Maynilad Leadership

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Our Leaders

Maynilad is guided by a team of seasoned executives whose collective experience, deep industry expertise, and unwavering integrity drive the company’s strategic direction. Their leadership ensures operational excellence, responsible governance, and long-term value creation for all stakeholders.

Board of Directors

Board of Director

Manuel V. Pangilinan

Chairman • Filipino • 2007-Present

Mr. Manuel V. Pangilinan assumed chairmanship of Maynilad in January 2007 and remain as such up to the present. He is also the President and CEO of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Smart Communications, and continues to serve as their Chairman concurrently.

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He also serves as Chairman, Vice Chairman, or Board of Director of Manila Electric Company (MERALCO), Metro Pacific Investments Corp., Mediaquest Inc., Associated Broadcasting Corp. (TV5), Philex Mining Corp., Philex Petroleum Corp., NLEX Corp. (formerly Manila North Tollways Corp.), Landco Pacific Corp., Medical Doctors, Inc. (owner and operator of Makati Medical Center), Colinas Verdes Hospital Managers Corp. (operator of Cardinal Santos Medical Center), Davao Doctors Incorporated, Riverside Medical Center Incorporated in Bacolod, East Manila Hospital Managers Corp. (operator of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital), Asian Hospital, Inc., Central Luzon Doctors’ Hospital in Tarlac, De Los Santos Medical Center, Metro Pacific Zamboanga Hospital Corporation, and The Megaclinic Incorporated. In 2012, he was appointed as Vice Chairman of Roxas Holdings Inc., which owns and operates the largest sugar milling operations in the Philippines

Mr. Pangilinan founded First Pacific in 1981 and serves as its Managing Director and CEO. Within the First Pacific Group, he holds the positions of President and Commissioner of P.T. Indofood Sukses Makmur, the largest food company in Indonesia.

In civic duties, Mr. Pangilinan sits as Chairman of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), PLDT-Smart Foundation Inc., One Meralco Foundation Inc., and Co-Chairman of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), and is a Director of the Philippine Business for Education (PBED). He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of San Beda College and Co-Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Stratbase Albert del Rosario Institute and the U.S. – Philippine Society.

In sports, Mr. Pangilinan is Chairman of the MVP Sports Foundation, Inc. and Chairman Emeritus of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.

Board of Director

Isidro A. Consunji

Vice Chairman • Filipino • 2007-Present

Mr. Isidro A. Consunji has been Vice Chairman of Maynilad since January 2007. Presently, he is the Chairman and President of DMCI Holdings, Inc. (DMCI).

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He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Semirara Mining and Power Corp., Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp., D.M. Consunji, Inc., DMCI Project Developers Inc., DMCI Mining Corp., DMCI Power Corp., DMCI Masbate Power Corp., Sem-Calaca Power Corp., Sem-Cal Industrial Park Developers, Inc., Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corp., Sem-Calaca Res Corp., Semirara Claystone, Inc., and Wire Rope Corp. of the Philippines.

Mr. Consunji graduated from the University of the Philippines where he earned a degree in Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He also took up Master of Business Economics from the Center for Research and Communication (now University of Asia and the Pacific) and Master of Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management. He took up an Advanced Management Program at IESE School in Barcelona, Spain.

Among Mr. Consunji’s civic affiliations are Philippine Overseas Construction Board (Chairman); Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (Board Member); Philippine Constructors Association and Philippines Chamber of Coal Mines (Past President); and Asian Institute of Management Alumni Association, UP Alumni Engineers, and UP Aces Alumni Association (Member).

In 2016, he was recognized as the Most Distinguished Alumnus by the UP Alumni Engineers (UPAE). Most recently, he was named Management Man of the Year 2022 by the Management Association of the Philippines.

Jose Ma. K. Lim

Director • Filipino • 2007-Present

Mr. Jose Ma. K. Lim has been a Director of Maynilad since 2007. He is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.

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He joined the MPIC Group (which was then called Metro Pacific Corporation or MPC) in 1995 as Treasury Vice President of the Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation (then a subsidiary of MPC). He was later appointed as its Chief Finance Officer in 2000. In 2001, he assumed more responsibility for the Company as he concurrently served as Vice President and Chief Finance Officer of MPC.

