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Corporate Governance

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rockwell Land’s Board of Directors is composed of experienced professionals of diverse backgrounds who have proven their proficiency for success.

NESTOR J. PADILLA

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Succeeding Ambassador Manuel Lopez in 2023, Mr. Padilla is currently the Chairman of the Board of Rockwell Land Corporation. He is also the Chief Executive Officer, a position he has held since 1995. Mr. Padilla serves as a Director of the First Philippine Realty Corporation and First Batangas Hotel Corporation. Previously, Mr. Padilla has served as a Director of the Rockwell Club and Trustee of the Rockwell Residential Towers Condominium Corporation. Before he assumed a leadership role in Rockwell Land, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer in Lippo Land in Indonesia while also being the Executive Director of Indo Ayala Leasing.

VALERIE JANE L. SOLIVEN

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Succeeding Mr. Nestor Padilla, Ms. Soliven was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer in 2023. She is highly regarded as a coach and mentor of many Senior Executives as she led at the forefront of the Residential Development Team as Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer. Ms. Soliven is an integral part of Rockwell Land’s growth from its flagship community in Makati City to its continued expansion to different cities and provinces in the Philippines. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from the University of the Philippines, and has completed the Leadership Excellence through Awareness and Practice Program in INSEAD Singapore.

FEDERICO R. LOPEZ

VICE CHAIRMAN

Mr. Lopez is the Vice-Chairman of Rockwell Land since August 2012. He is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FPH, First Gen Corporation , Energy Development Corporation and First Gas Power Corporation. He is also Chairman of the Board of First Balfour, First Philippine Industrial Park, Inc. and First Philippine Realty Corporation, among others. He is also a Director of ABS-CBN Corporation. He is a member of the following organizations: Makati Business Club, Management Association of the Philippines, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Membership Chairman, World President’s Organization, Asia Business Council and New York Philharmonic International Advisory Board. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation (OML Center) and the Sikat Solar Challenge Foundation. He is also a Trustee of the Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund Philippines, and the Philippine Disasters Recovery Foundation. Mr. Lopez graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a Double Major in Economics & International Relations (Cum Laude) from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983.

MIGUEL ERNESTO L. LOPEZ

DIRECTOR & TREASURER

Mr. Lopez has been a Director and Treasurer of Rockwell Land since 2009. He started serving Rockwell Land as Senior Vice President since 2012. He was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Rockwell Integrated Property Services, Inc. (RIPSI) since 2012 until he started heading Office Development of Rockwell Land in June 2016. He is currently the Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Affairs of Lopez Holdings Corporation. He is also a Director of Philippine Commercial Capital, Inc. (PCCI), PCCI Securities Brokers, Inc., Rockwell Leisure Club, Inc. and Rockwell Center Association, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc. and an advisor to the Lopez Group Foundation Inc. He was previously part of the Board of Directors for Indra, Outsourced Telleserve Corporation and Meralco Millenium Foundation, Inc.. He held several executive and management positions at Meralco from 2002-2010. Mr. Lopez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Menlo College of California, USA and attended the Executive Development Program of the Asian Institute of Management.

JOSE VALENTIN PANTANGCO JR.

DIRECTOR

Mr. Jose Valentin A. Pantangco, Jr. was appointed as Vice President and Head of Corporate Planning last October 2016 of First Philippine Holdings Corporation. He was appointed as Director of Rockwell Land Corporation in May 2018. He is concurrently Chief Commercial Officer of the First Philippine Industrial Park. He also serves as a Director of First Balfour, Inc., First Philippine Industrial Park, First Philec Inc., and First Philippine Realty Corporation.

He was Managing Director for Consultancy and Business Development of Changi Airports International from 2007 until 2016. From 2004 to 2006 he was Senior Associate at McKinsey and Company. He obtained his MBA from Harvard Business School (2004) and his undergraduate degree from the Ateneo de Manila University (1994). He serves on the Board of the Ateneo Alumni Association. He is also a trustee of both the Beacon International School Foundation and The Beacon Academy.

