The last two decades of Alex Ablaza’s 36-year professional career has been dedicated to growing energy efficiency and other clean energy technology deployment in 14 Asian markets through the identification, due diligence and financial close of over $3 billion in direct investments, and also through ...

John is an entrepreneur and environmental scientist working to revolutionize the energy industry and shape environmental policy. He received his master's degree in Environmental Management from the Ateneo de Manila University. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Verne Energy...

Dr. Ruth P. Briones is a Sustainability Expert and acknowledged climate leader. A lawyer, engineer, and author, she has long years of experience working for sustainable development specifically with the Philippine government and Asian Development Bank under the environment, natural...

MARIA THERESA “TETCHI” CRUZ CAPELLAN  is a newly elected Secretary-General of Asian Photovoltaic Industry Association, founder and Chairperson of Philippine Solar and Storage Energy Alliance, CEO and President of SunAsia Energy Inc. and a former Undersecretary of Department of Agriculture.  The...

Reynaldo Casas is currently the President of Advance Renewables Energy Inc. (AREI), a solar developer at a utility-scale. Member of the Advisory Board of a publicly listed company: Basic Energy Corp, focused on Renewable Energies: Solar, Wind, Geothermal, and now into battery charging services for...

Diana has been with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila since 2015. She supports clean energy and climate programs across Southeast Asia and serves as the focal for sovereign energy operations in the Philippines. She has a background in corporate and operational management in the oil and gas ...

Bert has over 40 years’ experience in the energy sector with particular focus on renewable energy development, national energy planning, and policy formulation. He served before as Director for Energy Planning in the precursor agency to the Department of Energy, where he was involved in pioneering...

A registered civil engineer who possesses the school-trained analytical, organized and logical nature of engineers. Spent long years in the banking industry where mastery in business management, product development, marketing, and financial evaluation was tested in actual real-life work...

Atty. Monalisa Dimalanta has been a recognized energy practitioner in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, a leader in the power sector and other various areas. On 8 August 2022, she assumed her current post as the Chairperson of the Philippines’ Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) – Created under...

Jonas Marie Dumdum is a Consultant under the Industry Solutions Consulting (ISC) sector of Nomura Research Institute Singapore Pte Ltd Manila Branch, and is one of the lead consultants of the NRI Manila Sustainability Service. He is also the Corporate Secretary of Sustainable PH, Inc., a...

David is a Vivant Energy Corporation Senior Assistant Vice President for Business Development – Power. In his current role, he identifies, evaluates, acquires and develops utility scale renewable energy and hybrid projects in the country.Prior to joining Vivant, David was Assistant Vice President...

Atty. Celeni Guinto or CK is AboitizPower’s Senior Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs. With five years’ experience in the Philippine power industry, CK has represented various companies in generation, distribution and retail electricity. She has supported various programs under the...

Prior to being appointed as Secretary of Energy, Mr. Raphael P. M. Lotilla was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM). PSALM is the government corporation tasked to manage the privatization of generation assets, IPP...

Ping Mendoza is President and board member of the Philippine Solar and Storage Energy Alliance (PSSEA) and is currently working on developing Shell’s renewable generation business in the Philippines. He has held leadership positions in Clime Capital – fund manager for climate impact venture capital ...

Ms. Militante is the former Head of Media Group of the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Energy, Corporate Communication Officer of the Philippine National Oil Corporation - Renewables Corporation where she also served as the company’s Spokesperson. She was previously connected with Go...

Ari Natividad is the President & Founder of ZA Global Partnerships, Corp., a renewable energy development company based in Manila, Philippines since 2013. ZA Global develops utility solar, wind, and hydro projects in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, as well as commercial solar rooftop...

Quintin Pastrana is President of WEnergy Power Pilipinas, Maharlika Clean Power Holdings, Archipelago Renewables Corporation, and Head of Business Development for WEnergy Global. He graduated with degrees in Business, International Relations, and Creative Writing from the Universities of...

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He earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) in 2004. In the same year, he joined Manila Water Company and got exposed to the water industry. Then, he moved to GHD Manila in 2008 as civil engineer doing water and wastewater engineering...

Chris is a Partner at The Lantau Group, Asia Pacific’s leading energy-focused strategy and economic consulting group.  At TLG, he advises clients on a range of commercial matters across Southeast Asia's power, gas, and renewable energy markets, particularly in the Philippines and Thailand where ...

Charlene is the co-founder of All Vision Business Enterprises Corp. (AV) and has more than 15 years of proven success in the solar industry, with more than 150MW solar power plant operation experience, and solar PV design training and practical application exposure. As one of the pioneers in the...

Paula Valencia is a senior associate and the Philippine country representative at the Rocky Mountain Institute. She leads RMI’s Climate Resilient Cities project and offshore wind market development research in the Philippines.Prior to RMI, Paula was project manager for the Financial Futures...

A.D. Villaos joined Vivant as a VP in December 2021 and is concurrently President & CEO of a wholly-owned subsidiary COREnergy. Prior to joining Vivant, A.D. was with IDI infrastructures, a Japanese energy sector fund manager majority-owned by Daiwa Securities Group. Prior to IDI...