Mr. Lim currently acts as a Director in the following MPIC subsidiary and affiliate companies: Beacon Electric Asset Holdings Incorporated, Meralco, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, MNTC, Tollways Management Corporation, Light Rail Manila Corporation, AF Payments Inc, MetroPac Water Investments Incorporated, Indra Philippines, Medical Doctors Incorporated, Colinas Verdes Hospital Managers Corporation, and East Manila Managers Corporation. He is also the Chairman of Asian Hospital Incorporated, Davao Doctors Hospital (Clinica Hilario) Incorporated, and Riverside Medical Center Incorporated. He is also the President of the Metro Strategic Infrastructure Holdings Incorporated.

He is a founding member of the Shareholders Association of the Philippines. He is also an active member of the Management Association of the Philippines where he served as Vice-Chair of the Good Governance Committee from 2007 to 2009.

Prior to joining the MPIC Group, he built himself a solid reputation in foreign banking institutions as Vice President of the Equitable Banking Corporation and Director for Investment Banking of the First National Bank of Boston.

For five consecutive years from 2012-2016, he was conferred the Best CEO for Investor Relations by Corporate Governance Asia.

Mr. Lim earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Ateneo de Manila University and his Master of Business Administration degree from the Asian Institute of Management.

Jorge A. Consunji

Director • Filipino • 2007-Present

Mr. Jorge A. Consunji has been a Director of Maynilad since January 2007. Presently, he is the President and CEO of D.M. Consunji, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Wire Rope Corp. of the Philippines.

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He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of DMCI Holdings, Inc., Semirara Mining and Power Corp., DMCI Project Developers, Inc., DMCI Mining Corp., DMCI Power Corp., Sem-Calaca Power Corp., Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corp., DACON Corp., and Beta Electric Corp.

Ramoncito S. Fernandez

Director/ President / CEO • Filipino • 2006-Present

Mr. Ramoncito S. Fernandez is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Maynilad Water Services, Inc.

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He holds directorships in Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), MetroPac Water Investments Corporation, Metro Iloilo Bulk Water Supply Corporation, Metro Iloilo Water, Inc., Metro Pacific Dumaguete Water Services, Inc., MetroPac Cagayan De Oro, Inc., Cagayan De Oro Bulk Water, Inc., BOO Phu Ninh Water Treatment Plant Joint Stock Company, Tuan Loc Water Resources Investment Joint Stock Company, Philippine Hydro (PH), Inc., and Amayi Water Solutions, Inc.

He was President of the Management Association of the Philippines in 2018, currently the Chairman of Shareholders Association of the Philippines, Board Trustee of First Pacific Leadership Academy, Board Member of Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), Member of Makati Business Club and Fellow & Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors, Board member of De La Salle Alumni Association, College of Engineering Chapter and a Certified ASEAN Engineer and recently re-elected as Board Member of the Asia Water Council for 2023-2026.

He is the 2009 PISM GAWAD SINOP Awardee, an award conferred by the Foundation of the Society of Fellows in Supply Management and the Philippine Institute for Supply Management to outstanding achievers in the field of supply management.

Mr. Fernandez was President and CEO of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) and Tollways Management Corporation (TMC) from 2009 to 2015.

Mr. Fernandez has been with the MVP Group since 1994, first under the packaging business and later with PLDT and Smart. He has led the tollways group in its expansion projects and championed strategies and programs on customer service satisfaction, innovation and a performance driven culture that has promoted profitability and growth of the organization. He is currently the Head of the MVP Group water business, leading the Next Generation Maynilad Transformation, as well as growth outside Metro Manila.

He is a BS Industrial Management Engineering graduate of De La Salle University. He has a Master’s Degree in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management, and completed the Advanced Management Program at the University of Asia & The Pacific / IESE.

Randolph T. Estrellado

Director / COO • Filipino • 2007-Present; COO- 2016-Present

Mr. Randolph T. Estrellado has been a Director of Maynilad since January 2007 and is concurrently the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. He was appointed COO of the Company in February 2016, after serving almost 10 years as its Chief Finance Officer since joining the Company in January 2007. He previously served as Director and Chief Finance Officer of Metro Pacific Investments Corp.