FRANCIS GILES B. PUNO

DIRECTOR

Mr. Puno has been a Director of Rockwell Land since 2013. He was appointed Chief Finance Officer and Treasurer of FPH in October 2007 and was promoted to Executive Vice-President in September 2011. He is currently the President and COO of FPH and First Gen Corporation. He is also a director in the various subsidiaries and affiliates of FPH and First Gen including, among others, Energy Development Corporation, First Balfour Inc., First Philippine Electric Corporation and First Philippine Industrial Park, Inc. Before joining FPHC, he worked with The Chase Manhattan Bank as Vice President for Global Power and Environment Group. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the Ateneo de Manila University and a Master in Business Administration degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago, Illinois.

BENJAMIN ERNESTO R. LOPEZ

DIRECTOR

Benjamin R. Lopez is Vice President of First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH), a publicly listed company. He was seconded to FPH’s property development subsidiary, Rockwell Land Corporation, from 1993 to 2004, where he held various management positions. He is a member of the board of directors of First Balfour, Inc. and other subsidiaries of the FPH group. He is concurrently Senior Executive Vice President of Lopez, Inc. and was appointed as INAEC Aviation Corp President in July 2007. In 2018, he was appointed as Chairman of the Philippine Chapter of the Asian Business Aviation Association, a regional non-profit association. He is also a trustee of various foundations focused on education, the arts, and population and development issues. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs with a concentration in economics from the George Washington University, Washington D.C. (1992) and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from the Asian Institute of Management (2001).

MONICO V. JACOB

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Mr. Jacob was elected as an independent director of Rockwell Land on April 6, 2016. He has been an independent director of Lopez Holdings Corporation (publicly listed) since 2013. He is currently the Chairman of Total Consolidated Asset Management and Philippine Life Financial Assurance, Inc. (PhilLife). He is the President of Maestro Holdings, Inc. (formerly STI Investments, Inc) which owns Philplans First, Inc. and Philhealthcare, Inc., where he is also a Director. He is the President and CEO of STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc. (publicly listed), STI Education Services Group, Inc. He is a director of Jollibee Foods Corp. (publicly listed), of Asian Terminals, Inc. (publicly listed), of 2GO Group, Inc. (publicly listed), and of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. (publicly listed). Prior to his current positions, he was Chairman and CEO of Petron Corporation and Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), was a General Manager of National Housing Authority (NHA) and also became a CEO of the Home Development Mutual Fund, popularly known as the PAG-IBIG Fund. He also became Chairman of Meralco Financial Services Corporation and Director of Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation and Clark Electric Distribution Corp. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1971.

OSCAR J. HILADO

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Mr. Hilado has been an Independent Director of Rockwell Land since 2015. He is also an independent director of FPH since 1996. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Investment Management (PHINMA), Inc., other Phinma Corporations and Union Galvasteel Corporation. He is currently Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Phinma Corporation, Vice Chairman of Trans Asia Power Generation Corp.; Chairman of Trans-Asia Petroleum Corporation. He graduated with Highest Honors and with a Gold Medal for General Excellence and a Bachelor of Science in Commerce Degree from De La Salle College (Bacolod). He pursued his Degree of Masters in Business Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration from 1960-1962. Mr. Hilado is a Certified Public Accountant. He has been part of the Lopez Group in a directorship capacity within the last five (5) years. Mr. Hilado is likewise an independent director of A. Soriano Corporation and Philex Mining Corporation. He is also a Director of Smart Communications, Inc., Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc. (Digitel), Asian Eye Institute, Manila Cordage Company, United Pulp and Paper Company, Inc., Seven Seas Resorts & Leisure, Inc., Microtel Inns & Suites (Pilipinas) Inc., Beacon Property Ventures, Inc; and Roxas Holdings, Inc.

