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OMAR T. CRUZ
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Cruz is Philamlife’s Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer. He graduated at the De La Salle University with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management Engineering and Master of Science in Industrial Economics at the University of Asia & the Pacific. Since 2008, he is Director of the following: Philam Fund, Inc., Philam Bond Fund, Inc., Philam Dollar Bond Fund, Inc., Philam Strategic Growth Fund, Inc., Philam Managed Income Fund, Inc. and PAMI Global Bond Fund Philippines, Inc. Previous to his current post at Philamlife, Mr. Cruz was the Treasurer of the Philippines from March 2005 to May 2007. A renowned economist and financial expert even prior to his stint with the government, Mr. Cruz was a key senior officer at Citibank N.A. overseeing several groups such as Treasury, Risk Management and Private Banking. |
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KAREN LIZA M. ROA
President and CEO
Ms. Roa has a Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Management from the Ateneo De Manila University and an MBA degree from Fordham University in New York, USA. Ms. Roa began her career at Chase Manhattan Bank NY as an Associate in the Bank’s Management Development Program. She later returned to the Philippines joining Citibank Manila where she held various positions in the quality assurance and asset management groups. In 2001, Ms Roa moved to head Philam Savings Bank’s Trust Banking Division. She was responsible for setting up and managing the Bank’s trust business. Prior to joining Philam Asset Management, Inc., Ms. Roa was the Asia-Pacific Product Director for Investment and Wealth Management Solutions of Sungard Asia-Pacific. |
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REYNALDO C. CENTENO
Director
Mr. Centeno has truly proven himself up the ladder as he is now Philamlife’s Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Actuary. He has been with this company for 24 years. He started working with Philamlife as an Actuarial Associate in 1986, got promoted as Assistant Vice-President and Actuary immediately after a year and eventually as the Senior Assistant Vice-President of the Actuarial Department in 1989. Shortly after that, he became the Vice-President and supervised the overall operation of the actuarial area and its coordination with other departments. In 1991, he was promoted as First Vice-President of the Actuarial Division and eventually as a Senior Vice-President for Insurance Operations. Mr. Centeno was also affiliated with the Social Security System where he became OIC of the Investment Accounts and Real Estate Departments. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Philamlife (2005-present), BPI-Philam Life Assurance Corp. (2010-present), Philam Asset Management, Inc. (1994-present), Philam Call Center (1999-present), Philam Equitable Life Assurance Co. (2003-present), Tower Club, Inc.(2000-present), and the Asian Eye Institute, Inc. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Philam Properties Corporation (2010-present), Philamlife Tower Condominium Corporation (2002-present), Philamlife Tower Management Corp. (2000-present), and Philam Tower Realty Corp. (2000-present). He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Philam Foundation. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (USA), the Actuarial Society of the Philippines, and the Life Management Institute. He is also a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries and the International Actuarial Association. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines and Master of Science degree in Actuarial Mathematics from the University of Michigan. Mr. Centeno is a graduate of the Top Management Program of the Asian Institute of Management. |
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FE R. VELASCO
Director
Effective January 2009, Ms. Velasco was appointed as the Senior Vice-President and Chief Finance Officer of Philamlife. Prior to this, she held the position of First Vice-President and Controller for nine years. She spent four years serving as Associate Controller and eight years as Budget Manager, prior to which as an Audit Assistant at SGV & Co. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Philam Properties Corporation (1995 to 1996, 1998 to present), 18/f, Holdings, Inc. (2006 – present), 45/f, Holdings, Inc. (2007- present), Kapatiran Realty Corporation (April 2002 – present), PERF Realty Corporation (2002-present), Philam Asset Management, Inc. (April 2010 – present), Tower Club Inc. (2000 – present) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Philam Foundation, Inc (2002 – present). She is a member of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Executives of the Philippines and she is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute. Ms. Velasco received a BSC in Accounting from the University of Sto. Tomas, Magna Cum Laude. |
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KEVIN L.C. NG
Director
Mr. Ng is the Head of Asset Allocation Advisory of AIA Investment. Prior to joining AIA, he was Vice President – Asia Wealth Management Products at ABN AMRO Bank, helping the bank to build up a regional investment advisory and structured product development platform. Previously, he headed the investment departments of Bank Consortium Trust in Hong Kong, responsible for analyzing and developing pension funds. Before 2001, Kevin was an economist at ABN AMRO Securities in Singapore.
Kevin earned his CFA charter in 1998. He holds an undergraduate degree in economics from the Australian National University, an MSc in Financial Economics and an MSc in International Management from the University of London. |
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WING CHE ANDREW LEUNG
Director
Mr. Leung holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is currently Vice-President and Head of External Manager Strategies of the American International Assurance Company Limited (AIA). He is responsible for overseeing investment outsourcing strategy and manager evaluation processes for the Group. Prior to joining AIA, he was Executive Director, Head of Research of SPARX International where he led the manager selection process across alternative investment strategies in Asia. Mr. Leung spent 12 years with HSBC Asset Management where he was involved in building up the multi-manager function and drove the manager research process across a wide range of traditional investment funds, and where as a member of the Multi-Manager Global Investment Committee, he was responsible for setting research procedures and criteria, and for selecting and monitoring performances of third party managers on the HSBC global platforms. |
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JAVIER J. CALERO
Independent Director
Mr. Calero was previously Senior Adviser for International Foundation for Elections Systems based in Washington D.C. which is currently working on Strengthening National and Provincial Legislative Governance in Pakistan. He was also Chairman of the Zenith Optimedia and Signium Ward Howell, an Executive Development Search Firm. His exposure to social and political climate was very evident as he was involved in the Indonesian Presidential Elections in 1999 where he became part of the post-election program funded by the USAID. Likewise, he was then President and CEO of J. Walter Thompson, Philippines and was promoted as its Regional Director in countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore in which he was responsible in ensuring the profitability of the said countries. Currently, he holds directorship in various organizations—Institute of Corporate Directors, Philippine Band of Mercy, Asian Institute for Journalism and Communication, Dearborn Motors-Ford Dealership, Performance Auto Motors Group, Inc. and World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation. He is also Trustee and Vice-Chairman of the University of Asia and the Pacific. |
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EDGARDO A. GRAU
Independent Director
Mr. Grau is a graduate of the De La Salle University with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and graduated with an MBA degree, major in Industrial Management at Wharton Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania. He was previously the Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer of Philamlife and a director of various mutual funds of Philam Asset Management, Inc. as well as the affiliates, subsidiaries and investee companies of Philamlife. Mr. Grau also held positions at Meralco’s Technical Services Group as Assistant Vice-President, Philippine Commercial International Bank as Vice-President, Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila, Inc. as Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer, Magellan Capital Holdings Corporation as Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, and Philippine Asia Equity Securities, Inc. as Senior Vice-President for Investment Banking. |
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