Dr. Ma. Lourdes G. Monteverde is a medical practitioner and a realtor. She is a past president of the Davao Chamber and served two (2) full terms (2011-2012) with numerous achievements. Aside from being a past president and a member of the Chamber, she also held variety of roles in both medical and real estate landscape. Outside the Chamber, She is a member and convener of Consular Corps of the Philippines in Mindanao and Davao Chapter, Founder of Philippine Real Estate Service – Davao Chapter, National Committee Chairperson on Economic Zone Development in the Philippines under the Chamber of Real Estate and Builders Association (CREBA), Certified International Property Specialist, an Immediate Past President of Ambassador Club – Davao. Dr. Monteverde is also active on her medical profession as she served as the Past President of Davao Medical Society, Philippine OB-Gyn Society – Southern Mindanao Chapter, and Davao Society of OB Gyn. She was then awarded with numerous awards such as the Most Distinguished Alumni Awardee for Visionary Leadership from Davao Medical School Foundation and 2014 Most Outstanding Physician by the Philippine Medical Association. Dr. Monteverde is an active private OB-Gyn Consultant. Currently, She is the Honorary Consul of Mexico to the Philippines in Mindanao, President of Supply Chain and Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) – Mindanao, Founder and Interim President of Philippine Institute of Real Estate Service Practitioners, and the Executive Vice President / Chief Operating Officer of Verdemonte Realty Corporation. Aside from being a high ranking official, Dr. Monteverde is a loving wife to Dr. Tomas J. Monteverde III, and a caring mother to her children.

LEMUEL ORTONIO is the Officer-in-Charge of the Davao City Investment Promotion Center. As the city’s Investment Officer, he is responsible in formulating marketing and promotion programs of Davao City as a premier location for local and foreign businesses to start, grow, and prosper. Together with his team, he serves as head of the technical secretariat of the Davao City Investment Incentive Board and the Davao City International Relations Board. He also serves as a member of the local Public- Private Partnership (PPP) Board and the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Development Council of Davao City. Prior to his current role, he served as the Chief-of-Staff during Mayor Inday Sara Duterte’s first term as city mayor from 2010-2013 and term as city vice mayor from 2008-2010. He also held various roles in the field of communication in the private sector, which includes working for the Davao-based leading independent oil company in the country, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., and the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. He obtained a master’s degree in Development Communication from the University of the Philippines – Open University, and a bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts from Ateneo de Davao University.

Director Maria Lourdes D. Lim is a government economist, with post graduate degrees in Economics from the University of the Philippines School of Economics and a Ph.D in Organizational Management and Institutional Development (honoris causa). Currently, she is the Regional Director of NEDA Regional Office XI in Davao City and is also the Vice- Chairperson of the Davao Regional Development Council (RDC) XI and Head, Secretariat of the NEDA Board-Regional Development Committee for Mindanao. Her major accomplishments include her proactive and sustained leadership in the pursuit of peace and development in Southern Philippines through participative planning, strategic investments promotion, resource mobilization, and results-based monitoring and evaluation. As an advocate and practitioner of development planning, she spearheaded the crafting of the Davao Regional Development Plan (DRDP), 2017-2022; Davao Regional Development Investment Program (DRDIP), 2017-2022; Davao Regional Results Matrices, 2017-2022; Davao Gulf Area Development Plan, 2012- 2030; Diwalwal Mineral Reservation Area Development Plan (DMRADP) 2012-2032; Mindanao Spatial and Strategic Development Framework (MSSDF), 2015-2045 and the Davao Region Industry Cluster Roadmap. She also led the review and evaluation of major projects in the Region, such as the Mindanao Railway Project Tagum-Davao-Digos Segment), Davao City Coastal Road Project, and the Davao City Bypass Road Construction Project. Director Lim is a Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) Rank II. She is a recipient of the prestigious Civil Service Commission (CSC) Pag-asa Award for CY 2010 – an award conferred to individuals with consistent outstanding work performance, whose contribution directly benefits more than one department of the government. In 2010 and 2011, Director Lim and NEDA XI bagged the Outstanding NEDA Regional Director and Outstanding NEDA Regional Office Awards, respectively. In May 2018, NEDA XI was awarded with the ISO 9001:2015 Certification of its Quality Management Systems under Director Lim’s leadership. RD Lim was also the President of the Association of Regional Executives of National Agencies in Region XI (ARENA XI), for the term 2017-2018 and a member of the ARENA XI Board for 2019-2020.

