School of Law in 2008.

Shem Jose W. Garcia

Assistant Vice President - Corporate Communications and Business Development Innovation

Brigette Cecile N. Garcia

Assistant Vice President - Corporate Planning

Joan A. Giduquio-Baron

Assistant Corporate Secretary Compliance Officer

45 years old, Filipino, has been the Assistant Corporate Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company since 2003.
Ms. Baron also holds other positions: Acting Corporate Secretary of VECO
Assistant Corporate Secretary of Vivant Energy Corporation, VICS – Bakun Holdings Corporation, VICS – Amlan Holdings Corporation, Vivant Isla Inc., Vivant Integrated Generation Corporation, Vivant-Malogo Hydropower, Inc., Corporate Secretary – JEGVEG Realty, Inc., and JEG Development 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 (AIM) in 2001.
Ms. Baron is 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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