Teresa Grace Socorro G. Lara

Ms. Lara, Filipino, was elected as an Independent Director of the Company on May 11, 2021. She is currently a Director of Artists and Company, a talent management firm, and Moonrocks International, a pharmaceutical firm. She is active in her various advocacies, including GKONOMICS, which is the livelihood and training arm of Gawad Kalinga, as Marketing and Design Consultant, and MAKABATA School Foundation, Inc., a non-stock, non-profit foundation dedicated to the education of street children; she also supports various producers and artisans in the Negros Province.

Prior to this, Ms. Lara spent three (3) decades in the Philippine advertising industry. She was Chairman of the Board and President and CEO of Young and Rubicam Philippines until her retirement in 2014.

Ms. Lara was previously the Vice Chairman of Publicis/Jimenez Basic, General Manager and Client Services Director of Jimenez/D’ARCV, President and CEO of Basic Advertising, and Management Supervisor of Mullenlowe Treyna.

Ms. Lara graduated from the Ateneo De Manila University where she studied AB Communications Arts. She took a certificate course in Marketing and Advertising from the New York University.