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Mr. Federico R. Lopez has served as Director of the Company since 1999. Mr. Lopez is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH), First Cen Corporation (First Cen) and Energy Deve opment Corvnration (EDC). First Cen and EDC are publicly listed power generation companies that are into clean and indigenous energy and are part of the FPH portfolio. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Rockwell Land Corvnration. An advocate of the environment, Mr. Logpez is the Chairman of the Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation (The OML Center) and the Sikat Solar Challenge Foundation, Inc. The OML Center is the result of the advocacy of the Lopez fam'lyfor environmental protection and public service. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of World Wildlife Fund Philippines, Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation and the Forest Foundation Philippines. Mr. Lopez is a member of the World Presidents Organization, Asia Business Council, ASEAN Business Club, New York Philharmonic International Advisory Board, Management Association of the Philippines, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines and Makati Business Club.