ABOUT US
Board of Directors
SANTIAGO T. GABIONZA, JR.
Independent Director
% Shareholdings - 0.000%
63 years old and is a Filipino.
He was elected as an Independent Director to the Board of Directors on April 30, 2019 and as a member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees.
Education
Atty. Gabionza graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree, major in Economics at Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He finished Second Honors with Bachelor of Laws at the Ateneo de Manila College of Law. He passed the Philippine Bar examinations in 1981.
Experience
Atty. Gabionza is a founding partner of Villanueva Gabionza and Dy Law Offices; a Fellow at the Institute of Corporate Directors; and a Member of the Board of Directors of various corporations. Atty. Gabionza is a member of the Asia Pacific Lawyers Association, Philippine Lawyers Literary Club, Inc., ASEAN Law Association of the Philippines, Philippine Trial Lawyers Association, and Philippine Bar Association. He is also a member of Club Filipino, Quezon City Sports Club, Mimosa Golf and Country Club, Tagaytay Highlands Country Club, The Tower Club and The Celebrity Club.
He was a former Director of the Legal Management Council of the Philippines and past Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines.
He also served in various capacities, as: Legal Consultant for then Ministry of Human Settlements; Senior Associate Lawyer at Balgos & Perez Law Offices; former President of the Northern Power Development Corporation; Corporate Secretary/Rehabilitation Counsel of Victorias Milling Company, Inc.; Rehabilitation Receiver of Steel Corporation of the Philippines; former Consultant to the Secretary of the Department of National Defense; former Consultant of the Committee on Justice at the House of Representatives; former OIC-President, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Maynilad Water Services, Inc. He was also a College Instructor at The Catanduanes College; a Professorial Lecturer at the Philippine School of Business Administration; a Lecturer at Business Law Journal; a staff of the Ateneo Law Journal; Associate Editor of The Lance - the official organ of Letran College; a past President of the Catandungan Foundation, Inc. and a former President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines - Makati Chapter.
