Eduardo M. Cojuangco
Board of Directors
Petron
Philippines
Biography
Mr. Eduardo M. Cojuangco, Jr., has been Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Petron Corp. since February 10, 2015. He holds the following positions, among others: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SMC and Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (“GSMI”); Chairman of ECJ & Sons Agricultural Enterprises Inc., Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. Foundation Inc.; and Director of Cainaman Farms Inc. Mr. Cojuangco was formerly a director of the Manila Electric Company (“MERALCO”), member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1970 -1972), Governor of Tarlac Province (1967-1979) and Philippine Ambassador Plenipotentiary. He also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Coconut Planters Bank, President and Director of United Coconut Life Assurance Corporation, and Governor of the Development Bank of the Philippines. Of the companies in which Mr. Cojuangco currently holds directorships, SMC, GSMI and San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. (“SMPFC”) are also listed with the PSE. He attended the College of Agriculture at the University of the Philippines – Los Banos and the California Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo, U.S.A. and was conferred a post graduate degree in Economics, honoris causa, from the University of Mindanao, a post graduate degree in Agri-Business, honoris causa, from the Tarlac College of Agriculture, a post graduate degree in Humanities, honoris causa, from the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos, and a post graduate degree in Humanities, honoris causa, from the Tarlac State University.
Research Interest
Accounting and Administration Fianncial Research