Roberto B. Ortiz

President and CEO of Premiere Georesources & Development Inc.

Mr. Ortiz (age 72) was elected as the President and CEO of PHA in December 2021. 

Known to close friends and family as Bob, he was a director and the previous Group CFO of the company prior to his most recent appointment.

An accomplished financial and management consultant, Bob boasts 28 years of experience as a valued CFO and Board Member of various local and multinational corporations in the manufacturing, retail, and commodities trading industries. 

His previous work brought him to Joaquin Cunanan and PricewaterhouseCoopers, while his current advisory engagements are with the Energy Regulatory Commission and Eastern Securities Development Corporation. 

At present, he is the Chairman of the Board of the Philippine Telegraph & Telephone Co.

Outside of his commitments to champion MSMEs in the Philippines, Bob is a writer, editor, and avid advocate for children.

Eugene T. Tan

President of West Palawan Premiere Development Corporation (WPP)

Mr. Tan (age 60 ) was elected as a Regular Director of PHA in October 2021. 

As a corporate financier and capital markets practitioner, Eugene has held various senior management roles in reputable institutions. He was an Independent Director of KGI Securities (Taiwan) Co. Ltd and KGI Securities (Thailand) Pcl, as well as an Independent Advisor of Power Sector Asset and Liabilities Management Corp.

He was previously a Management Associate/Manager of the Institutional Bank of Citibank, N.A.; Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking and Equity Capital Markets – Asia for Oppenheimer Investments Asia Ltd.; Managing Director and Head of the Financial Institutions Group – Asia, ex-Japan of HSBC Investment Bank; Managing Director for Greater China of Rothschild (Hong Kong) Ltd. and for Argyle Street Management; Director and Head of the Financial Institutions Group – Asia, ex-Japan for Salomon Smith Barney; Director and Head of the Equity Capital Markets for ING Barings; Associate/Vice President of the Global Finance/Corporate Finance (New York) for Goldman, Sachs & Co.; and the Co-CEO of Shanxi Securities International, where he was responsible for building the ECM/DCM/M&A and primary international distribution.

At present, Eugene is the Co-CEO of the Oriental Patron Asia Ltd., where he manages its corporate finance, capital markets, M&A, sales and distribution businesses, and private investment business lines. He is also the Industrial Zone Task Force Director of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council, which advises the Hong Kong government on SME businesses.

Eugene graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of the Philippines with a degree in Business Administration and Accountancy. He went on to become an Arjay Miller Scholar and Deloitte and Touche Accounting Awardee at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he obtained his Master of Business Administration, With Distinction.

Alexander L. Bangsoy

President and CEO of Goshen Land Capital, Inc.

Atty. Alexander Bangsoy (age 57) is the President and CEO of Goshen Land Capital, Inc., one of the biggest real estate companies in Northern Luzon in the Philippines.

In 2014, he was appointed to a board seat at the John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC), a subsidiary of the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA), by former President Benigno Aquino III. During this time, he was also a Legal Consultant to the National Power Corporation.

At present, he is the administrator of the Manahan Building in Session Road, Baguio; a leader of Tuloy Pinoy; and an active member of Gawad Kalinga and Legal Aid.

He has also been nominated for various awards, including the 2013 Outstanding Citizen of Baguio and by the Philippine Stock Exchange for the Ernst & Young 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year.

Alex graduated from Saint Louis University with a degree in Accounting. He obtained his Doctor in Jurisprudence from the Ateneo College of Law, and his Masters in Entrepreneurship from the Asian Institute of Management. Additionally, he took up the Owner/President Management Program — Batch 45 at the Harvard Business School, before capping off his studies with the Accelerating Sales Force Performance program at the Kellogg School of Management.