EDC PR 2016 (CorpGov section)

Key Executives
CARLOS V. TAN
Head – Health, Environment and
Safety Group Center of Excellence
Mr. Tan, 57, Filipino, is Head of the
Health, Environment and Safety
Center of Excellence, where he is in
charge of ensuring the company’s
environmental compliance and safety
throughout its operations.
Before joining the Lopez Group, he
was the Environment, Health and
Safety (EHS) Advisor for Emirates
National Oil Company, with the
primary function of assisting the ENOC
Group EHSQ Compliance Director
on matters relating to strategic,
functional and operational EHS
development of systems, manpower,
national development and policies or
guidelines. Prior to that, he was also
the Health, Safety and Environment
Manager of Petron Corporation.
Mr. Tan earned his degree in
Management and Industrial
Engineering from the Mapua Institute
of Technology, in Manila, Philippines.
He has more than 34 years’ experience
in health, safety, environmental
protection and emergency response.
Ramon A. Carandang
Vice-President,
Head - Corporate Affairs Group
Ramon A. Carandang, 50, Filipino, is
the Vice President of the Corporate
Affairs Group, where he is in charge of
corporate communications, watershed
management, and corporate social
responsibility. He is concurrently also
the VP for Corporate Communications
of First Gen and First Philippine
Holdings Corporation.
He also serves as a member of the
Board of Directors of Unicapital
Securities and Ronin Consultants.
Prior to these posts, he served in
the cabinet of President Benigno
Aquino III as his chief communications
strategist and was an active member
of the cabinet clusters on security and
economic affairs from 2010-2013.
Before joining the government, he
was a reporter/presenter for ABS-
CBN News and the ABS-CBN News
Channel from 2000-2010. In the 1990s
he was a stockbroker employed by
various local and foreign brokerage
houses. He graduated from Ateneo
de Manila University with a degree in
Management Economics.
2016 Training
• Leaders Assembly 2016
• Corporate Governance
ARIEL ARMAN V. LAPUS
Vice President,
Head - Business Development, and
Managing Director for Latin America
Mr. Lapus, 47, Filipino, was appointed
by the Board in March 2012 to oversee
EDC’s business development efforts in
Latin America. He is based in Santiago,
Chile, and supervises the EDC
organizations in both Chile and Peru.
He sits in the boards of directors of all
the EDC companies in Chile and Peru.
Mr. Lapus is also a Vice President
in First Gen Corporation where he
headed the Power Marketing and
Trading Group from November
2009 until his secondment to EDC in
March 2012. Prior to joining First Gen
Corporation, he was Executive Vice
President of Global Business Power
Corporation and Vice President of
Mirant Philippines Corporation.
Mr. Lapus graduated with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Business
Management from the Ateneo de
Manila University (1990) and has a
Master in Business Management
(MBM) degree from the Asian Institute
of Management (1997).
2016 Trainings
• Leaders Assembly 2016
• Corporate Governance
Raymundo N. Jarque, Jr.
Vice-President, Head - International
and Frontier/Business Development
Group
Mr. Jarque, 50, Filipino, was appointed
by the Board on September 9, 2015.
Prior to his appointment, he was head
of Business Development-International
with special focus on Indonesia where
the Company has a Representative
Office.
Mr. Jarque has been with the Lopez
Group since 1989. He is also a Vice
President in First Gen Corporation
where he led the Run-of-River Hydro
business development team until his
secondment to EDC in Jan. 17, 2011.
Prior to joining First Gen Corporation,
he worked in various subsidiaries and
affiliates of First Philippine Holdings
including Head of Operations of a
transformer manufacturing and repair
facility and Project Manager in a
pipeline project.
Mr. Jarque graduated with a Bachelor
of Science in Mechanical Engineering
degree from the University of the
Philippines (1989) and earned
his Executive Masters in Business
Management (EMBA) from the Asian
Institute of Management in 2000.
Mr. Jarque was appointed on January
27, 2016 as VP for the Business
Development Group to replace Mr.
Villegas.
2016 Training
• Leaders Assembly 2016
• Life Saving Rules/Consequence
Management Program
• Corporate Governance
ERWIN o. AVANTE
Vice President,
Head - Corporate Finance Division,
Compliance Officer
Mr. Avante, 42, Filipino, was appointed
by the Board in March 2011 as Vice
President for Corporate Finance, and
as Compliance Officer of February
28, 2016. He is also a Vice-President
in First Gen Corporation and was a
member of the Board of Trustees of
the CFA Society of the Philippines
from 2010-2013. Prior to joining the
Lopez Group in 1998, Mr. Avante
worked as Senior Audit In-charge at
SyCip, Gorres, Velayo &. Co.
Mr. Avante has a Masters Degree
in Business Administration (2000)
and a Masters Degree in Science
in Computational Finance (2003),
both obtained from the De La Salle
University Graduate School of
Business and a Bachelor of Science
degree in Accountancy from De La
Salle University (1994). Mr. Avante
placed 1st in the May 1995 Certified
Public Accountants board examination.
He is also a CFA charterholder since
2005.
2016 Trainings
• Leaders Assembly 2016
• CMP/LSR Roll-out
• Making Meetings Work
• Latham & Watkins Presentation on
Financing and Financing Covenants
• Communicating for Leadership
Success
• Corporate Governance
RASSEN M. LOPEZ
Vice President,
Head - Legal and Regulatory Group
Atty. Rassen M. Lopez, 47, Filipino, has
been with the Energy Development
Corporation since 2013, when he
was seconded from First Gas Power
Corporation (FGP Corp) to head the
Company’s then newly-formed Legal
and Regulatory Group.
His career with the Lopez Group
started in 2007 with First Gen
Corporation as Senior Manager until
2010, as Assistant Vice-President
at FGP Corp in 2013, and as Vice
President also at FGP Corp in 2015.
to 1993.He subsequently joined
the National Power Corporation
where he served under various
capacities, including as Corporate
Privatization Officer I, until 1999.
He was an Associate Lawyer at the
Tan Acut & Lopez Law Firm and the
Platon Martinez Flores San Pedro &
Leano Law Offices. He also served as
the Chief of Staff of Senator Sergio
Osmena III at the Senate of the
Philippines.
Atty. Lopez holds a Bachelor of
Science in Industrial Engineering
(1992), Bachelor of Laws (1998), and
Master of Science in Finance (2003)
degrees from the University of the
Philippines.
2016 Training
• Leaders Assembly 2016
• Corporate Governance
Erudito S. Recio
Investor Relations Officer
Mr. Recio, 59, Filipino, has been with
the Company since 1981. He was
appointed to his current position in
January 2007 but has performed his
current duties since December 2006.
He started with the Company as a
Planning Engineer in 1981 and has
since held various positions in the
Planning & Control Division. He was
Corporate Planning Manager from
1993 to 2006.
Mr. Recio obtained a B. S. in
Management Engineering degree
from the Ateneo de Manila University.
He completed the Management
Development Program of AIM (1996).
2016 Trainings
• Practical Parenting Talk
• Leaders Assembly 2016
• Corporate Governance
Prior to joining the Lopez Group, Atty.
Lopez was Unit Manager at Procter
& Gamble Philippines from 1992
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