Gregory Francis H. Banzon was appointed as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer in March 2018. He previously served as General Manager and Business Unit Head of the branded tuna business. Prior to that, he had 22 years of experience in various general management, marketing, and sales roles including Vice President – Marketing of Johnson & Johnson ASEAN, Country General Manager of Johnson & Johnson Indonesia, and General Manager at RFM. He graduated from De La Salle University with a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Marketing).

Edwin Raymond C. Africa was appointed as the Company’s Executive Vice President – Corporate General Manager and Group Business Unit Head in June 2022. He was initially appointed as the Company’s Senior Vice President and General Manager for Meat and Corporate Business Services in March 2018. He joined the Company in 2011 and served as General Manager and Business Unit Head of the meat business. Prior to that, he had 22 years of experience in various general management, marketing, and brand management roles in the Philippines and various Asian countries such as Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and China. He started his career with Procter & Gamble from 1991 to 2001, Nippon Paint from 2001 to 2004, and at PepsiCo from 2005-2012. He graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Engineering.

Richard Kristoffer S. Manapat was appointed Chief Finance Officer, Chief Risk Officer, and Chief Information Officer in January 2021. Since joining in 2012, he has held various positions in Century Pacific, including Head of Corporate Finance Planning and Finance Head of Tuna business unit. Prior to Century Pacific, Richard held management positions under Finance in Unilever Philippines. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Certified Risk Analyst, and Certified in Agile.

He graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines with a degree in Business Administration and Accountancy and completed the Strategic Business Economics Program from the University of Asia and the Pacific as well as the Executive Education General Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Ronald M. Agoncillo was appointed as the Company’s Vice President and General Manager of the milk business in August 2017. He joined the Company in 2009 and previously served as Vice President of Sales, Trade Marketing, and Demand Planning. Prior to this, he had 10 years of experience in various national sales management, engineering, and logistics roles in Unilever Philippines and Indonesia, 3M, Shell, Cadbury, and San Miguel. He graduated from De La Salle University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management Engineering minor in Mechanical Engineering and is an alumni of Harvard Business School from his Executive Education Advanced Management Program.

Noel Anthony M. Tempongko, Jr. serves as General Manager and Business Unit Head of the coconut business. He previously served as General Manager of The Pacific Meat Company, Inc., the refrigerated meats business of holding company Century Pacific Group. Prior to this, he had over 25 years of experience in various general management and sales management roles in both fast-moving consumer goods companies such as The Purefoods-Hormel Company Inc., Frabelle Corporation, and Magnolia, Inc., and business-to-business companies such San Miguel Pure Foods – Great Food Solutions and San Miguel Packaging Products. He graduated from the University of the Philippines (UP) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and is a recipient of the distinguished alumnus award from the UP Alumni Engineers. He also took up advanced management courses from the Asian Institute of Management and has MBA units from UP. He is currently a member of the Management Association of the Philippines.

Teddy C. Kho serves as General Manager and Business Unit Head of the tuna OEM export business. Prior to this, he had 21 years of experience in various management, operations, and technical roles including President and General Manager of San Miguel Foods Vietnam and Plant Manager of San Miguel Hoecheong. He graduated from Adamson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and completed the Management Development Program from the Asian Institute of Management.

Atty. Manuel Z. Gonzalez was re-appointed as the Company’s Corporate Secretary on June 30, 2020. He has been a Senior Partner at the Martinez Vergara Gonzalez & Serrano Law Office since 2006. Prior to this, he was a partner at the Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos Law Office. He graduated cum laude from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics, and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines, College of Law.

Atty. Gwyneth S. Ong was re-appointed as the Company’s Assistant Corporate Secretary on June 30, 2020. She has been a Partner at the Martinez Vergara Gonzalez & Serrano Law Office since 2015, having extensive experience in a broad range of securities and capital market transactions. She graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Management, and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines, College of Law.

Atty. Maria Rosario L. Ybañez was re-appointed as the Company’s Compliance Officer on June 30, 2020. She concurrently serves as the Corporate Secretary of PIZZA. She has been involved in the practice of corporate, civil, criminal, labor, and intellectual property law since 2001. She graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Management, and received a Juris Doctor degree from Ateneo de Manila University, School of Law.

Samuel V. Santillan was re-appointed as the Company’s Chief Audit Executive on June 30, 2020. He joined the Company in 2008 as Corporate Internal Audit Manager. Prior to this, he had 24 years of experience in auditing, finance, and accounting management roles in various manufacturing, shipping, trading, and retail businesses such as SGV & Co., PepsiCo Inc., Baliwag Navigation Inc., Universal Food Corporation (now NutriAsia), Marsman Drysdale Inc., and Pilipinas Makro Inc. He graduated from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration major in Accounting, and has MBA units from De La Salle University.