ATTY. ENRIQUE I. QUIASON

CORPORATE SECRETARY

Mr. Quiason has been the Corporate Secretary at Rockwell Land since 1995. He is a Senior Partner of the Quiason Makalintal Barot Torres Ibarra Sison & Damaso Law Firm. He is also the Corporate Secretary of FPH, Lopez Holdings and ABS-CBN and various subsidiaries and affiliates of FPH and Lopez Holdings. Mr. Quiason, a Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, graduated with a B.S. Business Economics (Cum Laude) degree in 1981 and with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1985 from the University of the Philippines. He received his LL.M. in Securities Regulation from Georgetown University in 1991.

Atty. Carol Pinoy

ASSISTANT CORPORATE SECRETARY AND VICE PRESIDENT / HEAD OF LEGAL AND CHIEF DATA PRIVACY COMPLIANCE OFFICER

Ms. Pinoy is currently the Vice President and Head of Legal at Rockwell Land. She is a licensed lawyer with a Bachelor of Laws from San Beda College of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Language from the University of the Philippines. Ms. Pinoy also acts as the company’s Assistant Corporate Secretary and Data Privacy Compliance Officer.

MANUEL L. LOPEZ, JR.

BOARD ADVISOR

Mr. Lopez was elected as an Advisor to the Board since June, 2017 and has been a Director at Rockwell Land from 2011 to 2017. He is currently the President of Rockwell Leisure Club, Inc., which he was a Board Member since 2016. He serves as a Director of Lopez Inc., Philippine Trade Foundation, Inc., Stargate Media, and Philippine Commercial Capital, Inc. (PCCI). He is also presently the Executive Vice President of Benpres Insurance Agency, Inc. He has served as a Director of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, Central CATV,Inc. (Sky Cable), Pilipino Cable Corporation, and Call Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP), among others. He was previously the Chairman and CEO of PacificHub Corporation for 10 years, Mr. Lopez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from De La Salle University.

Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rockwell Land’s Board of Directors is composed of experienced professionals of diverse backgrounds who have proven their proficiency for success.

NESTOR J. PADILLA

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Succeeding Ambassador Manuel Lopez in 2023, Mr. Padilla is currently the Chairman of the Board of Rockwell Land Corporation. He is also the Chief Executive Officer, a position he has held since 1995. Mr. Padilla serves as a Director of the First Philippine Realty Corporation and First Batangas Hotel Corporation. Previously, Mr. Padilla has served as a Director of the Rockwell Club and Trustee of the Rockwell Residential Towers Condominium Corporation. Before he assumed a leadership role in Rockwell Land, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer in Lippo Land in Indonesia while also being the Executive Director of Indo Ayala Leasing.

VALERIE JANE L. SOLIVEN

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Succeeding Mr. Nestor Padilla, Ms. Soliven was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer in 2023. She is highly regarded as a coach and mentor of many Senior Executives as she led at the forefront of the Residential Development Team as Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer. Ms. Soliven is an integral part of Rockwell Land’s growth from its flagship community in Makati City to its continued expansion to different cities and provinces in the Philippines. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from the University of the Philippines, and has completed the Leadership Excellence through Awareness and Practice Program in INSEAD Singapore.

FEDERICO R. LOPEZ

VICE CHAIRMAN

Mr. Lopez is the Vice-Chairman of Rockwell Land since August 2012. He is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FPH, First Gen Corporation , Energy Development Corporation and First Gas Power Corporation. He is also Chairman of the Board of First Balfour, First Philippine Industrial Park, Inc. and First Philippine Realty Corporation, among others. He is also a Director of ABS-CBN Corporation. He is a member of the following organizations: Makati Business Club, Management Association of the Philippines, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Membership Chairman, World President’s Organization, Asia Business Council and New York Philharmonic International Advisory Board. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation (OML Center) and the Sikat Solar Challenge Foundation. He is also a Trustee of the Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund Philippines, and the Philippine Disasters Recovery Foundation. Mr. Lopez graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a Double Major in Economics & International Relations (Cum Laude) from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983.

