Cezar Consing

Mr. Consing is the chairman of ACEN and has been a director of the company since April 2021. He holds the following positions in publicly listed companies: president and chief executive officer of Ayala Corporation and vice chairman of Ayala Land, Globe Telecom and BPI. He has been a member of the Ayala Group management committee since April 2013. He is the chairman of the Philippine Dealing System Holdings and the College of St. Benilde. Concurrently, he holds the following positions in the Ayala Group: chairman of AC Logistics Holdings Corporation, AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation, AC Industrial Technology Holdings, AC Ventures Holding, and AC Mobility Holdings; vice chairman of ACEIC and Ayala Healthcare Holdings; and director of Asiacom Philippines and ACEN International. Mr. Consing is currently the vice chairman of BPI’s executive committee, and a member of BPI’s nomination committee. He is a board trustee of the Philippine-American Education Foundation and the Manila Golf Club Foundation. He is a board of director of Filgifts.com. He has been a member of the Trilateral Commission since 2014.

Mr. Consing was a senior managing director of Ayala Corporation and the president and CEO of BPI from 2013 to 2021. In the latter capacity, he served as the chairman of BPI’s thrift bank, investment bank, UK-registered bank, microfinance bank, property, and casualty insurance joint venture and leasing and rental joint venture; and board of director of its management company and its life insurance joint venture. He served as chairman and president of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from 2019-2021, and president of Bancnet, Inc. from 2017-2021. He was a director of the Singapore listed Yoma Strategic Holdings, and the Myanmar-listed First Myanmar Investment Public Company Limited. Mr. Consing has served as an independent board director of four publicly-listed companies in Asia: Jolibee Food Corporation (2010-2021), CIMB Group Holdings (2006-2013), First Gen Corporation (2005-2013), and National Reinsurance Corporation (2014-2019), where he also served as chairman (2018-2019). He has served as a Board Director of the Singapore-based SQREEM Technologies, the Hongkong-based Asian Youth Orchestra, the US-Philippines Society, and Endeavor Philippines.

Mr. Consing earned his master’s degree in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan in 1980. He graduated with an A.B. Economics degree (Accelerated Program) from De La Salle University in 1979, graduating magna cum laude.