Ray C. Espinosa

Age 63, Mr. Espinosa has a Master of Laws degree from the University of Michigan Law School and is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. He was a partner of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan from 1982 to 2000, a foreign associate at Covington and Burling (Washington, D.C., USA) from 1987 to 1988, and a law lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila School of Law from 1983 to 1985 and 1989.

Mr. Espinosa is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), a Director of PLDT Inc. (PLDT), Smart Communications, Inc., Roxas Holdings, Inc., Metro Pacific Investments Corporation and Meralco PowerGen Corporation. He also serves as an Independent Director of Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (Lepanto) and Maybank Philippines, Inc. (Maybank Philippines). He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee of Lepanto and the Risk Management Committee of Maybank Philippines, and a member of the Technology Strategy Committee of PLDT.

Mr. Espinosa also acts as Senior Advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer of PLDT. He is also a trustee of the Beneficial Trust Fund of PLDT. Mr. Espinosa joined First Pacific in 2013. He is First Pacific Group’s Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs and Head of Communications Bureau for the Philippines.