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Prior to joining Metro Pacific, Mr. Estrellado was Vice President and Chief Finance Officer for ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation from 2000 to 2006. He had also served in various positions of senior responsibility with the Lopez Group and Phinma Group of Companies.

Mr. Estrellado obtained his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1991 and his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management, Honors Program, from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1986.

June Cheryl A. Cabal Revilla

Director • Filipino • 2022 -Present

Ms. June Cheryl Cabal-Revilla has been a Director of Maynilad since 2022. She is an Executive Director and the Chief Finance, Risk and Sustainability Officer of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC). Apart from Maynilad, she is concurrently a Board of Director of all MPIC subsidiaries – Meralco, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, Metro Pacific Hospitals Holdings Inc, Light Rail Manila Corporation, LandCo Pacific Corporation, among others. She is also the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of mWell, MPIC’s digital healthcare arm.

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Prior to joining MPIC, she held various executive leadership positions at the PLDT Group, the Philippines’ largest fully integrated telco company. She was the former Senior Vice President and Group Controller, and Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) of the PLDT Group and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Smart, PLDT-Smart Foundation, Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) and in a number of subsidiaries and affiliates of PLDT, Smart & ePLDT.

She is an Appointed Member of the Financial Reporting and Sustainability Standards Council (FSRSC) of the Philippines, the accounting and sustainability standards-setters in the country, since 2010 for FRSC. She was conferred the Accountancy Centenary Award of Excellence (One of the 100 Notable CPAs) in early 2023 by the Philippine Board of Accountancy. She was also hailed as Asian Institute Management Triple A Awardee in 2020 – 145 awardees out of 45,000 graduates. Chaye has received several Best CFO, Best CSO and Top CEO awards by reputable institutions from Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the Philippines. She was an awardee of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in 2013 and the incumbent President of TOYM Foundation. In 2023, she was conferred the Most Influential Filipina Woman in the World at the Filipina Leadership Global Summit in Prague, Czech Republic.

She is the Founding Chair of Gabay Guro, the Philippines’ biggest and longest-running education advocacy program for teachers.

Prior to joining PLDT as Executive Trainee in the Finance Group in 2000, she was a Senior Associate in the Business Audit and Advisory Group of SGV & Co. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy from De La Salle University and Master’s Degree in Business Management, Major in Finance, from Asian Institute of Management (AIM). She also finished her Executive Program in the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2018. In 2022, she also took the Swedish Institute Management Program and the Innovative Dynamic Education and Action for Sustainability (IDEAS Asia Pacific), a transformational leadership program of the MIT Management Sloan School.

Kazuaki Shibuya

Director • Japanese • 2022-Present

Mr. Kazuaki Shibuya joined the Maynilad Board of Directors in April 2022. He is presently General Manager of the Environmental Infrastructure Department of Marubeni Corporation. He has been engaged in the development of various international infrastructure projects, such as power/water projects in Marubeni Corporation for 30 years, including overseas assignments in Chennai/New Delhi, India (2000-2004), Johannesburg, South Africa (2015-2019) as Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Marubeni Middle-East & Africa Power Limited.

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Mr. Shibuya held a director position in Marubeni’s water business subsidiary and affiliate companies such as Aguas Nuevas S.A (Santiago, Chile), Aguas Decima S.A (Valdivia, Chile), AGS (Lisbon, Portugal) and Shuqaiq Three Company for Water (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia).

Nagahito Miyoshi

Director • Filipino • 2023-Present

Mr. Nagahito Miyoshi has been a director of Maynilad since April 2023. He is also President of MCNK JV Corporation, and Vice President of Environmental Infrastructure Department of Marubeni Philippines Corporation.

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Mr. Miyoshi has been with the Marubeni Corporation for over 25 years, serving in various positions across the Company since 1998, including as a General Manager for Energy Infrastructure Projects Sec-1 (2016); General Manager for Plant Projects Sec-1 (2017); and Head Representative of the Marubeni Tashkent Office (2019).

Herbert M. Consunji

Director • Filipino • 2023-Present

Mr. Herbert M. Consunji has been appointed a Director of Maynilad in April 2023. He previously served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer from May 2006 until February 2016.

