Cosco Capital, Inc. (COSCO)

Cosco Capital, Inc. (COSCO)

Board of Directors

 
Lucio L. Co
Chairman of the Board
 
64, Filipino, Chairman of the Board Mr. Co has served as Director of the Company since 1997. Mr. Co currently holds the following positions in other publicly-listed companies: Chairman of Puregold Price Club, Inc. and Da Vinci Capital Holdings, Inc., and Director of Philippine Bank of Communications. Mr. Co is also the Chairman of the following privately-owned companies: Bellagio Holdings, Inc., Invescap Incorporated, P.G. Holdings, Inc., Puregold Duty Free (Subic), Inc., Puregold Duty Free, Inc., Puregold Finance, Inc., Puregold Properties, Inc., Puregold Realty Leasing & Management, Inc., San Jose City I Power Corp., Union Energy Corporation, and Union Equities, Inc. He is also a Director of the following privately-owned companies: Tower 6789 Corporation, Catuiran Hydropower Corporation, Karayan Hydropower Corporation, LCCK & Sons Realty Corporation, League One Finance and Leasing Corporation, and PPCI Subic, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Adamson University and Luis Co Chi Kiat Foundation, Inc. Mr. Co has been an entrepreneur for the past 40 years.
 
Leonardo B. Dayao
President
 
75, Filipino, President Mr. Dayao has served as Director of the Company since October 1997. Mr. Dayao currently holds the following positions in publicly-listed companies: Director of Puregold Price Club, Inc. and Vice-Chairman of the Philippine Bank of Communications. He also holds the following positions in private companies: Chairman of Catuiran Hydropower Corporation, League One Finance and Leasing Corporation, PSMT Philippines, Inc.; President of Puregold Duty Free (Subic), Inc., Puregold Finance, Inc., San Jose City I Power Corp., Union Energy Corporation; Vice-President of Alerce Holdings Corp., Bellagio Holdings, Inc., KMC Realty Corporation, Puregold Properties, Inc., Union Equities, Inc.; and Director of Karayan Hydropower Corporation, and Puregold Realty Leasing & Management, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Commerce from the Far Eastern University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has completed Basic Management Program at Asian Institute of Management and earned units in MBA from University of the Philippines-Cebu.
 
Susan P. Co
Vice-Chairman
 
61, Filipino, Vice-Chairman Mrs. Co has served as Director of the Company since June 2013. Mrs. Co currently holds the following positions in other publicly-listed companies: Vice-Chairman of Puregold Price Club, Inc. and Director of Philippine Bank of Communications. She is currently the Chairman of Tower 6789 Corporation and Director of the following private companies: Bellagio Holdings, Inc., Blue Ocean Holdings, Inc., KMC Realty Corp., Luis Co Chi Kiat Foundation, Inc., P.G. Holdings, Inc., PPCI Subic Duty Free, Inc., Puregold Properties, Inc., Puregold Realty Leasing & Management, Inc., San Jose City I Power Corp., Union Energy Corporation and Union Equities, Inc. Mrs. Co received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Commerce from the University of Santo Tomas.
 
Levi B. Labra
Director
 
61, Filipino, Director Mr. Labra has served as Director of the Company since in June 2013. He is a graduate of the University of San Carlos, major in Business Administration (Cum Laude). He worked for Procter and Gamble Philippines for 35 years in Sales, Forecasting, Supply Chain, Trade Marketing and Organization Development. Inc., Puregold Duty Free (Subic), Inc., Puregold He was the Sales Head and a member of the management committee for 20 years and Regional Sales Manager for three years building the sales organization and systems for India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. Currently, a director of Cosco Capital, Inc., he is also engaged in strategy and operations development with various companies in the field of retail, consumer goods, micro-insurance, telecom and Agri product distributorships.
 
Roberto Juanchito T. Dispo
Director
 
55, Filipino, Director Mr. Dispo has served as Director of the Company since in June 2017. He is concurrently the Vice-Chairman and President of Cirtek Holdings Phils. Corporation, another publicly-listed company. Mr. Dispo is a seasoned investment banker with extensive experience in capital raising, investments, strategic acquisition, and asset management. He was the former President of Money Market Association of the Philippines and is currently the Chairman of Capital Markets Development Committee of FINEX. He also held positions in various Government offices including Department of National Defense, Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Finance. Mr. Dispo holds a degree of Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Management from San Sebastian College and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, respectively. He also completed Masters in Business Administration from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and Masters in Business Economics from the University of the Asia and the Pacific. He also completed Management Development Program from Asian Institute of Management and a diploma course in International Banking and Finance from the Economic Institute, University of Colorado.
 
Cecilia C. Borromeo
Independent Director
 
was the President and CEO of the Land Bank of the Philippines from March 2019 to May 2023, President and CEO of the Development Bank of the Philippines from January 2017 to February 2019, Executive Vice-President in various sectors and departments in the Land Bank of the Philippines from 1989 to 2017. Ms. Borromeo graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness in 1979. She took a Master's in Business Administration from Dela Salle Business School from 1980 to 1982 and a Post Graduate Course in Advanced Bank Management from the Asian Institute of Management in 1995. She was awarded the Outstanding CEO Award in May 2023 by the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific, the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award for Corporate Governance in the field of Banking and Finance in February 2022 by the University of the Philippines Alumni Association and 2019 Outstanding Alumna of College of Economics and Management (CEM) of the University of the Philippines, Los Baņos (UPLB).
 
Atty. Lily K. Gruba
Director
 
is currently a Senior Counsel in Zambrano Gruba Caganda & Advincula Law Offices, Director of Asia United Bank, Executive Director for Fr. Joaquin Bernas, SJ Center for Continuing Legal Education, and Faculty Member in Ateneo de Manila University College of Law. She was a Bar Examiner for Taxation in 2019 and 2007 and in Commercial Law in 2012. She was an Associate Dean for Fr. Joaquin Bernas, SJ Center for Continuing Legal Education from March 2003 to May 2018; Undersecretary in the Department of Finance from July 1998 to January 2001; and Vice-President and Special Assistant to the President General - 4 - Counsel in the Land Bank of the Philippines from 1987 to 1992. Atty. Gruba authored three books: A Survey of the Amendments Introduced by Train Law, 2019; Guide Notes and Cases on Tax Remedies, 2018; and Guide Notes and Cases on the General Principles of Taxation and the Organization of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, 2016. She was nominated Tax Lawyer of the Year for Southeast Asia in 2023 (Legal500) and one of The Philippines Top 100 Lawyers from 2018 to 2022 (Asia Business Legal Journal). She speaks English, Filipino, Fokien, and Mandarin. She graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and a Bachelor of Laws from the Ateneo Law School, Ateneo de Manila University in 1976. She was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1977. She took a Master of Laws in 1981 from the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C., United States of America.
 
Ramon Jesus P. Paje
Independent Director
 
Filipino, 62 years old, Independent Director since December 1, 2022. Dr. Paje served as Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under President Benigno S. Aquino III from 2010-2016. As DENR Secretary, he among others implemented: the Total Logging Ban, which saved the forests for the future generations of Filipinos by stopping the massive forest loss caused by centuries of logging; the National Greening Program, which improved the country?s forest cover, increased the productivity of forestlands and reduced upland poverty; Geohazard Mapping, which determined the flood-prone and landslide-prone areas nationwide and significantly enhanced the country?s disaster preparedness; and The upgrading of fuel standard from Euro 2 to Euro 4, which reduced urban pollution by significantly decreasing the fuel?s Sulfur content from 500 ppm to 50 ppm. Likewise, Secretary Paje pursued the Philippine claim to the Benham Rise (now Philippine Rise), with the strong effort of the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), resulting in the approval by the United Nations in April 2012 and increased the country?s territorial waters and natural wealth by more than 13 Million hectares. He also signed for the Republic of the Philippines the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change on April 22, 2016 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
 
 
 

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