Mr. Emmanuel V. Rubio, 54 years old, Filipino, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Aboitiz Power Corporation since June 1, 2018. He was EVP and COO of the company's Power Generation Group from May 19, 2014 to May 31, 2018. Mr. Rubio also currently sits as Director of Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC), GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co. (GNPD), GNPower Mariveles Coal Plant Ltd. Co. (GMCP), Redondo Peninsula Energy Incorporated (RP Energy), and a number of Aboitiz companies. Mr. Rubio earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management Engineering, Minor in Mechanical Engineering, from the De La Salle University Manila and completed his Master's Degree in Business Administration in the same university. He holds an Executive Certificate in Directorship from the Singapore Management University-Singapore Institute of Directors (SMU-SID) and finished Advanced Management Program in Columbia University.

Mr. Ricardo F. Lagdameo has been the First Vice President of Damosa Land Inc. and Anflo Industrial Estate Corporation since 2014. He leads the overall strategic direction for all business lines of the real estate group. He has launched several milestone projects such as Damosa Land's first condo project (Seawind), industrial estate (Anflo Industrial Estate), flexible workspace solution (Regus Business Center), and mixed use projects (Agriya and Bridgeport). He also successfully entered into a MOA with the University of the Philippines to establish the UP Professional School for Agriculture and the Environment (UPPSAE) in Panabo City, Davao del Norte. He is responsible for bringing in several foreign investors (Japanese, Chinese, Dutch, American) into various Damosa Land projects. He is the key visionary for the company's expansion into untapped markets and is responsible for achieving annual revenue growth of over 500% from 2013-2018. From 2008-2010, he worked as an Associate in Investment Banking at CLSA Exchange Capital wherein he analyzed and provided the Board of Directors of First Philippine Holdings and Benpres with a fairness opinion regarding the latter's sale of its take in Rockwell Land to FPH resulting in approval by Boards of both companies. He also advised the Independent Board Committee of Piltel with respect to Smart Corporation's acquisition of Piltel's telecommunication assets and tender offer to the minority shareholders, resulting in an approval for the tender offer price. From 2010-2014, he worked as the Chief Investment Officer/Head-Investor Relations of IP Ventures, Inc. and listed one of the IPVG's major subsidiaries (PSE:CLOUD) on the Philippine Stock Exchange, making this group's third listed company on the exchange (after IPVG and IP E Games).He also contributed in the divestment of Prolexic, IPVI's network security company, to PE Firm, Kennet Partners of the US and UK. He is responsible for the M&A activities of IP E Games (IPVG's on-line gaming subsidiary) including the acquisition of Digital Paradise (Netopia) from ePLDT in 2011. Mr. Lagdameo has received numerous awards and recognitions such as Best Residential Development (Davao) for Seawind and Best Residential Landscape for Damosa Fairlane in the Philippine Property Awards 2017, Winner-Condominium Development for Seawind in the Asia Pacific Property Awards 2018, Corporate Excellence Award under Property Development Industry for Damosa Land Inc. in the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award 2018, and Executive Leadership Team of the Year for the Damosa Land Inc. in the Asia CEO Awards 2018. Moreover, he was a finalist at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year last 2017, and Injap Sia Entrepreneur of the Year (Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry) last 2017. He is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies concentration on Business Management and Psychology, and MBA Dean's List at the Columbia Business School. He is also one of the Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce - Mindanao Chapter(2017-2019), Japanese Chamber of Commerce - Davao Chapter (2017-2018), and Vice Chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce - Southern Mindanao Business Council (2017-2018).

