BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Cezar Consing
Chairman
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Date of Appointment |
April 2021 |
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Length of Service |
5 years |
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Committees |
Executive (C), Personnel and Compensation |
CEZAR 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 BPI, Ayala Land, Inc., and Globe Telecom, Inc.
He is Chairman or Vice Chairman of many of the Ayala Group’s unlisted companies. Mr. Consing is Chairman of the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corporation. He is a non-executive director of the Private Infrastructure Development Group, an infrastructure development and finance organization owned by the governments of Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. He
is a member of the Trilateral Commission. He is a member of the boards of trustees of the Philippine-American Educational (Fulbright) Foundation, the Philippines – Japan Economic Cooperation Committee, De La Salle University, 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, a global alternative asset manager with a focus on the emerging markets, from 2004-2013. 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 1981-1985.
Mr. Consing has previously served as Chairman of Philippine Dealing System Holdings, Chairman of the College of St. Benilde, Chairman and President of the Bankers Association of the Philippines, President of Bancnet, and Chairman of the National Reinsurance Corporation, and independent director of Jollibee Foods Corporation, CIMB Group Holdings Berhad and First Gen Corporation. Mr. Consing has previously served as a board director of the Asian Youth Orchestra, the US-Philippines Society, Endeavor Philippines, and International Care Ministries.
Mr. Consing obtained an M.A. in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received a degree in AB Economics (Accelerated Program), magna cum laude and the gold medal for Economics from De La Salle University, Manila.
Gerardo Ablaza, Jr.
Vice Chairman
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Date of Appointment |
April 2024 |
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Length of Service |
2 years |
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Committees |
Executive |
GERARDO ABLAZA, JR is the Vice Chairman of ACEN and was a Director of the company from September 2019 to March 2021 before being re-elected in April 2024. He holds the following positions in other publicly listed companies: Chairman of ENEX Energy Corp. and Director of iPeople, Inc.
He is also a director in other Philippine corporations operating in the fields of retail banking, education, energy, and cement manufacturing. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees in a number of non-profit foundations engaged in social initiatives, namely, Ayala Foundation and BPI Foundation.
Mr. Ablaza retired from full-time executive work in 2017 after serving in various corporate executive roles for 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 Company from June 2010 to April 2017. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Globe Telecom, Inc. in 1997, and its President and CEO from 1998 to April 2009.
He graduated summa cum laude and obtained his degree in Liberal Arts (Honors Accelerated Program), majoring in Mathematics, from De La Salle University in 1974.
Eric Francia
Director
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Date of Appointment |
May 2019 |
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Length of Service |
7 years |
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Committees |
Executive |
ERIC FRANCIA is the President and CEO of ACEN 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 and became one of the largest renewable energy platforms in the region, with over 7 GW of attributable renewable energy capacity across the Asia Pacific.
He holds the following position in another publicly listed company: Vice Chairman and President of ENEX Energy Corp.
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.
Jaime Alfonso Zobel de Ayala
Director
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Date of Appointment |
September 2022 |
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Length of Service |
4 years |
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Committees |
N/A |
JAIME ALFONSO ZOBEL DE AYALA is a Director of ACEN since September 2022. 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, after sales 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 in 2019. He graduated from Harvard University with a Primary Concentration in Government.
Jaime Urquijo
Director
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Date of Appointment |
April 2024 |
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Length of Service |
2 years |
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Committees |
Sustainability (C), Executive |
JAIME URQUIJO is a Director of ACEN since April 2024. He holds the following positions in publicly listed companies: Chief Sustainability and Risk Officer of Ayala Corporation, and Director of Integrated Micro-electronics, Inc., and Director of BPI.
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 a member of the boards of WWF Philippines, the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), Makati Central Estate Association, Inc. (MACEA), and the Hero Foundation.
He was previously the Vice President for Business Development of ACEN, during which he led initiatives to expand the group’s asset portfolio in the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Indonesia.
Prior to this, he served as Head of Business Development at AF Payments, Inc., which developed the Beep Card, the country’s first interoperable public transport payment card. Before the Ayala group, he was an associate at JPMorgan in New York.
He received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from INSEAD in France and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame in the U.S.
Nicole Goh Phaik Khim
Director
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Date of Appointment |
March 2021 |
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Length of Service |
4 years |
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Committees |
Audit, |
NICOLE GOH PHAIK KIM is a Director of ACEN since March 2021. Ms. Goh is the Head for 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 Singapore’s foreign reserves. It is one of the world’s largest investors, with well over US$100 billion in assets across more than 40 countries. Ms. Goh has been a member of GIC’s infrastructure practice since 2008.
She holds 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.
Dean Travers
Director
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Date of Appointment |
April 2022 |
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Length of Service |
4 years |
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Committees |
N/A |
DEAN TRAVERS is a Director of ACEN since April 2022. 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 is currently a board member of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), where he also sits on the risk and audit committee. He advises New Energy Nexus Ventures, an emerging fund manager investing in climate tech companies based in Southeast Asia. Previously, Mr. Travers has been active in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, leading teams that developed conventional and renewable energy projects for ENGIE, a global electricity utility and energy services company. Prior to his departure in 2019, he led renewable development, commercialization, and construction at ENGIE, Australia.
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 University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Jesse Ang
Independent Director
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Date of Appointment |
April 2023 |
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Length of |
3 years |
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Committees |
Executive, |
JESSE ANG is the Lead Independent Director of ACEN, and has been an independent director since April 2023. He is currently an Independent Director of Integrated MicroElectronics, Inc. (a publicly listed company), 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 in 1985. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines in 1981, graduating summa cum laude.
Maria Lourdes Heras-de Leon
Independent Director
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Date of |
April 2023 |
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Length of Service |
3 years |
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Committees |
Corporate Governance & Nomination (C), |
MARIA LOURDES HERAS-DE LEON is an Independent Director of ACEN, and has been an independent director since April 2023. She previously served as Managing Director and Member of the Management Committee of Ayala Corporation (2011-2015) and President of Ayala Foundation, Inc. (2011-2015). She was also Vice President for Policy, Government, and Public Affairs of Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings (1997-2011), 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, World 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.
Christopher Paul
Beshouri
Independent Director
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Date of Appointment |
April 2025 |
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Length of Service |
1 year |
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Committees |
Board Risk Management & Related Party Transactions (C), Corporate Governance & Nomination, Sustainability |
CHRISTOPHER PAUL BESHOURI is an Independent Director of ACEN, and has been an independent director since April 2025. 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 Group President & Chief Operating Officer at Vicsal Development Corp. from 2013 to 2018, President & Chief Executive Officer – Philippines at McKinsey & Co. (Philippines) from 1997 to 2013, and Director at GT Capital Holdings, Inc. from 2013 to 2017. Prior to his move to Asia, he served as Managing Director of Special Banking Studies and Senior Financial Economist at the United States Treasury from 1989 to 1997, and as a Financial Auditor at Catholic Relief Services, Inc. in 1988.
Mr. Beshouri obtained his master of Public Affairs degree from Princeton University and his undergraduate degree (dual major) in Economics and Public Policy Studies from Michigan State University.
David John Nicol
Independent Director
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Date of Appointment |
September 2019 |
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Length of Service |
1 year |
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Committees |
Audit (C). Board Risk Management & Related Party Transactions, |
DAVID JOHN NICOL is an Independent Director of ACEN, and has been an independent director since April 2025. 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 earned a Bachelor of Science in Operational Research (Management Sciences) degree from Lancaster University.