MIGUEL ERNESTO L. LOPEZ

DIRECTOR & TREASURER

Mr. Lopez has been a Director and Treasurer of Rockwell Land since 2009. He started serving Rockwell Land as Senior Vice President since 2012. He was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Rockwell Integrated Property Services, Inc. (RIPSI) since 2012 until he started heading Office Development of Rockwell Land in June 2016. He is currently the Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Affairs of Lopez Holdings Corporation. He is also a Director of Philippine Commercial Capital, Inc. (PCCI), PCCI Securities Brokers, Inc., Rockwell Leisure Club, Inc. and Rockwell Center Association, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc. and an advisor to the Lopez Group Foundation Inc. He was previously part of the Board of Directors for Indra, Outsourced Telleserve Corporation and Meralco Millenium Foundation, Inc.. He held several executive and management positions at Meralco from 2002-2010. Mr. Lopez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Menlo College of California, USA and attended the Executive Development Program of the Asian Institute of Management.

JOSE VALENTIN PANTANGCO JR.

DIRECTOR

Mr. Jose Valentin A. Pantangco, Jr. was appointed as Vice President and Head of Corporate Planning last October 2016 of First Philippine Holdings Corporation. He was appointed as Director of Rockwell Land Corporation in May 2018. He is concurrently Chief Commercial Officer of the First Philippine Industrial Park. He also serves as a Director of First Balfour, Inc., First Philippine Industrial Park, First Philec Inc., and First Philippine Realty Corporation.

He was Managing Director for Consultancy and Business Development of Changi Airports International from 2007 until 2016. From 2004 to 2006 he was Senior Associate at McKinsey and Company. He obtained his MBA from Harvard Business School (2004) and his undergraduate degree from the Ateneo de Manila University (1994). He serves on the Board of the Ateneo Alumni Association. He is also a trustee of both the Beacon International School Foundation and The Beacon Academy.

FRANCIS GILES B. PUNO

DIRECTOR

Mr. Puno has been a Director of Rockwell Land since 2013. He was appointed Chief Finance Officer and Treasurer of FPH in October 2007 and was promoted to Executive Vice-President in September 2011. He is currently the President and COO of FPH and First Gen Corporation. He is also a director in the various subsidiaries and affiliates of FPH and First Gen including, among others, Energy Development Corporation, First Balfour Inc., First Philippine Electric Corporation and First Philippine Industrial Park, Inc. Before joining FPHC, he worked with The Chase Manhattan Bank as Vice President for Global Power and Environment Group. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the Ateneo de Manila University and a Master in Business Administration degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago, Illinois.

BENJAMIN ERNESTO R. LOPEZ

DIRECTOR

Benjamin R. Lopez is Vice President of First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH), a publicly listed company. He was seconded to FPH’s property development subsidiary, Rockwell Land Corporation, from 1993 to 2004, where he held various management positions. He is a member of the board of directors of First Balfour, Inc. and other subsidiaries of the FPH group. He is concurrently Senior Executive Vice President of Lopez, Inc. and was appointed as INAEC Aviation Corp President in July 2007. In 2018, he was appointed as Chairman of the Philippine Chapter of the Asian Business Aviation Association, a regional non-profit association. He is also a trustee of various foundations focused on education, the arts, and population and development issues. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs with a concentration in economics from the George Washington University, Washington D.C. (1992) and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from the Asian Institute of Management (2001).