Jettson P. Yu, also known as Jet Yu, is a graduate of the University of Asia and The Pacific with a Bachelor's Degree in Entrepreneurial Management. Described by his friends from high school and college as a competitive and serial gamer who spends more than 10 hours a day playing computer games, all of his friends were shocked with the huge turn around in his life. He is now a role model and regularly seen in newspapers, interviews, business events and other exclusive events with businesses in real estate advisory, property development, technology, flexible workspace and venture capital. His entrepreneurial and real estate career began when he was just 14 years of stage, where he started helping his parents in the family business. Unlike others at that age, he spent every opportunity to learn about the real estate industry. You'd find him spending his summer and holiday breaks in the office, handling financial tasks entrusted to him by his parents. At such a young age, Jet's sheer courage and constant perseverance pushed him through the challenges of creating his first mark as a businessman. Amazingly, he was able to solidify his firm entrepreneurial foundation through self-study, trial and error, and mastery. He then started and operated his first business on his own at the age of 19, growing it until he sold this business to a local investor at the age of 21 at triple profit. Since then, he has ventured into the food industry, the trade industry, and eventually, with only his personal earnings from previous ventures, he founded PRIME Philippines at the age of 23.

Mr. Jose Melford "Jomel" Fuentes is the Chief Operating Officer of UDENNA Infrastructure Corp. Mr. Fuentes has 17 years of top management experience, in various roles including, President, Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Finance Officer for companies in various industries and in various stages of development. Prior to joining UDENNA, he was the President Director and Commissioner of Citra Maharlika Nusantara Corpora Tbk, a transport and logistics listed company in Indonesia. He was also the CFO of UPC Sidrap Bayu Energi, a wind farm in Indonesia. Prior to Indonesia, he was with San Miguel Corporation for five years, as part of the group that started the Infrastructure business unit and as CFO for Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc. and Skyway O&M Corporation (SOMCO).

As the Secretary of Finance, he also serves as Chairman of the Land Bank of the Philippines, a government-owned and controlled corporation primarily tasked with spurring economic development in the countryside through the delivery of innovative financial services in rural areas. He also chairs, among others, the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, and a member of the Monetary Board. He served as Secretary of the Departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture during the presidency of Corazon Aquino. He served as President of leading Philippine Corporations such as Philippine Airlines (PAL), the Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation, and the former Bank of the Philippine Islands Agricultural Development Bank. He served as Chairman of the Board of the Republic Planters Bank and RCBC Capital Corporation. He completed his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Ateneo de Manila University and attended the Executive Management Program at the Stanford University. Carlos "Sonny" Dominguez has over 40 years of vast experience and an outstanding track record of achievements at the helm of various organizations in the public and private sectors. His expertise was borne out of his experiences as a shareholder, board chairman, and being a member of over a dozen corporations across multi-industries such as power, agriculture, mining, banking, hospitality, real estate, and investment. Under his leadership, the Department of Finance (DOF) was able to draft and introduce to the Congress the first of a series of its proposed tax reform packages known as the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act less than 90 days from the time he assumed the Cabinet portfolio in July 2016. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed into law the TRAIN Act (Republic Act No. 10963) on December 19, 2017. On his watch, the Philippines' key revenue agencies - the Bureaus of Internal Revenue (BIR) and of Customs (BOC) continue to achieve strong revenue growth rates. It was also under his leadership that the BIR was able to secure its largest tax settlement ever - amounting to about $600 million-from a single taxpayer in Philippine history.

He joined the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (current JICA) in 1986. He had been engaged in various positions in OECF such as representative in Manila, an economist in Research Institute. He was a director of several divisions in Japan Bank for International Cooperation, 1999-2007, such as India division, planning division, and coordination division of Development Assistance Strategy Department and Evaluation Office. He was an affiliated professor, Hitotsubashi University from 2006, affiliated professor, Tokyo University, 2007, a professor, GRIPS, 2007-2010 and a visiting professor, GRIPS, from 2010 to present. He was Deputy Director General of Southeast and Pacific Department since August 2010. Executive Advisor, Industrial Development and Public Policy Department since July 2013. Director-General, Credit Risk Analysis Department since March 2016. Academic Record: Bachelor of Economics from Waseda University of Japan (Japan, 1986), M.A. in Economics, John Hopkins University (USA, 1990)

