Mr. Salvador G. Tirona was appointed Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer in March 2023. Mr. Tirona has been a director since 2020 and was appointed as the Treasurer in the same year. He is the President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Finance Officer of LHC. He is a director of ABS-CBN. He holds a Bachelors’ Degree in Economics from the University of Ateneo de Manila and a Master of Business Administration from the same university. He was the Comptroller of the Company from 2010 to 2020.
Mr. Benjamin R. Lopez has been a director since 2020. He is the Treasurer and Senior Executive Vice President of Lopez, Inc. He is a director and the President of Lopez, Inc. subsidiary INAEC Aviation Corporation. He is a director of Rockwell Land Corporation. He is also a Vice President of First Philippine Holdings Corporation and a director of its various subsidiaries such as First Balfour, Inc., Terraprime, Inc., First Philippine Electric Corp., and First Philec, Inc. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Affairs (1992) from George Washington University. He obtained his Executive Masters in Business Administration degree from the Asian Institute of Management (2001). He last attended corporate governance training on October 21, 2022. He has been nominated for re-election.
Ms. Maria Amina O. Amado became a director in 2023. She has been the Assistant Corporate Secretary since 1999. She is currently Assistant Corporate Secretary, Vice President for Legal and Compliance Officer of Lopez Holdings Corporation. She is also the corporate secretary and assistant corporate secretary of various Lopez Holdings subsidiaries and affiliates. She graduated with an A.B. Political Science degree in 1984 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1989 from the University of the Philippines. She completed the academic requirements for the Executive Masters in Business Administration program of the Asian Institute of Management.
Mr. Emmanuel S. de Dios has been a Professor of Economics at the University of the Philippines School of Economics since 1989. He is also the President of Human Development Network (Philippines) since July 2012. He was the Dean of the University of the Philippines School of Economics from 2007 to 2010. He was a member of the Board of Advisers to the Board of Directors of the Company from 2011 until his election as an Independent Director in 2013. He became chair of the Board of Trustees of Pulse Asia Research, Inc. as of 2016. He received his AB Economics degree from the Ateneo de Manila University (cum laude) in 1978 and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of the Philippines in 1987. He pursued post-doctoral studies at the Universität Konstanz in Germany from 1987 to 1988 and is the author or editor of various books, monographs, articles and reviewers in economics. Mr. De Dios is an independent director of ABS-CBN Corporation and Bank of the Philippine Islands.
Mr. Jacob received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1971. He has been the vice chairman and CEO of STI Education Services Group, Inc. since 2016 and president of STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc. (publicly listed) since 2010.52 He is an independent director of Rockwell Land (since 2016), and a regular director of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. (since 2010), and Asian Terminals, Inc. (since 2009), all publicly listed companies. He has been a director of Information and Communications Technology (iACADEMY), Inc. (since 2003), Maestro Holdings, Inc. (formerly STI Investments, Inc.) (since 2007), Philippines First Insurance Company, Inc. (since 2016), Philippine Life Financial Assurance, Inc. (since 2013), Philhealthcare, Inc. (since 2013), PhilPlans First, Inc. (since 2017), Rosehills Memorial Management, Inc. (since 2014), and Total Consolidated Asset Management, Inc. (since 1999). He last attended corporate governance training on October 21, 2022.
The following are ABS-CBN Holdings Corporation’s Board Committees and respective members:
Emmanuel S. De Dios – Chairman
Monico V. Jacob – Member
Benjamin R. Lopez – Member
Monico V. Jacob – Chairman
Emmanuel S. De Dios – Member
Benjamin R. Lopez – Member
Benjamin R. Lopez – Chairman
Emmanuel S. De Dios – Member
Monico V. Jacob – Member
Salvador G. Tirona
Chairman of the Board
President
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Benjamin R. Lopez
Treasurer
Marifi H. Hernandez
Comptroller
Enrique I. Quiason
Corporate Secretary and Compliance Officer
Maria Amina O. Amado
Assistant Corporate Secretary
