Corporate Information

Christopher T. Po was elected as the Company’s Chairman on October 5, 2016 and has been its Chairman since March 31, 2016. He is also the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Century Pacific Food, Inc. (CNPF), a company listed on the PSE and concurrently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Century Pacific Group, Inc. (CPGI). Prior to joining CPG, he was Managing Director for Guggenheim Partners, a US financial services firm, where he was in charge of the firm’s Hong Kong office. Previously, he was a Management Consultant at McKinsey and Company working with companies in the Asian region. He also worked as the Head of Corporate Planning for JG Summit Holdings, a Philippine-based conglomerate. He graduated summa cum laude from Wharton School and College of Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania with dual degrees in Economics (finance concentration) and applied science (system engineering) in 1991. He holds a Master degree in Business Administration from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. Christopher Po is a member of the board of directors of Arthaland Corporation (ALCO), a company listed on the PSE, and is a member of the board of trustees of WWF-Philippines, as well as the Wharton Penn Alumni Club of the Philippines. He is also the President of the CPG-RSPo Foundation.

Ricardo Gabriel T. Po was elected as the Company’s Vice Chairman on October 5, 2016 and has been its Vice-Chairmansince March 31, 2016. He is also Vice Chairman of CNPF. He graduated magna cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management in 1990. He also took the Executive Program (Owner-President Management Program) at Harvard Business School in 2000. He is also a Vice Chairman of the board of directors and serves on the executive committee of ALCO.

Teodoro Alexander T. Po was elected as the Company’s Vice Chairman on October 5, 2016 and has been its ViceChairmansince March 31, 2016. He is also the Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer of CNPF. He is also a Member of the board of directors of CPGI. Since 1990, Mr. Teodoro Po has held various positions in CPGI. He graduated summa cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering in 1990. He also completed the Executive Education Program (Owner/ President Management Program) at Harvard Business School.

Leonardo Arthur T. Po was elected as the Company’s director and Treasurer on October 5, 2016 and has been its directorsince March 31, 2016. He has been the Treasurer of CNPF since June 30, 2015. He is concurrently Executive Vice President and Treasurer of ALCO, serves as Executive Director of CPGI and the General Manager for its Emerging Business Units. Mr. Leonardo Po graduated magna cum laude from Boston University with a degree in Business Administration and has extensive and solid business development experience in the consumer marketing, finance and operations of fast moving consumer goods, food service, quick-serve restaurants and real estate development.

Paulo L. Campos III was first elected an Independent Director of the Company on October 14, 2016. Mr. Campos is theco-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ZALORA Philippines, having founded the company in the late 2011. Prior to ZALORA, he was a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Singapore where he worked with companies across the region on issues related to business development, organizational development, investor communications and strategy. Mr. Campos holds a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a degree from its Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. After university, he was employed with Ayala Land, Inc. as Special Assistant to the President until 2008.

Fernan Victor P. Lukban was first elected an Independent Director of the Company on October 14, 2016. He was elected as Lead Independent Director on May 23, 2018. He is a well-recognized consultant in family business, strategy, entrepreneurship and governance. Mr. Lukban holds undergraduate degrees in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from De La Salle University, an MSc in Industrial Economics from the Center for Research & Communication, now University of Asia & the Pacific, and an MBA from IESE, Barcelona, Spain. He spent much of his early professional years in academia, helping establish the University of Asia & the Pacific where he currently participates as a consultant, mentor, and guest lecturer. He is a founding fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors and International Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He served as an Independent Director of ALCO from 2011 to 2016 and is currently serving as an Independent Director of CNPF and a Director of Central Azucarera de Tarlac, Inc. (a company listed on the PSE).

Vicente L. Gregorio was elected as the Company’s director on October 5, 2016 and has been a director since March 31,2016. Mr. Vicente Gregorio has also been the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2013. He has more than 30 of experience in the food business, previously serving as Operations Director in various food service companies prior to assuming the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of the Company in February 2003. He also currently serves as a member of the board of the Philippine Franchise Association, Cavallino, Inc., Don Bosco Technical College, Bosconian International Chamber of Commerce, and Plan Master Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. Mr. Vicente Gregorio graduated from Central Colleges of the Philippines with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and has earned units in the Business Administration Master’s program of the Graduate School of Business at Ateneo de Manila University.

Frances J. Yu was elected as the Company’s Independent Director on August 16, 2018. She concurrently serves as the Chief Retail Strategist of Mansmith and Fielders, Inc., the largest marketing and sales training company in the Philippines. She was previously the Vice President and Business Unit Head of Rustan’s Supermarket and the Vice President and Head of Marketing Operations for Rustan’s Supercenters, Inc. Ms. Frances J. Yu founded FJY Consulting, Inc., a corporate marketing and management consulting company which she managed as President. She was also the Vice President and General Manager of a marketing research and consulting firm catering to the top 500 corporations in several sectors. From 2003 to 2005, she served as the Chairperson for the National Retail Conference and Stores Asia Expo (NRCE) Programs Committee of the Philippine Retailers Association. She graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University, New York with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

Eileen Grace Zshornack-Araneta was elected as the Company Director on March 5, 2019. Her professional experience spans 25 years as a Marketing and Advertising practitioner, having held  senior positions at Unilever Philippines and J Walter Thompson Advertising.   Currently, she continues to pursue her passion as a consultant for Brand and Communications Strategy, attending to both multinational and local clients. At Unilever, she occupied a Southeast Asia regional post as Vice-President for Brand Development for Knorr.   Prior to this, she was Managing Director for Unilever Foods Phil., handling Knorr, Lady’s Choice, Best Foods, Lipton brands.  She was also Marketing Director for the Personal Care Division, with an extensive portfolio of brands like Sunsilk, Cream Silk, Rexona, Pond’s, Dove, Close Up, Vaseline.  Through her involvement with a wide range of brands, she has built up deep expertise in Category Strategy, Consumer Insight Mining and Brand & Advertising Development.  Eileen is a graduate of the University of the Philippines where she finished a B.S. Business Economics degree, magna cum laude.