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Filipino, 84 years old, is the Chairman/Adviser of GMA Network, Inc. Atty. Gozon is a Senior Partner at the Law Firm of Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila. He is also the Chairman of the Board/President/CEO of various companies including GMA Holdings, Inc., GMA Ventures, Inc., Citynet Network Marketing & Productions, Inc., RGMA Network, Inc., Alta Productions Group, Inc., GMA New Media, Inc., Media Merge Corporation, Digify, Inc., GMA Productions, Inc. (formerly RGMA Marketing and Production, Inc.), Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc., FLG Management and Development Corporation, Gozon Development Corporation, Vista Montana Realty Development,  Inc., Mont-Aire Realty and Development Corporation, BGE Holdings, Inc., Kenobe, Inc., Jeata Holdings and Management, Inc., Vitezon, Inc., Palawan Power Generation, Inc., Catanduanes Power Generation, Inc., Sycamore International Shipping Corporation, Cardinal Agri Products, Inc., Lex Realty, Inc., Justitia Realty & Management Corporation, Gozon Foundation, Inc., GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc., Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko Foundation, Inc., and The Potter and The Clay Christian School Foundation, Inc.

He is also a Director of GMA Network Films, Inc., Antipolo Agri-Business & Land Development Corporation, and Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands. He is a Trustee of the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship Foundation, Inc., and the Akademyang Filipino. 

Atty. Gozon is a recipient of many awards for his achievements in law, media, public service, and business, including the prestigious Chief Justice Special Award given by the Chief Justice of the Philippines (1991), Presidential Award of Merit given by the Philippine Bar Association (1990 & 1993), CEO of the Year Award given by Uno Magazine (2004), Master Entrepreneur–Philippines Award (2004) by Ernst and Young, Outstanding Citizen of Malabon Award for Legal and Business Management by the Kalipunan ng Samahan sa Malabon (KASAMA) (2005), People of the Year Award by People Asia Magazine (2005), Business Excellence Award given by BizNews Asia (2009), Outstanding Manilan Award in the field of Social Responsibility and Broadcasting given by the City Government of Manila (2011), Quezon City Gawad Parangal Most Outstanding Citizen Award given by the City Government of Quezon (2011), Tycoon of the Decade Award given by BizNews Asia (2011), Lifetime Achievement Award given by the UP Alumni Association (2012), Certificate of Recognition given by the Civil Aeronautics Board (2012), Platinum Business Icon Award given by BizNews Asia (2012), Personality of the Year Award for Broadcast Media given by SKAL International Makati (2013), Outstanding Member-Achiever Award given by Phi Kappa Phi UP Chapter (International Honor Society) (2013), Visionary Management CEO Award given by BizNews Asia (2013), Lifetime Achievement Award given by UP Preparatory High School Alumni (2014), Entrepreneurship Excellence Award and Best Broadcast CEO Award given by BizNews Asia (2014), The Rotary Golden Wheel Award for Corporate Media Management given by Rotary International District 3780 and Quezon City Government (2014), Global Leadership Award for Excellence in Media Sector (first Filipino to win the award) given by The Leaders International together with the American Leadership Development Association in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2015), Visionary Management Excellence Award given by BizNews Asia (2015, 2016), Management Excellence Award given by BizNews Asia (2017, 2019), and Asia’s Best Broadcast CEO Award given by BizNews Asia (2018). He is listed among BizNews Asia’s Power 100 (2003 to 2010) and is a recipient of a Doctor of Humanities degree (Honoris Causa) from the Angeles University Foundation (2008) and a Doctor of Laws degree (Honoris Causa) from the Wesleyan University Philippines (2022). 

Atty. Gozon earned his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines (among the first 10 of his class) and his Master of Laws degree from Yale University Law School. He was admitted to the Bar in 1962, placing 13th in the Bar examinations.
 

Filipino, 60 years old, has been a Director of the Company since 2002. He was elected Chairman of GMA Network’s Executive Committee on January 1, 2024, following his tenure as its Vice-Chairman. He joined the Network in January 1999, initially as a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. Subsequently, he was appointed as Chairman of the Executive Committee in August 2000. Duavit was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in November 2000. He was elected as the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer in 2010 and elected as its CEO in January 2024.

Duavit is also the Chairman of the Board of GMA Network Films, Inc. and serves as President and CEO of GMA Holdings, Inc., GMA Productions, Inc. (formerly RGMA Marketing and Production, Inc.), and Chairman, President, and CEO of Group Management and Development, Inc., and Dual Management and Investments, Inc. Duavit is the Vice Chairman of GMA Ventures, Inc.

He also serves as the President and a Trustee of GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc., a Trustee of the Guronasyon Foundation, Inc., and Board Advisor of the HERO Foundation.

