Jose Carlitos G. Cruz, 62 years old, Filipino, has been an Independent Director of the Company since June 17, 2021. Prior to this, he was the Chairman and Managing Partner of Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. from 2017 to 2019; Vice Chairman and Deputy Managing Partner from 2013 to 2016; Deputy Managing Partner and Head of Assurance from 2010 to 2012; and Head of Assurance from 2007 to 2009. He is currently serving as Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Federal Land, Inc., Independent Director and Co-Chairman of Risk and Compliance Committee of Transnational Diversified Ventures, Inc., Independent Director and a member of the Audit and Risk Oversight Committee of MarCoPay Inc., Independent Director of Solar Philippines Project Holdings, Inc and Independent Director of South Asialink Finance Corporation. He is also currently a Board Trustee of the Makati Business Club and a member of the Management Association of the Philippines and the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Cruz completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in Boston in 2007 and Advanced International Program in Oil and Gas Management at the University of Texas at Dallas in 1994. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree, Major in Accounting, in 1981, and passed the licensure examination for Certified Public Accountants in 1982.