Dr. Satoshi Kato was born in Tokyo in 1974. After graduating from Waseda University in 1997, he joined the Obunsha Group, a major educational publisher. After obtaining an MBA degree in 2004, he gained employment at the Macquarie Group, the largest investment bank in Australia with a world-class track record and leader in infrastructure investment and infrastructure fund management. He worked in infrastructure fields for over six years, primarily in the purchasing and turnaround of domestic toll roads in Japan, such as the Hakone Turnpike and the Ibukiyama Driveway. In 2009, he joined Chodai Co., Ltd., a Japanese civil engineering consulting firm. Since then he has been active in M&A fields which involve subsidiaries such as Kiso-Jiban Consultants, and partaking in the development of both new domestic and international projects. The Philippines project, which started in 2011, is one such project. Currently, he has plays two roles at Chodai; General Manager of Finance & Legal Division in the Corporate Planning Group at Headquarters in Japan, and president of Chodai Philippines Corporation, a 100% subsidiary of Chodai. In addition to his work at Chodai, he spends his time sharing his knowledge and expertise on infrastructure business, PPP (Public Private Partnership), and regional development as a Visiting Professor at Toyo University in Tokyo and as a Lecturer at Waseda University, also located in Tokyo, Japan.

1996 Entering KDD (Predecessor of present KDDI) 1996-1997 Telephone operator in international call center 1998 Sales promotion for international network services 1999-2001 Sales in KDDI Germany 2002-2005 Service planning for video transmission services 2006-2011 Sales in KDDI Germany 2012-2016 Head of sales group in sales department for enterprise customers 2017-Present President of KDDI Philippines

Mr. Nabil Francis is incumbent President of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) – the oldest European Chamber outside of Europe, with close to 800 members. The ECCP provides a support framework for European Companies, and especially SMEs, interested in exporting to or investing in the Philippines and Filipino companies interested in doing business with Europe or European companies already located or doing business in the Philippines. Mr. Francis, currently the CEO & President of Republic Cement Services Inc., has been in the Philippines for two years. Prior to his role at Republic Cement, Mr. Francis has held leadership positions in Morocco, India, Bulgaria, Egypt, Sri Lanka, France, and Germany, mainly in the construction and cement industry. He obtained a master’s degree in business administration from ESSEC Business School in France and holds degrees in civil engineering from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon and urban planning from McGill University.

As Country Manager for the Philippines, Lars has managed an expansion from 4 to nearly 30 business centres since year 2012, including the first business locations outside Metro Manila with centres in Cebu, Davao, and Clark. Lars first moved to the Philippines in 1992, where he has worked for the Coca-Cola Co. as Marketing Director, Dole Packaged Foods as Marketing Manager Asia, and EAC Philip Morris distribution. Throughout the Philippines, Lars has first-hand experience driving business in over 100 cities and municipalities with focus on business development, sales, marketing and distribution. In the recently released annual report for 2018 by IWG Plc., Philippines was highlighted as one of 4 markets globally with the most significant mature revenue and profit growth. Regus was awarded best Employer Brand in the Philippines in 2018. In 2017, Regus Philippines was also among the most awarded markets globally within IWG Plc. Lars was awarded Asia CEO Expatriate Executive of the Year 2014. Within IWG Plc., Lars was awarded Best Performer / CEO of the year in APAC for his results in 2013. Lars serves as Director on the Board of the European Chamber of Commerce Philippines (ECCP) and is active with most foreign chambers as well as the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), Makati Business Club, and several NGOs. Regus & SPACES by IWG is the largest provider in the world of Flexible Workspace as a Service with 2,500,000 members in over 3300 locations in 120 counties.

Mr. Philip Soliven is the President and Country Representative of Cargill Philippines, Inc., the main operating company and the parent company of Cargill's various businesses in the Philippines. He is also the Commercial Director for various Food Ingredients and Bio-Industrial (FIBI) businesses and President of Philippine Bio-Industries, Inc., a Cargill joint venture. He also represents Cargill on the board of C-Joy Poultry Meats, Inc., a Cargill-Jollibee Foods joint venture. Philip joined Cargill in 1995 as a Singapore-based manager in the Financial Markets Trading Group, then Cargill's proprietary financial trading business. He managed the group's investment portfolio for the Philippines and subsequently moved to the Philippines where he assumed the country lead role concurrent with his responsibilities as Asia Pacific Regional Treasurer. He began his professional career with the First National Bank of Boston, working in the Manila, Philippine branch as foreign exchange trader. In 1984, he moved to the Bank of Boston's corporate headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts to assume a role within corporate banking. In 1985, he was assigned to Hong Kong as manager of the bank's corporate banking business. During his six years in Hong Kong, he occupied a number of positions across Corporate Loan Recovery, Treasury Sales-Foreign Exchange, Debt Trading and Trade Services. In 1991, he relocated to Singapore as vice president for corporate banking. His responsibilities included covering corporate banking clients in Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. Philip is currently a Director of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, and is also Chairman of its Agribusiness committee. In addition, he serves as a Director at the Rotary Club of Makati, as well as a member of the U.S. ASEAN Business Council, Makati Business Club, and Management Association of the Philippines. Philip holds a degree in business management from the Ateneo de Manila University.

George Marsman Drydale is Chairman and CEO of the Marsman Drysdale Group, a diversified Philippine-based holding and management company with interests in the agribusiness, healthcare, tourism, communications, and investment management industries. The Group's current operating interests primarily include tropical fruit plantations (bananas) for export throughout Asia and the Middle East, medical equipment distribution, and corporate travel and tour services. Mr. Drysdale also makes direct private equity investments in high growth communications, media and consumer beverage companies. Since 1994, Mr. Drysdale has been an investor in the San Francisco Giants baseball team. Prior to joining Marsman Drysdale Group in 1991. Mr. Drysdale was a venture capitalist, first as General Partner of Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners of San Francisco (1983-1987), and then as a Managing General Partner of Westar Capital, a management buyout firm. From 1981 to 1983, Mr. Drysdale practiced corporate, securities, and tax law for Davis, Polk & Wardwell, a Wall Street law firm. Mr. Drysdale was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in California and the Philippines. He received a B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA) in 1976 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1980. Mr. Drysdale was awarded a White House Fellowship in 1987 and served as Special Assistant to Secretary of Agriculture Richard Lyng. Mr. Drysdale served three terms as the President of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines and four terms as the Chairman of the twenty-nine member chambers of the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC).

With a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree from Oxford University, United Kingdom, Rob joined the Swire Group as a member of their International Management Programme. He also obtained other courses in Finance, Advanced Management, and Business Strategy from INSEAD, The Business School for the World. Rob has been assigned to different ports worldwide including UAE, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Italy, Indonesia, and Singapore. An experienced expatriate with over 24 years of general and people management roles in diverse businesses, particularly focused on strategic planning & execution and organisational/leadership development. He started as a Country Manager, Philippines in August 2016. Rob has a keen interest in the arts, has a lifelong passion in learning and education, and is a fellow of the prestigious Chartered Institute for Professional Development (CIPD) and takes time out to teach at the Singapore MT University and Asian Institute of Management. He speaks regularly at conferences in the Philippines and the region on Human Resources, Tourism and Business Strategy. He also supports charitable causes that are mostly concerned with children and orphans.

Ms. Catherine Salceda-Ileto is Sutherland’s Senior Director for Corporate Marketing for Philippines, China and Malaysia, and has served as Sutherland’s “ambassador” in the business community and the IT BPM industry, the last 7 years. Cathy has been a passionate spokesperson for Sutherland, and a key enabler in pulling the growth of Sutherland in the Philippines, working closely with local government, the industry, academe and the communities at large. She is also the executive sponsor and lead convener for Sutherland’s social impact initiatives in the Philippines.