Board of Directors

John L. Gokongwei, Jr. founded URC in 1954 and has been the Chairman Emeritus of URC effective January 1, 2002. He had been Chairman of the Board until his retirement and resignation from this position effective December 31, 2001. He continues to be a member of URC’s Board and is the Chairman Emeritus of JG Summit and certain of its subsidiaries. He also continues to be a member of the Executive Committee of JG Summit. He is currently the Chairman of the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc., Deputy Chairman and Director of United Industrial Corporation, Ltd. and Singapore Land, Ltd., and a director of JG Summit Capital Markets Corporation, Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc., Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corporation, First Private Power Corporation and Bauang Private Power Corporation. He is also a non-executive director of A. Soriano Corporation and Philex Mining Corporation. Mr. Gokongwei received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from De La Salle University and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

James L. Go is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of URC. He had been President and Chief Executive Officer and was elected to his current position effective January 1, 2002 upon the resignation of Mr. John Gokongwei, Jr. as Chairman. He is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JG Summit and as such, he heads the Executive Committee of JG Summit. He is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Robinsons Land Corporation (“RLC”), JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation, Manila Midtown Hotels and Land Corporation, Litton Mills, Inc., CFC Corporation, Universal Robina Sugar Milling Corporation, Southern Negros Development Corporation, Robinsons, Inc., and Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corporation (“OPMC”). He is also the President and a Trustee of the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc. and a director and Vice Chairman of Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc. He is also a director of First Private Power Corporation, Bauang Private Power Corporation, OPMC, Cebu Air, Inc., Panay Electric Co., United Industrial Corp., Ltd., Singapore Land, Ltd., Marina Center Holdings, Inc. and JG Summit Capital Markets Corporation. He received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. James L. Go joined URC in 1964.

Lance Y. Gokongwei is the President and Chief Operating Officer of URC. He had been Executive Vice President and was elected President and Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2002. He is the President and Chief Operating Officer of JG Summit Holdings, Inc. and JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation and the Vice Chairman and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Robinsons Land Corporation and Litton Mills, Inc. He is also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cebu Air, Inc. and Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc., Chairman of Robinsons Savings Bank, President of Digital Information Technology Services, Inc., Vice Chairman of JG Summit Capital Markets Corporation, and a director of OPMC, United Industrial Corporation, Ltd., and Singapore Land, Ltd. He is also trustee, secretary and treasurer of Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Lance Y. Gokongwei joined URC in 1988.

Patrick Henry C. Go is a director and Vice President of URC. He is also a director of JG Summit Holdings, Inc., RLC, CFC Corporation, JG Cement Corporation, Robinsons Savings Bank and JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation where he is also Deputy Chief Operating Officer. He is a trustee of the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from the Ateneo de Manila University and attended the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School.

Frederick D. Go has been a director of URC since June 2001. He is the President and Chief Operating Officer of RLC.  He is an alternate director of United Industrial Corporation and Singapore Land Limited. He also serves as a director of RLC, Big R Stores, Inc., Robinsons Convenience Stores, Inc., Robinsons Recreation Corporation, JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation, Robinsons Savings Bank, CFC Corporation, Robinsons Handyman, Inc., Robinsons Venture Corporation, Robinsons-Abenson Appliances Corporation, Cebu Light Industrial Park, Philippine Hotels Federation and Philippine Retailers Association. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Engineering from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Johnson Robert G. Go, Jr. was elected director of the Company on May 5, 2005. He is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Litton Mills, Inc. effective August 28, 2006, the textile manufacturing business of JG Summit. He is also a director of Robinsons Land Corporation, Robinsons Savings Bank and CFC Corporation. He is also the President of Robinsons Convenience Stores, Inc. He was elected director of JG Summit on August 18, 2005 and was elected trustee of the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc. on September 1, 2005. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Liberal Arts) from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Robert G. Coyiuto, Jr.  - director of URC.  He is also an independent director of RLC. He is Chairman of Prudential Guarantee & Assurance, Inc., PGA Cars, Inc., and Nissan North Edsa, and Vice-Chairman of First Guarantee Life Assurance Company, Inc. He is also President and Chief Operating Officer of Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corporation and President of PGA Sompo Japan Insurance, Inc. He is Chairman of Pioneer Tours Corporation and a director of Canon Marketing (Philippines) Inc. and Destiny Financial Plans.

Independent Directors

Wilfrido E. Sanchez has been an independent director of URC since 1995. He is also an independent director of EEI Corporation, Kawasaki Motor Corp., NYK-TDG Maritime Academy and Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.  Mr. Sanchez is a director of Transnational Plans, Inc., Dolphin Ship Management, Inc., Adventure International Tours, Inc., Transnational Diversified Group, Inc., Transnational Diversified Corporation, Magellan Capital Holdings Corporation, Center for Leadership & Change, Inc., House of Investment, Inc., Omico Corporation, Amon Trading Corporation, Grepalife Asset Management Corporation, Grepalife Fixed Income Corporation, and JVR Foundation.

Pascual Guerzon was elected as an independent director of URC on September 20, 2007.  He is currently the Principal of Dean Guerzon & Associates (Business Development).  He is the Founding Dean of De La Salle Graduate School of Business.  He was also the former President of the Management Association of the Philippines Agribusiness and Countryside Development Foundation and the Management Association of the Philippines Foundation, MBA Director of the Ateneo de Manila Graduate School of Business, Director of Leverage International Consultants, Dep. Director of Asean Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Section Chief of the Board of Investments.  Mr. Guerzon is a holder of an MBA in Finance from the University of the Philippines and a Ph.D. (N.D.) in Management from the University of Santo Tomas

Senior Officers

Bienvenido S. Bautista – Executive Vice President, URC-BCFG and URC Indonesia
Patrick O. Ng – Executive Vice President, URC International
Eugenie M.L. Villena – Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
BJ M. Sebastian – Senior Vice President – Chief Strategist
Constante T. Santos – Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller
Nicasio L. Lim – Senior Vice President – Corporate Human Resources
Geraldo N. Florencio – First Vice President - Controller
Ester T. Ang – Vice President - Treasurer
Rosalinda F. Rivera – Corporate Secretary