Melinda Gonzales

Melinda Gonzales-Manto, 69, Filipino, was first elected as an Independent Director of Eagle Cement on December 22, 2016. She is the Lead Independent Director, the Chairperson of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Corporate Governance and the Related-Party Transaction Committees. She currently holds the following positions in other companies: Independent Director of Petrogen Insurance Corporation, Director and Vice-President of Linferd & Company, Inc. (a global accounting solutions company), Director and Vice-President of ACB Corabern Holdings Corporation, and Independent Director and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the of Bank of Commerce, and Resident Agent of several multinational companies doing business in the Philippines. She was formerly a partner of SGV & Co., Assurance and Advisory Business Services Division (1974-2009), and previously served as Board Member of the Philippine Retailers Association (2000-2009), and as an independent member of the board of directors of the GSIS Family Bank (2011-2016). She is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Philippine School of Business Administration. She completed the Management Development Program at the Asian Institute of Management.