Natividad N. Alejo

Non-Executive and Independent Director

Ms. Alejo, Filipino, 67, has served as an Independent Director since April 25, 2023. She is also an experienced Mergers and Acquisitions professional supporting clients in achieving transformational initiatives in her current role as Managing Director of AlphaPrimus Advisors Inc., as well as in her previous role as the main M & A professional in Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), leading the bank's various acquisitions and mergers from 1994 through 2006.

She is a seasoned senior banker with over 30 years of key leadership roles in Retail Banking, Microfinance, Investment Banking and Corporate Finance, and Strategic Planning in one of the largest Philippine banks. She has also held several leadership positions in the past, including President of BPI Family Savings Bank and BPI Capital Corporation, Chairperson of BPI Direct BanKo Inc., and as an Advisor to the board of microfinance-oriented rural bank CARD MRI Rizal Bank, Inc. Ms. Alejo likewise serves as an independent director of Singlife Phils., Inc. and Grand Plaza Hotel Corporation. She is also a member of the Filipina CEO Circle and the Management Association of the Philippines.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Ms. Alejo graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics (Summa Cum Laude and Gansewinkle Scholastic Trophy Award) from Divine World University and took her Master's Degree in Economics at the University of the Philippines. She also completed an advanced management program at Harvard Business School in 2005.

DIRECTORSHIP IN OTHER PUBLICLY LISTED COMPANIES

Ms. Alejo also holds directorship in Grand Plaza Hotel Corporation, which is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange.