Chairman
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Independent Director
Independent Director
Independent Director
Independent Director
President & CEO
Group Chief Operating Officer &
Group Chief Development Officer
Group Chief Finance Officer &
Group Chief Strategy Officer
Group Chief Investment Officer
Group Chief Human Resources
and Administrative Officer &
Group Chief Risk Officer
Group Treasurer
Corporate Secretary
Group General Counsel,
Group Compliance Officer &
Assistant Corporate Secretary
Managing Director, Philippines
Managing Director, Australia
Head, Philippine Development
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Chairman
Mr. Consing is the chairman of ACEN and has been a director of the company since April 2021. He holds the following positions in publicly listed companies: president & chief executive officer of Ayala Corporation, and vice chairman of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), Ayala Land, Inc., and Globe Telecom, Inc. He has been a member of the Ayala Group management committee since April 2013. In addition, he holds various positions in the Ayala Group’s unlisted companies, including chairman of AC Logistics Holdings Corporation, AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation, AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc., AC Ventures Holding Corp., and AC Mobility Holdings Incorporated. He is also the Vice Chairman of ACEIC and Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc., and serves as a Director of Asiacom Philippines, Inc. and ACEN International, Inc. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Dealing System and the College of St. Benilde. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission and serves on the boards of trustees for the Philippine-American Educational (Fulbright) Foundation, the Philippines-Japan Economic Cooperation Committee, and the Manila Golf Club Foundation. Mr. Consing was president & CEO of BPI from 2013- 2021. He was a partner & co-head for Asia of the Rohatyn Group from 2004 to 2013. He was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan & Co. from 1985-2004. For seven years, Mr. Consing was the Head or Co-Head of Investment Banking for Asia Pacific and President of J.P. Morgan Securities Asia. He worked for BPI from 1981 to 1985. Mr. Consing has previously served as Chairman and President of the Bankers Association of the Philippines, President of Bancnet, and Chairman of the National Reinsurance Corporation. He has previously served as an independent director of Jollibee Foods Corporation, CIMB Group Holdings Berhad and First Gen Corporation. He served as a board director of the Asian Youth Orchestra, the USPhilippines Society, La Salle Greenhills, Endeavor Philippines, and International Care Ministries.
Mr. Consing obtained an M.A. in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received an A.B. Economics degree (Accelerated Program), Magna Cum Laude, and the gold medal for Economics, from De La Salle University, Manila.
Director
Mr. Ablaza is a director in publicly listed companies Advanced Info Services, PLC (Thailand), iPeople, and Roxas and Company. He is also a director in other Philippine corporations operating in the fields of retail banking, property development, education, infrastructure, and health. He is also a member of the board of trustees in a number of non-profit foundations engaged in social initiatives, namely Ayala Foundation, BPI Foundation, and Gawad Kalinga Foundation. He previously served as director of the Company from 1 July 2019 until 18 March 2021.
Mr. Ablaza retired from full-time executive work in 2017, after performing various corporate executive roles over a period of 43 years. His experience spanned a variety of industries: FMCG, agribusiness, retail banking, telecommunication and water distribution. He served as president and CEO of Manila Water from June 2010 to April 2017. Prior to this, Gerry was the chief operating officer of Globe Telecom in 1997, and its president and CEO from 1998 to April 2009.
He graduated as summa cum laude and obtained his degree in Liberal Arts (Honors Accelerated Program), major in Mathematics from the De La Salle University.
Director
Eric Francia is the President and CEO of ACEN Corporation and serves on its board of directors. He is also a Senior Managing Director and member of the Management Committee of Ayala Corporation. Under his leadership, Ayala established its energy platform from a standing start in 2011, to become one of the largest renewable energy platforms in the region, with ~7 GW of attributable renewables capacity across Asia Pacific.
Mr. Francia has also led pioneering initiatives in early coal retirement, including the successful completion of the world’s first market-based Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM).
Mr. Francia earned a Master’s Degree in Management Studies at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, graduating with First Class Honors. He received his undergraduate degree in Humanities and Political Economy from the University of Asia & the Pacific, graduating magna cum laude.
Director
Mr. Zobel de Ayala is a director of ACEN. He also serves as director in publicly listed companies AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp. and Globe Telecom, Inc. He is the Chief Executive Officer of ACMobility, a platform for mobility solutions including automotive distribution, dealership, aftersales services, and electric vehicle infrastructure. He is also a director of AC Industrials, Isuzu Philippines, and BPI Capital Corporation, among others. He has been appointed as a member of the Inter-Agency Investment Promotion Coordination Committee (IIPCC), as the sole private sector representative of the National Capital Region of the Republic of the Philippines. Prior to his role in ACMobility, he was the Co-Head of the Strategic Development Group and Head of Business Development and Digital Ventures of Ayala Corporation.
Mr. Zobel de Ayala holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New York. He graduated from Harvard University with a Primary Concentration in Government.
Director
Mr. Urquijo is a director of ACEN. He holds the following positions in publicly listed companies: Chief sustainability and risk officer (CSRO) of Ayala Corporation, and director of Integrated Micro-electronics, Inc. and Bank of the Philippine Islands. He also serves as director of BPI/MS Insurance, AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc., AC Ventures Holdings Corp., and Chairman of Klima 1.5 Corp. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Ayala Foundation, a member of the Board of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer of WeAreAyala Business Club, Inc., and an Independent Advisor to the Board of Directors of Ayala Land Inc. He is also part of the board of WWF Philippines, the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), Makati Central Estate Association, Inc. (MACEA), and the Hero Foundation.
Mr. Urquijo was previously vice president for business development of the company, during which he led initiatives to expand the group’s portfolio of assets in the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Prior to this, he served as the head of business development for AF Payments, Inc., which created the Beep Card payment system, the country’s first interoperable public transport payment card. Prior to joining the Ayala Group, Mr. Uquijo was an associate at JP Morgan in New York.
He received his MBA from INSEAD in France and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame in the US.
Director
Ms. Goh is a director of ACEN. She is head, Asia China at GIC Infrastructure. She has coverage responsibility for the Asia-Pacific region with prior experience investing in the US and Europe. GIC was established in 1981 as a private company, wholly owned by the government of Singapore, to manage the foreign reserves of Singapore. It is one of the world’s largest global investors, with well over US$100 billion of assets in more than 40 countries worldwide. Ms. Goh has been a member of GIC’s infrastructure practice since 2008.
Ms. Goh has a master’s degree in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics with Statistics for Finance from Imperial College London.
Director
Mr. Travers is a director of ACEN. He has occupied senior executive roles in the energy sector for more than 25 years and is experienced in multi-disciplinary projects covering global markets, mergers and acquisitions, deal structuring and project development. He has been active in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia leading teams developing conventional and renewable energy projects for ENGIE, a global electricity utility and energy service company.
Prior to leaving ENGIE in 2019, he occupied positions of senior vice president for business development in Indonesia and General Manager for ENGIE Renewables Australia, which was responsible for the development of 2 GW of wind and solar projects. He is currently active in the clean energy and climate tech sectors in Australia and Indonesia. He is a director of New Energy Nexus Ventures, the Southeast Asian venture manager of New Energy Nexus, the world’s largest ecosystem of cleantech accelerators and funds.
Mr. Travers is a member of the Australian Institute of Corporate Directors (GAICD), and holds a doctorate (PhD) in Electrical Engineering, a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from the Universityof NSW.
Independent Director
Mr. Ang is an independent director of ACEN. He is currently an independent director of Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. (a publicly listed company), BPI Capital Corporation, BPI Wealth Corporation (formerly, BPI Asset Management and Trust Company), BPI AIA Life Assurance Corporation, BPI/MS Insurance Corporation and BPI Wealth Hong Kong (formerly, BPI International Finance Limited) (based in Hong Kong). He was formerly an independent director of BPI Securities Corporation (August 2022 - February 2023); part of the Philippine office of the International Finance Corporation (2000-2018) of which he was Head (Resident Representative) from 2007-2015; CFO of the Philippine International Air Terminals Company (1998-2000); Director for Global Structured Finance, New York City branch of Australia New Zealand Bank (1994-1998); Vice President for Trade and Commodity Finance, New York City branch of Generale Bank (1988-1994); Assistant Vice President in the Asia Division, Irving Trust Company in New York City (1985-1988); Budget Analyst for the Philippine National Oil Company (1982-1983); and Lecturer at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of the Philippines - Diliman (1981-1982).
Mr. Ang earned his master’s degree in Business Administration (with Distinction) from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines, graduating summa cum laude.
Independent Director
Ms. Heras-de Leon is an independent director of ACEN. She previously served as managing director and member of the management committee of Ayala Corporation and president of Ayala Foundation. She was also vice president for policy, government and public affairs of Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings where she led corporate affairs for Chevron’s geothermal and natural gas interests and activities in the Philippines.
Ms. Heras-de Leon has held various leadership positions in Greater Houston Partnership and First City National Bank of Texas. She was a former trustee of Assumption Antipolo, Museo de La Salle, Word Wildlife Fund-Philippines and Asia Society Philippines. She also served on the Advisory Board of Texas Children’s Hospital and Asia Society Texas.
Ms. Heras-de Leon holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia.
Independent Director
Mr. Beshouri is an independent director of ACEN. He previously served as Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Director at Aboitiz Equity Ventures and Aboitiz Power from 2018 to 2024. He also served as President & Chief Executive Officer – Philippines at McKinsey & Co. (Philippines) from 1997 to 2013, Group President & Chief Operating Officer at Vicsal Development Corp. from 2013 to 2018, Director at GT Capital Holdings, Inc. from 2013 to 2017, and Director at the United States Treasury from 1989 to 1997. Mr. Beshouri also worked as a Financial Auditor at Catholic Relief Services, Inc. in 1988.
Mr. Beshouri obtained his Masters of Public Affairs from Princeton University and his undergraduate degree (dual major) in Economics and Public Policy Studies from Michigan State University.
Independent Director
Mr. Nicol is an independent director of ACEN. He was previously the Chief Strategy Officer of Monde Nissin Corp. (Manila), where he currently serves as an advisor. He was also Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director, and Executive Vice President at Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (Manila) from 2010 to 2020, and Chief Executive Officer (after being Chief Financial Officer) at Berli Jucker PCL (Bangkok) from 1994 to 2002.
Mr. Nicol is a UK Chartered Accountant and practiced in audit and business advisory at PriceWaterhouse.
Coopers from 1981 to 1991 in London, New York, and Hong Kong.
Mr. Nicol received his Bachelor of Science degree in Operational Research (Management Sciences) from Lancaster University.
Group Chief Operating Officer &
Group Chief Development Officer
Sech is the group chief operating officer and chief development Officer of ACEN. He is a member of ACEN’s Strategy Committee, Investment Committee and Executive Management Committee. He is Executive Chairman of ACEN Australia, and Chairman and/or President of ACEN’s Philippine development and land companies. Sech is also the Chief Development Officer of ACEIC.
Sech has over 20 years of experience in renewable energy. Prior to joining ACEN, he was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bronzeoak Clean Energy, a pioneer and leader in clean technology energy development in the Philippines. Bronzeoak’s energy businesses were integrated into ACEN in early 2017.
Sech holds a BS Management Honors degree from the Ateneo de Manila University and a Master’s in Business Administration degree from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA. He has experience from the Philippines, Hong Kong, the UK, the US and Australia.
Group Chief Finance Officer &
Group Chief Strategy Officer
Jonathan is the group chief finance officer and group strategy officer of ACEN. He is a lawyer and banker with over 25 years of experience in the legal, investment banking, and private investment sectors with significant experience in equity capital markets, corporate finance, and in advising on large infrastructure, power and telecom projects.
Jonathan was previously a director and the executive vice chairman of BPI International Finance Ltd., the Hong Kong banking subsidiary of BPI and concurrently, co-head of wealth management and head of international businesses of BPI. He was also a director of Schools Relief Initiative Ltd., a Hong Kong based charity supporting education in Southern Sri Lanka. Previously, Jonathan served as an executive director in Goldman Sachs, Hong Kong (Corporate Finance and Equity Capital Markets) and managing director and head of Asian Equity Capital Markets in JP Morgan, Hong Kong.
Jonathan holds a bachelor of Civil Laws degree from the University of Oxford, where he graduated with first class honors. He also received first class honors in the solicitor’s final exam.
Group Chief Investment Officer
Patrice is the group chief investment officer of ACEN. He joined Ayala Corporation in May 2010 as an advisor to the strategy and business development team and became a founding member of the ACEN management in 2011, where he led the business development and operations teams.
Patrice is also the president and ceo of ACEN International and is a member of the board of directors/ management and advisory committee of various ACEN international projects. Prior to joining Ayala, he was a managementcConsultant with McKinsey & Company in London as well as with Marakon Associates (part of Charles River Associates).
Patrice holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, where he graduated with high distinction as Baker Scholar. He also received his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge University in the UK.
Group Chief Human Resources
and Administrative Officer &
Group Chief Risk Officer
JP is the group chief human resources, group chief administrative officer and group chief risk officer of ACEN. He is a director at ACE Shared Services, Inc., an ACEN subsidiary.
JP was a managing director at Ayala Corporation, where he served as chief human resources officer and group head for corporate resources from 2005 to September 2021. Today, he serves on the boards of several companies across the Ayala Group, including AG Legal and Globe group’s ASTICOM and HCX, and is currently the chairman of the Ayala Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Ayala Coop). Previously, he was the president and CEO of Ayala Automotive Holdings Corporation, Automobile Central Enterprise, Inc. and Ayala Aviation. He also previously served as a director on the boards of BPI Family Bank, ALFM Mutual Funds, AC Health and Ayala Foundation. Prior to joining Ayala Corporation, he was the vice president and global practice director of the Human Capital Consulting Group at Watson Wyatt Worldwide (now Willis Towers Watson).
JP completed his advanced management programs at Harvard Business School, IMD and INSEAD, and holds a degree in A.B. Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University.
