Victorico P. Vargas

Age 67, Mr. Vargas was educated at Ateneo de Manila and University of Santo Tomas.

Prior to his appointment as Associate Director of First Pacific, Mr. Vargas was the President and Chief Executive Officer at Maynilad Water Services, Inc. He joined PLDT Inc. (“PLDT”) in 2000 as its Human Resources Group Head and through his stay at PLDT got involved in managing the PLDT Business Transformation Office, Asset Protection and Management Group, and the PLDT International Carrier Business. He has worked in senior roles at Union Carbide, Pepsico, Colgate Palmolive and Citigroup.

He is a Director of Meralco, Smart Communications, Inc., the PLDT Subic Telecom, Inc. and PLDT Clark Telecom, Inc., President and Member of the Board of Trustees of the First Pacific Leadership Academy, Trustee of the MVP Sports Foundation, PLDT-Smart Foundation, Inc. and IdeaSpace Foundation and President of the PhilPop Music Fest Foundation.

Mr. Vargas joined First Pacific in January 2016, overseeing First Pacific Group businesses operating in the Philippines and its region, particularly focus leading the Business Transformation of PLDT.