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He is also the Director of DMCI Holdings, Inc., D.M. Consunji, Inc., Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, DMCI Power Corporation, DMCI Mining Corporation, DMCI Project Developers, Inc., Sem-Calaca Power Corporation, Sem-Cal Industrial Park Development, Inc., Sem Calaca Res Corp., Semirara Materials and Resources, Inc., Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corp., and Subic Water & Sewerage Corporation. Currently, he also serves as Executive Vice President/Chief Finance Officer, Chief Compliance and Chief Risk Officer of DMCI Holdings, Inc.; and Treasurer of DMCI Mining Corp.

Joseph Ian G. Gendrano

Director • Filipino • 2023-Present

Mr. Joseph Ian G. Gendrano has assumed a board position in Maynilad beginning April 2023. He has been with PLDT, Inc. for over 10 years. Currently, he is PLDT, Inc.’s Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining PLDT, he had formerly served at Goldman Sachs, Cisco Systems, Inc., and Verizon Business in New York and in New Jersey.

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Mr. Gendrano graduated from De La Salle University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering. He also took up Master of Science in Engineering, Major in Telecommunications and Networking, from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Ricardo M. Pilares III

Director • Filipino • 2023-Present

Atty. Ricardo M. Pilares III joined the Maynilad Board in April 2023. He is also Vice President for Legal at Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC). As the Company’s Chief Legal Officer, Mr. Pilares takes the lead legal role in various projects of MPIC, including PPP Projects as well as major M&A projects.

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He also serves as Compliance Officer, Corporate Governance Officer and Corporate Secretary of MPIC. Mr. Pilares also acts as legal counsel and corporate secretary of MPIC’s various subsidiaries and affiliates. He is a member of the faculty of Ateneo Law School, teaching Statutory Construction and Conflict of Laws.

Fortunato T. Dela Pena

Independent Director • Filipino • 2023-Present

Mr. Fortunato T. de la Peña joined the Maynilad Board of Directors in April 2023. He served as the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) from 2016 until 2022. He has been the President of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology since 2011.

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Mr. De La Peña also served as an Undersecretary for the DOST (2001 to 2014) and held a director position in the department’s Technology Application and Promotion Institute (1989 to 1991). He also held several positions in the University of the Philippines, such as: Professorial Lecturer in Industrial Engineering (2011-2016), Professor of Industrial Engineering (1973-2011), Vice-President for Planning & Development (1993-1999), Director of Institute for Small Scale Industries (1992-2001), and Chairman of Department of Industrial Engineering (1982-1988).

Gil S. Jacinto

Independent Director • Filipino • 2023-Present

Mr. Gil S. Jacinto joined the Maynilad Board of Directors in April 2023. He also served as Assistant Vice-President for Academic Affairs (Internationalization), and as Director for Office of International Linkages in the University of the Philippines (UP) System (2017 to 2020).

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For 23 years, Mr. Jacinto served as a Professor in the University of the Philippines Diliman Marine Science Institute (1997- 2020). Among his civic affiliations are UNESCO National Commission-UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Consultant), National Research Council of the Philippines (Member), IOC Advisory Body of Experts of the Law of the Sea (Member), and UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (Philippine Focal Person).

Ms. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng

Independent Director • Filipino • 2023-Present

Ms. Ma. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng has been part of the Maynilad Board of Directors since April 2023. Currently, she is a professor at the Department of Educational Leadership and Management of the Gokongwei Brothers School of Education and Learning Design.

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She is also the Executive Director of the Lily Gokongwei Ngochua Leadership Academy and the ASEAN University Network on Ecological Education and Culture. Ms. Cuyegkeng is also Chair of CHED Technical Working Group on Institutional Sustainability Assessment, and Managing Editor of the Journal of Management for Global Sustainability. She obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Chemistry from the Ateneo de Manila University, and her doctoral degree in Chemistry from the University of Regensburg in Germany.

Board Committee

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee, which acts upon matters affecting the general policy of the Company and such matters as the Board may entrust to it in between meetings of the Board. The Executive Committee, as provided in Maynilad’s By-Laws, has five members, composed of the Chairperson of the Board or the Vice Chairperson who shall act as chairperson of all meetings of the committee, two members of the Board and such other persons or officers as the Board may designate.

Isidro A. Consuji

Chairperson