BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STEPHEN L. KENG, 54 years old. Keng is the incumbent Chairman of the Board of Directors and of the Nomination Committee of Anchor Land.
STEVE LI, 48 years old. Li is the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Anchor Land since 2007 and 2013, respectively. He is concurrently the managing Director of MFT International Ltd. – Hong Kong. Li graduated from York University, Toronto, Canada with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, major in Finance and Accounting.
AVELINO M. GUZMAN, JR., 44 years old. Guzman, Jr. is a director of Anchor Land. He is the Managing Partner of A.M. Guzman, Jr. and Associates Law Office, and of Golden Ace Credit Solutions Company, Ltd. He also serves as the President and Chairman of the Board of Whidbey Holdings Corporation and as the Corporate Secretary of Santino Metal Industries, Inc., Merckammed Concepts, Inc., IdeashipPhils. Holdings, Inc., LTC Group of Companies, VS Marketing Corporation, Anchor Land Global Corporation and Akuna (Philippines) Inc. He was a Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in 1999. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Laws from San Beda College.
DIGNA ELIZABETH L. VENTURA, 45 years old. Ventura is the incumbent President of Anchor Land Inc. since August 15, 2011. She was the Assistant Vice President for Sales & Marketing and was promoted as the Vice President for Sales & Marketing of the Company in 2009. Before joining the Company, she was the Sales Director of Filinvest, Inc., Sales and Marketing Manager of Megaworld Properties and Holdings, Inc. and of Waterfront Hotel. Ventura earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the University of Santo Tomas.
CHRISTINE P. BASE, 47 years old. Base has been the Corporate Secretary and a member of the Audit committee of Anchor Land since April 10, 2007. Base is currently a Corporate and Tax Lawyer at Pacis and Reyes, Attorneys and the Managing Director of Legisforum, Inc. She is also the Corporate Secretary of SBS Philippines Corporation, Italpinas Development Corporation, Araneta Properties, Inc., SL Agritech Corporation, Asiasec Equities, Inc. and Ever-Gotesco Resources and Holdings, Inc. She earned a degree of Juris Doctor at Ateneo De Manila University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Major in Accounting) at De La Salle University.
VIOLETA J. JOSEF, 71 years old. Josef is an Independent Director of the Company. She held various executive positions at the Multinational Group of Companies from 1972 to 2014. She is a Certified Public Accountant and received her Master’s Degree in Business Administration-Top Executive Program from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila where she is now a part-time Lecturer in PLM’s Graduate School of Business. Josef completed her Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of East. She also completed her General Management Executive Program at the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Business Administration in 1992.
VICTORIA A. VILLALUZ, 63 years old. Villaluz was elected as Independent Director of the Company. She is a Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the UP Women Lawyers’ Circle and the Tax Management Association of the Philippines where she also served as President in 2010. Villaluz is an accredited lecturer in the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) prescribed by the Supreme Court for lawyers. Villaluz obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and her Bachelor of Laws from the University of the Philippines.
CHARLES STEWART LEE, 28 years old. Lee is currently the Director of Pacific Apex Food Ventures, Inc. He studied at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA where he obtained his degree in Business of Arts Degree in Social Science with emphasis in Economics.
NEIL Y. CHUA, 47 years old. Chua is the Director and Chief Finance Officer of Anchor Land Holdings, Inc. since 2013 and 2009, respectively. He has worked with various accounting firms including KPMG, Auckland, New Zealand; Purwantono, Sarwoko & Sandjaja / Ernst & Young, Indonesia; Andersen Worldwide; and SGV & Co./Arthur Andersen, Philippines. Chua obtained his Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of San Carlos Cebu City. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a member Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountant since 1992.
EDWIN LEE, 60 years old. Lee assumed as Director of Anchor Land Holdings, Inc. in 2013. He is currently serving as the Senior Assistant Vice President at the Office of the President of SM Investments Corporation. Lee graduated from De La Salle University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Commerce major in Business Management.
LORNA PANGILINAN, Pangilinan is a duly elected Independent Director of Anchor Land Holdings, Inc. She does consultancy engagements with various companies, including Fraport AG, Macroasia Corporation, Sublic Leisure Inc., Zuellig, MRT-4 (Bouygues), Asia’s Emerging Dragon Corporation, Metropolitan Medical Center, and Ever-Gotesco Group of Companies. Pangilinan earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University of the Philippines Diliman and a MA candidate in Economics at Ateneo de Manila University.
The members of the management team aside from those mentioned above are as follows:
HONORIO A. ALVAREZ, JR., 51 years old Alvarez is the Assistant Vice President of the Engineering Department. Prior to his current role in the Company, Alvarez was the General Manager and Vice President of Double Dragon Properties. Alvarez assumed management positions in several companies including Makati Development Corporation, Eton Properties Philippines, Inc., Rustan Supercenters, Inc., SM Development Corporation, Moldex Group of Companies, and L&M Maxco Company. Alvarez earned a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering at University of Santo Tomas in 1989.
SARAH JOELLE C. LINTAG,, 45 years old, is the Head of the Corporate Affairs Department. She was formerly the Vice President for Billings, Credit Operations and Legal Services from June 2015 to December 2015 for ACM Landholdings, Inc. (Philippines), where she also served as its Assistant Vice President for Legal and Human Resources and Administration from July 2013 to May 2015. She was also the Chief Political Affairs Officer in the Office of the Honorable Edgardo “Sonny” Angara in the House of Representatives from October 2010 to June 2013. She graduated from California State University, Northridge, California (USA) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. She earned her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. She has been in the legal practice for sixteen (16) years.
EDWIN LEONG AQUINO, Aquino is the Internal Audit Manager at Anchor Land Holdings, Inc. He was formerly the Audit Head at Century Properties Group, and assumed audit roles at several corporations, including Sycha Group of Companies, Watsons Personal Care Stores (Philippines), Inc., Steel Asia Manufacting Group, Laya Mananghaya & Co., Sysu Group of Companies, and San Miguel Corporation Group. Aquino is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor with a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy at University of the East – Caloocan Campus.