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Atty. Augusto A. Martirez
Chairman
Atty. Martirez is also Chairman of the Board of the following companies: Majalco, Inc., Unicapital, Inc., CCC Insurance Corporation, Midland Asia Pacific Assets, Inc., ACME Pawnshops, Inc., MJ Realty Holdings, Inc., and Insular Rural Bank. He is among the Board of Directors of Unicapital Securities. He is Vice Chairman of Midland Pacific Development Corporation and President of Majalco Finance and Investment, Inc. Atty. Martirez acquired his Bachelor of Laws Degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1942. He is a Papal Knight: Saint Gregory the Great and Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Atty. Felipe L. Gozon
Vice Chairman
Atty. Gozon is also a Co-Managing Partner in Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion and Lucila Law Office. Atty. Gozon is the Chairman of the Board of the following companies: GMA Network, Inc., GMA Marketing and Production, Alta Power Production, Inc., Mont-Aire Realty and Development Corp., Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko Foundation, Kilos Bayan Foundation, Majalco Finance and Investment, Inc., FLG Mgmt. & Development Corp., GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc., RGMA Network, Inc., and The Potter and the Clay Christian School. He was the Vice President for Legal Matters in Philippine Airlines from 1970 to 1972. He was also Director of International Corporate Bank and President of the Philippine Bar Association from 1988 to 1989. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the Philippines in 1960 and obtained his Masters of Laws from Yale University in 1965.

William Carlos Uy
Director and Corporate Treasurer
Mr. Uy is a Director and the Corporate Treasurer of Malayan Bank. Mr. Uy is a major stockholder in Liberty Flourmills, Inc. He is also a Director of CCC Insurance Corporation. Mr. Uy obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree from Letran College.

George J. Martirez
Director and President
Mr. Martirez is also a Director of Unicapital, Inc. and Vice President of Majalco, Inc. Prior to his appointment in Malayan Bank, he was a Senior Vice President of CCC Insurance Company. Mr. Martirez received his Bachelor of Science, major in Commerce Degree from De La Salle University in 1973. He obtained a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines in 1978. He is an active member of the Rotary Club of Makati East and the Management Association of the Philippines.

Atty. Jose Mario Buñag
Director

Atty. Buñag is also a Director of the following companies: Unicapital, Inc., Majalco, Inc. and Lacson & Lacson Insurance Brokers, Inc. Concurrently, He is the President of Scanmar Maritime Services, Inc., Skanfil Maritime Services, Inc, and Chairman of Becton Holding Corp. He is also a Partner in the law firm of Bunag & Uy. He was assigned as the Officer-in-Charge for the Philippine Sugar Corporation in years 1992-2002. In July 2005, he was appointed as the Commissioner of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Atty. Buñag acquired his Bachelor of Laws from Ateneo de Manila in 1968. In 1973, he completed his Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (MCJ) in NJU School of Law.



Laura J. Westfall
Director
 Ms. Laura J. Westfall is also a Director of the following companies: GMA Network, GMA New Media, Bronze Oak Philippines, San Carlos BIO-Energy, Corp. and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. She is currently the Treasurer and Director of Museo Pambata Foundation and Majent Group of Companies. Ms. Westfall graduated from University of Southern California with a degree in Accounting. She completed her academic units for MBA/MPPM at Yale University Graduate School.



Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez
Director
Joel holds various positions in the following companies: President and Chief Executive Officer in ALTA Productions Group, Inc.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in Image One Multimedia Corp.; President of Entertainment Music Channel; Board Member in GMA Network, Inc. and GMA New Media; Board Member and Senior Vice President in GMA Marketing & Productions; Chairman in Zoo Village Dev’t Corp.; Director in Majent Agro Industrial Corp., Int’l Freeport Traders, Inc. and Majalco Finance; Director and Vice President in Majent Management & Dev’t Corp. and M.A. Jimenez Enterprises, Inc. and is Vice President in Television Int’l Corp.

Jaime J. Martirez
Director
Mr. Martirez is a Director and Treasurer in Unicapital, Inc. He is concurrently Vice President and Director in Majalco, Inc. and ACME Pawnshop, Inc. Mr. Martirez is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Majalco Finance and Investment, Inc. He graduated from De La Salle University in 1975 with a degree in Business Administration. In 1979, he completed the academic units of Ateneo Graduate School’s MBA program.

Lydia P. Samonte

Director

Ms. Samonte is also a Vice President of the following companies: Corinthian Commercial Corporation, Corinthian Industrial Property, Inc., Cosmopolitan Realty Corporation, Ionian Realty Development Corp. and Caymen, Inc. She is currently the Comptroller for the following companies: IMI Salcedo Realty, Corporation, Tuscan Condominium Corporation, Electra House Condominium Corp. and Comthex, Inc. She is a Certified Public Accountant, who graduated from Philippine School of Business Administration (Manila), with a degree in Business Administration.



Manuel R. Chanco III
Director
Mr. Manny Chanco III has been the Vice President of Sunvar Realty since 1999. He is also the Comptroller of Lexmedia, Priximar Realty, and Capri Realty. Aside from working with the aforementioned companies, he is the Chief Finance Officer of Kuni Philippines and Corogn Digital and Director of KGlobal Limited and Inem Its Co, Ltd. Mr. Chanco graduated from FEU, with a degree in Accounting.

J. Ferdinand De Luzuriaga
Director
Mr. De Luzuriaga is also Malayan Bank’s Executive Director. Mr. De Luzuriaga has a total of 21 years experience in financial services. He worked at Unicapital Inc., from 1996 to 1999 as First Vice President handling corporate finance, credit and relationship management. He joined the AMA Group of Companies from 1999 to 2005 as Senior Vice President for Financial Services and was actively involved in AMA Group’s expansion overseas. Mr. De Luzuriaga was appointed Chief Financial Adviser of the Inquirer Group and Philippine Daily Inquirer in May 2005. As a consultant, he continues to oversee PDI’s Finance Division and advices Inquirer’s top management on the group’s subsidiaries and affiliates. Mr. De Luzuriaga graduated from the University of the Philippines. He also took further studies at the Asian Institute of Management and in INSEAD. In July 2007, he was appointed as President of LINQ Information Entertainment Quadrant (Philippines and Singapore) in a concurrent capacity.