Cezar P. Consing

Co-Vice Chair, Non-Executive Director

Mr. Consing, Filipino, 65, has served as Director since April 2021 and as Co-Vice Chairman of the Board since November 2022. He is the President and CEO of Ayala Corporation since September 27, 2022, and has been a member of the Ayala Group Management Committee since April 2013. He is the Chairman of ACEN CORPORATION, and Vice Chairman of the Bank of the Philippine Islands, Ayala Land, Inc., and Globe Telecom, Inc. He holds the following positions in the Ayala Group’s unlisted companies: Chairman of AC Logistics Holdings Corporation, AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation, AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc., AC Ventures Holding Corp., and AC Mobility Holdings Incorporated; Vice Chairman of AC Energy and Infrastructure Corporation and Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc.; and, Director of Asiacom Philippines, Inc. and ACEN International, Inc. Mr. Consing is the Chairman of the Philippine Dealing System and the College of St. Benilde. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission. He is a member of the boards of trustees of the Philippine-American Educational (Fulbright) Foundation, the Philippines–Japan Economic Cooperation Committee, and the Manila Golf Club Foundation.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Prior to being President and CEO of Ayala Corporation, Mr. Consing was President & CEO of Bank of the Philippine Islands from 2013-2021. He was a partner and co-head for Asia of the Rohatyn Group from 2004 to 2013. He was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan & Co. from 1985 to 2004. For seven years, Mr. Consing served as the Head or Co-Head of Investment Banking for the Asia Pacific and President of J.P. Morgan Securities Asia. He worked for the Bank of the Philippine Islands from 1981 to 1985. Mr. Consing has previously served as Chairman and President of the Bankers Association of the Philippines, President of Bancnet, and Chairman of the National Reinsurance Corporation. He has previously served as an independent director of Jollibee Foods Corporation, CIMB Group Holdings Berhad, and First Gen Corporation. Mr. Consing has previously served as a board director of the Asian Youth Orchestra, the US-Philippines Society, La Salle Greenhills, Endeavor Philippines, and International Care Ministries. 

Mr. Consing received an A.B. Economics degree (Accelerated Program), Magna Cum Laude, and the gold medal for Economics, from De La Salle University, Manila, in 1979. He obtained an M.A. in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1980.

DIRECTORSHIP IN OTHER PUBLICLY LISTED COMPANIES

Mr. Consing also holds directorships in Ayala Corporation, Ayala Land, Inc., Bank of the Philippine Islands, and ACEN Corporation, all of which are listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange.