MAP
News Release

Mr. ALFREDO “Fred” ESPINOSA PASCUAL is the President of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) for 2022.  Mr. Pascual is the 73^rd President of the MAP since its inception in 1950.

 

A governance advocate, Mr. Pascual currently serves as the Lead Independent Director (ID) at SM Investments Corp. He is also an ID at other publicly-listed companies, including Megawide Construction and Concepcion Industrial. His board seats include nonprofits and other organizations, such as Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA), FINEX Academy, University of the Philippines (UP) Foundation, Philippine Council for Foreign Relations, and US-Philippines Society. He led ICD as President and CEO in 2018-2019.

 

From 2011-2017, he served as President and Co-Chair of UP, a system comprised of 8 constituent universities with 17 campuses across the country. He spearheaded ambitious reforms and innovative programs to transform UP into a research-intensive university, raise its international standing, and strengthen its public service capabilities. He enabled UP to generate significant increases in financial resources from government budget allocations, private donations, and income-generating projects. Extensive modernization and expansion of the campuses’ physical facilities, research laboratories, cyber-infrastructure, and information systems became possible under his leadership.

 

Before becoming UP President, he was Alumni Regent on the UP Board. He also served as Trustee at International Rice Research Institute and Philippine Institute for Development Studies.

 

Prior to becoming an academic leader, he worked at Asian Development Bank (ADB) for 19 years (1989-2008) in various positions, including Director for Private Sector Operations, Director for Project Finance, Advisor for Public-Private Partnership, and Senior Investment Officer. He authored a strategy that provided the framework for ADB’s efforts to promote the private sector as the engine of economic growth. He oversaw various infrastructure and financial sector projects in several Asian countries, such as China, India, Vietnam, Pakistan, Philippines, Indonesia, and Afghanistan.

 

He had postings at ADB’s resident offices in India and Indonesia. He represented ADB on the corporate boards of over a dozen investee companies (e.g., banks, funds, financial institutions, and manufacturing firms) in China, India, and the Philippines.

 

Earlier on, Mr. Pascual took a management educator role in the 1980s as finance professor at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). His duties at AIM included the directorship of the Advanced Bank Management Program.

 

At present, his other affiliations include being a member and Past President of Rotary Club of Makati, honorary member of Philippine-American Association of Scientists and Engineers (PAASE), and President of the global Association of Former Employees of ADB.

 

He graduated from UP with an MBA and a BS Chemistry (cum laude). UP and four other universities have conferred honorary doctorates on him. His other recent honors include the Philippine Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, CEO Excel Award from IABC PH, Asia Circle of Excellence for Global Filipino Executives, UP Alumni Association Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award, and Rotary Golden Wheel Award for Higher Education.

 

The other MAP officers for 2022 are Dr. DONALD LIM, COO, DITO CME Holdings, Inc., as VP; Mr. WILSON TAN, Chair and Country Managing Partner, SGV & Co., as Treasurer; Mr. ROMY BERNARDO, Managing Director, Lazaro Bernardo Tiu & Associates, as Asst. Treasurer; Ms. MAAN HONTIVEROS, Managing Director, CEO Advisors, Inc., as Secretary; and Atty. ALEX CABRERA, Chair Emeritus and ESG Leader, Isla Lipana & Co./PwC Philippines, as Asst. Secretary.

 

The other MAP Governors are Dr. CIEL HABITO, Chair, Brain Trust, Inc.; Dr. CHITO SALAZAR, President, PHINMA Education Network; and Sec. BABES SINGSON, President and CEO, Metro Pacific Water.