Ruth has over 20 years of experience in the field of renewable energy, developing wind power, hydro power and solar projects. She is the President of Upgrade Energy Philippines, Inc.She Chair’s the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Committee of the European Chamber of Commerce of the...

“An analytics practitioner since 1999, Michelle founded the analytics consulting firm Z-Lift Solutions in 2013 to enable organizations on analytics, serving as its President and Managing Director. She had always been an advocate of “analytics for the masses”, so in the same year she organized the...

Jorey T. Alfaro, age 56, Filipino, Vice-President & Head of Customer Services Division and Business Development, and the Chairman of the Power Supply Procurement Group and Competitive Selection Process of Cagayan Electric Power & Light Company, Inc. (CEPALCO). He is a Licensed Professional...

Dante is an advocate of the environment and clean energy, an entrepreneur, a businessman, a teacher, and a leader. He is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Sasonbi Inc., a solar PV systems integrator and one of the pioneers in the country, closing in on 9MWp of rooftop solar PV installations and...

Ms. Fairhurst is on a number of Boards and Advisory Boards in the energy and AI space, including thermal and renewable generation and software to support the energy transition. She also works with the executive of the IPPF, a power networking group. She has a wide range of experience in the...

Mr. Garcia is responsible for business development and integration into Metro Pacific’s businesses. His mandate is to increase shareholder value, by exploring new business ventures, executing the development of Greenfield Projects and Merger and Acquisition (M&A) transactions, especially those...

As Vice President and Sustainability Officer for the largest bank in the Philippines, Marla heads the BDO Group’s Sustainability Office and drives the execution of the BDO Sustainability Framework and Strategies. She oversees sustainability-related policy formulations and program reviews across the ...

Mr Deon James was previously the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Dagupan Electric Corporation, an Electricity Distribution Utility-based in the Philippines (2004-2020), and is still active in a consulting role and Director. He gained his Mechanical Engineering (Honours) degree at the...

Mr. Lledo is the Senior Vice President and Head of International Desks of BDO Unibank Inc., the largest commercial bank in the Philippines in terms of asset size. The International Desks assist foreign corporates and individuals who require local banking services or are looking for investment...

Professional industrial engineer, ASEAN engineer, lawyer, economist, management executive and consultant, and professorial lecturer with more than 50 years of experience in senior executive positions in the energy, metals, beverage, semiconductor, IT, munitions, construction, venture capital, and...

EREL B. NARIDA ? President / CEO of OREEi and current President of Renewable Energy Association of the Philippines (REAP).  Erel is a seasoned businessman with more than 35 years of experience in operations and supply chain.  He has 17 years of experience in the renewable energy industry, starting...

Engr. Silver Navarro, Jr. is a Renewable Energy Consultant with experience in the renewable energy industry since 1990 with projects on solar PV, wind, hydro, biomass, and biogas. He had trainings at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. He has focused on the use of HOMER®...

Atty. Richard Nethercott obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering in De La Salle University – Manila and later, earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law. He also completed a Master’s degree in Business Administration from De La Salle University ...

Don (Rolando) has 27 years of international senior leadership experience in the Energy and have worked in various sites in United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia and Philippines.  He led large production and manufacturing facilities including those that supply more than 25% of energy of a country...

Mr. Veloso currently heads the Corporate Credit Products Group at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). He joined the bank in December 2012 and established the Office of Strategy Management. He was subsequently assigned to head the Corporate and Transaction Banking Group, after which he set up...

 * Currently elected as member of the Board of Directors of PhilHydro Association Inc. (the organization of Hydropower developers, owners, operators and technology providers in the Philippines)  * Studied Mechanical Engineering at Silliman University, finished in 2001  * 20 years in the power...

Jason is currently the Vice President and Chief Business Development Officer of SN Aboitiz Power. He leads the business development team in identifying, screening, selecting, developing, and implementing renewable energy projects and other emerging technologies that can be integrated into the...

A proven Business Development, Program Manager, and Country Executive leading multidisciplinary teams in the development, energy and sustainability sectors throughout Southeast Asia over the last 15 years. Through my teams and network I have successfully; developed a pipeline of over 400MW utility...

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE-University of the PhilippinesMASTER'S DEGREE-Asian Institute of Management

Rene M. Fajilagutan has more than 28 years of experience on rural electrification. He is currently the General Manager of the Romblon Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ROMELCO) and Chairman/CEO of the Cantingas Mini-Hydro Power Corporation (CHPC), a wholly owned Subsidiary Corporation of ROMELCO.

TJ Mendoza serves as the General Counsel of Prime Asset Ventures, Inc. (PAVI) and Corporate Secretary of all PAVI group companies. As PAVI General Counsel, TJ leads a legal team composed of eight diverse and seasoned corporate finance and infrastructure law practitioners who provide expert legal...

Engr. Jun Paul U. Mistica has been working for the government, particularly the LLDA, for more than three decades already. During those years he assumes various responsibilities concerning shoreland and aquaculture management, environmental compliance of industries, and different project cycle...

Robert has over 20 years of experience in the Energy Sector. He has been with companies like Petron Corporation, Meralco, and MSpectrum, Inc. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer of PAVI Green Renewable Energy Inc., handling both utility scale and solar rooftops. Robert graduated with a...