Amb. Raul Ch. Rabe, 80 years old, Filipino, has been the Independent Director of the Company since 2003. He is the Chairman of the Board Risk Oversight Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee. Other positions currently held or held in the past are the following: Director – Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co. (Cagayan de Oro), up to present; Director – Minergy Power Corporation (Cagayan de Oro), Counsel of the Law Firm of Rodrigo, Berenguer & Guno (Makati City); Corporate Secretary – Manila Economic & Cultural Office (MECO) since 2001; Director – the Bank of Commerce, KGL-Negros Navigation, Pet Plans, Inc. (Makati City); Foreign Service Officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs (1968 to 1999); Third to Second Secretary in London (1972 to 1975); First Secretary in Bucharest (1975 to 1979); Chief Deputy of Protocol of the Department of Foreign Affairs (1979 to 1981); Minister Counselor in Jeddah (1981 to 1982); Minister and later Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington D.C., (1982 to 1984 and 1986 to 1989, respectively); Consul General in Honolulu (1984 to 1986); Assistant Secretary of the American Affairs (1989 to 1992); Ambassador to Seoul (1992 to 1993); Ambassador to the United States (1993 to 1999); Special Envoy of the President of the Philippines for the Americas and OIC Countries in 2001.