DireGroup Treasurerctor
Cecile is the group treasurer of ACEN and chief finance officer of ACEIC and ACEN International. Prior to joining ACEN, she held the role of CFO, treasurer, chief risk officer and group director for corporate finance & strategy of Manila Water Company, Inc. from 2018 to September 2021, and was the treasurer of Ayala Corporation from 2014 to 2018. She is also a fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Cecile has over 37 years of career experience in research, treasury & finance, risk management, having worked at Ayala Corporation, Manila Water, Inc., Globe Telecom, Inc., Makati Business Club, Sun Hung Kai Securities, Metro Pacific Corporation, Steniel Manufacturing Corporation, Altimax Broadcasting Co. Inc. and Bethlehem Holdings, Inc. She also previously taught finance at the De La Salle Graduate School of Business and the Asian Institute of Management and also taught Economics at the Ateneo de Manila University.
Cecile completed her master’s degree in Business Administration from the Asian Institute of Management. She graduated with a degree in AB in Economics (Honors Program) from the Ateneo de Manila University.
Corporate Secretary
Franchette is the Corporate Secretary of the ACEN. She is also the corporate governance group head and chief legal officer of Ayala Corporation.
She has been a practicing lawyer for 24 years, with 18 years in the Villaraza & Angangco Law Firm where she was a Senior Partner, Co-Managing Partner and Head of its Corporate and Commercial Department. Ms. Acosta was an Assistant Secretary at the Office of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel of the Republic of the Philippines where she served from 2001 to 2003. She is recognized as an expert counsel in leading legal journals and publications such as Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific and Legal 500. She consistently among Asia Business Law Journal’s top 100 lawyers in the Philippines.
Franchette graduated from New York University with a Master of Laws in 2003. She ranked 3rd in the Philippine Bar Examination and earned her Bachelor of Laws from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1998 where she graduated Class Valedictorian and Cum Laude. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics from the University of the Philippines School of Economics in 1994 where she graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Group General Counsel,
Group Compliance Officer &
Assistant Corporate Secretary
Dodjie is a managing director and the head of legal, governance and compliance unit of ACEN. In his role, he led the development and execution of ACEN group’s corporate legal strategy, while overseeing governance and compliance programs.
Dodjie concurrently serves as the corporate secretary of ENEX. He was a director and member of AG Counselors Corporation’s Management Committee from January 2014 to July 2017. Prior to joining Ayala, he worked with the law firm of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan.
Dodjie earned his bachelor of laws degree from the College of Law of the University of the Philippines – Diliman. He also holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of the Philippines – Diliman, graduating magna cum laude.
Managing Director, Philippines
Miguel is a managing director of ACEN and head of Philippine operations. Prior roles included leading the company’s solar developments in Vietnam, pioneering its retail electricity business, and managing the company’s first operating wind assets in the Philippines.
Miguel is also director and president of various operating subsidiaries of ACEN. Prior to joining ACEN, Miguel practiced law, with a focus on energy and project finance.
Miguel holds a master’s degree in philosophy from Ateneo de Manila and is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. He holds a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Philippines, graduating cum laude.
Managing Director, Australia
David Pollington is the managing director of ACEN Australia (formerly UPCAC Renewables Australia), having previously been the Chief Operating Officer since its establishment in 2016. He has been involved in the renewable energy sector for more than 30 years leading projects from inception through to operations.
David has held key roles in the industry, most notably, the Technical Director of Renewables at SKM/Jacobs, and General Manager of Construction for Roaring 40s, a joint development and asset management company between Hydro Tasmania and China Light and Power based out of Hong Kong, where he was responsible for construction activities in China, India, and Australia.
David holds a Bachelor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the University of Tasmania and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers.
Head, Philippine Development
Duane is the head of Philippine Development of ACEN. He has 43 years of experience in the business and project development of large electric generation and other infrastructure projects backed by in-depth technical, management, financing and regulatory and government affairs capabilities. Duane has worked in various capacities with ACEN and affiliates for over 8 years, including responsibility for establishing ACEN’s transmission development team prior to assuming his present responsibilities overseeing the development and construction of ACEN’s Philippines solar, onshore wind, storage and supporting transmission projects.
Prior to joining ACEN, Duane was Vice President, Development and then Senior Vice President, Development for Sithe Global Power LLC., a US-based independent power developer and portfolio company of the Blackstone Group. While at Sithe Global, Duane was responsible for development initiatives in Canada, India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
Duane holds a bachelor of science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University, where he graduated Magna cum Laude in 1981. While studying at SU, Duane served as a research assistant supporting the school’s wind energy research and held an internship at and was retained as a consultant by the US Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Research Institute (now known as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory).