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Sebastian C. Quiniones

Director at Energy Development Corporation

Mr. Quiniones, Filipino, was elected as an Independent Director of the Company on May 11, 2021. He has been an Executive Director of Pilipinas Shell Foundation since January 2019, Vice Chairman of the Board of the League of Corporate Foundations since 2020, Chairman of the Board of Mindoro Biodiversity and Conservation Foundation since 2016, Chairman of the Board of ShellClub15Plus since 2017, a Trustee of Enactus Philippines since 2020, and a Trustee of STEM Alliance Philippines since 2020. He is a member of the Management Association of the Philippines where he was Chairman and now Vice Chairman of the Energy Committee. He is also a corporate member of Kabalikat Para sa Maunlad na Buhay, a microfinance non-government organization, a Director of CyberOptimus Philippines Inc., and has membership in various committees of the Union Church of Manila.

Prior to this, Mr. Quiniones was General Manager and Managing Director of Shell Philippines Exploration BV, a Director of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation where he was also a member of the Board Audit Committee, and Trustee of the Pension Fund of Shell Philippines Exploration BV.

Mr. Quiniones previously served in the Boards of First Philippine Industrial Corporation and Batangas Bay Carriers, Inc. from 2001 to 2002. He was the Oil and Gas Representative for the Multi-Sectoral Group of Philippines Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, President of the Petroleum Association of the Philippines, a Trustee of the Malampaya Foundation, a Director of the British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, and a Trustee of the British School of Manila. He has also served as Chairman of Council of the Union Church of Manila.

Mr. Quiniones graduated from the Philippine Science High School (1976) and became an NSDB scholar at the University of Philippines Diliman where he studied Chemical Engineering. He was trained in Technical, Operational and Leadership roles in Shell and attended a senior management course at INSEAD in the Singapore campus.

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  • Director

    Current role