MONICO V. JACOB

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Mr. Jacob was elected as an independent director of Rockwell Land on April 6, 2016. He has been an independent director of Lopez Holdings Corporation (publicly listed) since 2013. He is currently the Chairman of Total Consolidated Asset Management and Philippine Life Financial Assurance, Inc. (PhilLife). He is the President of Maestro Holdings, Inc. (formerly STI Investments, Inc) which owns Philplans First, Inc. and Philhealthcare, Inc., where he is also a Director. He is the President and CEO of STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc. (publicly listed), STI Education Services Group, Inc. He is a director of Jollibee Foods Corp. (publicly listed), of Asian Terminals, Inc. (publicly listed), of 2GO Group, Inc. (publicly listed), and of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. (publicly listed). Prior to his current positions, he was Chairman and CEO of Petron Corporation and Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), was a General Manager of National Housing Authority (NHA) and also became a CEO of the Home Development Mutual Fund, popularly known as the PAG-IBIG Fund. He also became Chairman of Meralco Financial Services Corporation and Director of Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation and Clark Electric Distribution Corp. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1971.

OSCAR J. HILADO

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Mr. Hilado has been an Independent Director of Rockwell Land since 2015. He is also an independent director of FPH since 1996. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Investment Management (PHINMA), Inc., other Phinma Corporations and Union Galvasteel Corporation. He is currently Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Phinma Corporation, Vice Chairman of Trans Asia Power Generation Corp.; Chairman of Trans-Asia Petroleum Corporation. He graduated with Highest Honors and with a Gold Medal for General Excellence and a Bachelor of Science in Commerce Degree from De La Salle College (Bacolod). He pursued his Degree of Masters in Business Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration from 1960-1962. Mr. Hilado is a Certified Public Accountant. He has been part of the Lopez Group in a directorship capacity within the last five (5) years. Mr. Hilado is likewise an independent director of A. Soriano Corporation and Philex Mining Corporation. He is also a Director of Smart Communications, Inc., Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc. (Digitel), Asian Eye Institute, Manila Cordage Company, United Pulp and Paper Company, Inc., Seven Seas Resorts & Leisure, Inc., Microtel Inns & Suites (Pilipinas) Inc., Beacon Property Ventures, Inc; and Roxas Holdings, Inc.

ATTY. ENRIQUE I. QUIASON

CORPORATE SECRETARY

Mr. Quiason has been the Corporate Secretary at Rockwell Land since 1995. He is a Senior Partner of the Quiason Makalintal Barot Torres Ibarra Sison & Damaso Law Firm. He is also the Corporate Secretary of FPH, Lopez Holdings and ABS-CBN and various subsidiaries and affiliates of FPH and Lopez Holdings. Mr. Quiason, a Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, graduated with a B.S. Business Economics (Cum Laude) degree in 1981 and with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1985 from the University of the Philippines. He received his LL.M. in Securities Regulation from Georgetown University in 1991.

Atty. Carol Pinoy

ASSISTANT CORPORATE SECRETARY AND VICE PRESIDENT / HEAD OF LEGAL AND CHIEF DATA PRIVACY COMPLIANCE OFFICER

Ms. Pinoy is currently the Vice President and Head of Legal at Rockwell Land. She is a licensed lawyer with a Bachelor of Laws from San Beda College of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Language from the University of the Philippines. Ms. Pinoy also acts as the company’s Assistant Corporate Secretary and Data Privacy Compliance Officer.

MANUEL L. LOPEZ, JR.

BOARD ADVISOR

Mr. Lopez was elected as an Advisor to the Board since June, 2017 and has been a Director at Rockwell Land from 2011 to 2017. He is currently the President of Rockwell Leisure Club, Inc., which he was a Board Member since 2016. He serves as a Director of Lopez Inc., Philippine Trade Foundation, Inc., Stargate Media, and Philippine Commercial Capital, Inc. (PCCI). He is also presently the Executive Vice President of Benpres Insurance Agency, Inc. He has served as a Director of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, Central CATV,Inc. (Sky Cable), Pilipino Cable Corporation, and Call Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP), among others. He was previously the Chairman and CEO of PacificHub Corporation for 10 years, Mr. Lopez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from De La Salle University.