John Francia - Ayala Corp Managing Director

Mr. John Eric T. Francia is Managing Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of AC Energy., a subsidiary of the company. He was a Managing Director and a member of the Ayala Corporation Management Committee and the Ayala Group Management Committee since January 2009. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AC Energy, Inc. In his previous role as Head of Ayalas Corporationrationrate Strategy and Development group, he led Ayalas entry into the energy and transport infrastructure sectors in 2011. Under his leadership, Ayala invested in over 1, 000MW of attributable capacity in the energy sector, and secured over 1 billion worth of PPP projects in the transport infrastructure space. He is a Director of Manila Water Company, Inc., a publiclylisted company. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the following companies within the Ayala group Purefoods International Limited, Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc., AC Education, Inc., AC College of Enterprise and Technology, Inc., AC Ventures Holding Corporationration, Ayala Aviation Corporationrationration, Zapfam, Inc., Northwind Power Development Corporationrationration, North Luzon Renewable Energy Corporationrationration, Light Rail Manila Corporationrationration, AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporationrationration, MCX Tollway, Inc., and various other companies. Prior to joining Ayala, he was a senior consultant and member of the management team of Monitor Group, a strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Prior to consulting, he spent a few years in the field of academe and media. He received his undergraduate degree in Humanities and Political Economy from the University of Asia the Pacific, graduating magna cum laude. He then completed his Masters Degree in Management Studies at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, graduating with First Class Honors. since 2015.