Duavit holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of the Philippines.
 

Filipino, 60 years old, has been a Director of the Company since 2002. He was elected Chairman of GMA Network’s Executive Committee on January 1, 2024, following his tenure as its Vice-Chairman. He is President and CEO of Menarco Holdings, and the Chief Executive Officer of Alta Productions Group, Inc. He is a Director of RGMA Network, Inc., Executive Committee Chairman and Director of GMA New Media, Inc., Scenarios, Inc., GMA Worldwide, Inc., Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, Inc., Malayan Savings and Mortgage Bank, and Nuvoland Philippines. He is also a Trustee of GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.

Jimenez is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Major in International Marketing. He earned his Masters degree in Management from the Asian Institute of Management.

Filipino, 67 years old, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GMA Network, Inc. He is also the Head of the Corporate Services Group of the Network. 

He has been a Director of the Company since 2002. Aside from his role at GMA Network, Inc., he serves as Director and Corporate Treasurer of GMA Holdings, Inc., Scenarios, Inc., and GMA Network Films, Inc., Director of Unicapital, Inc., and Unicapital Finance and Investments, Inc., Corporate Treasurer of RGMA Network, Inc., MediaMerge Corporation, Executive Vice President of RGMA Marketing and Productions, Inc., and Corporate Treasurer and Trustee of GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.

Yalong was named CFO of the Year by ING FINEX in 2013.

He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration Major in Accounting from the Philippine School of Business Administration and completed the Management Development Program at the Asian Institute of Management. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
 

Filipino, 52 years old, has been a Director of the Company since 2000. She graduated valedictorian from grade school and high school at Colegio San Agustin. She graduated cum laude, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Engineering from Ateneo de Manila University. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines where she graduated valedictorian and cum laude. She later obtained her Master of Laws from Harvard University. 
 

She is a junior partner in Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila (on leave) and was an Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines, College of Law where she taught Taxation and Legal History. 
 

She is currently the Senior Vice President and Head of GMA’s Talent Management and Development, Program Management, Human Resources Development, Legal Affairs, and GMA Worldwide. She is also President and CEO of GMA Network Films, Inc., Board Member of RGMA, Corporate Secretary of GMA Network, Inc., GMA Ventures, Inc., and Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. (PEP), a stockholder of GMA New Media, Inc. (NMI), Treasurer of Citynet Network Marketing & Productions, Inc., and a Trustee of the GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.

Filipino, 61 years old, has served on the board of directors since 1988. She is an acknowledged visionary and industry mover in the Philippine Information and Communication Technology space. In 1995, she laid the nation’s first ethernet fiber loop in the Central Business District of Makati and developed the country’s first ICT-ready 24x7x365 intelligent skyscraper - 45-storey The Peak Tower, and location of many Internet Firsts. In 2000, she founded PHCOLO, Inc. - the nation’s pioneer neutral Telecommunications and Internet Service Provider interconnection site on four platforms: fiber, cable, wireless and satellite; and respected for its 99.9999% historical 23-year record, PEZA and ISO certifications.  

Her successful and visionary efforts in the field of Information and Communications Technology have earned her the brand Godmother of the Philippine Internet, a position in Computerworld’s list of the Philippines’ Most Powerful in ICT and IT Executive of the Year by the Philippine Cyber Press.

She was the first female Asian elected to an independent board seat at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a governance oversight body of the Public Internet domain name registry and registrar space - the only Asian female who has held this honor to this day. She continues to be a respected elder at APNIC, the Asia-Pacific numbers registry. APNIC oversees the continent’s internet protocol numbers space. APNIC is composed of 56 economies with a total population of 4.7 billion people. It covers the world’s largest nations China and India to its smallest, Nauru. 

In 2022, she joined the prestigious circle of Forbes Business Council USA, and in the same year named by the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) in its 100 Outstanding Alumni anniversary publication More Than as one of only twenty-two from the Philippine Industry for her internet foundational contribution and continuing international work.  

Her international organization memberships include ICANN, APNIC, Pacific Telecommunications Council, IEEE, Young Presidents Organization (YPO) International and Washington DC-Baltimore, AFCEA, INSA, USGIF, Harvard HBS Alumni Association Washington DC, University Club Washington DC and the Washington National Cathedral Association. She has served on the Board of Trustees of Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), Financial Executives Association of the Philippines (FINEX), YPO Gold Washington DC-Baltimore, among others. 

Her philanthropic endeavors include the Asian Institute of Management’s first Professorial Chair for Entrepreneurship and a lecture room at the University of the Philippines School of Economics, among others. When her schedule permits, she is Senior Lecturer for Entrepreneurship at the College of Business Administration University of the Philippines. She serves Harvard University as an alumna  interviewer of incoming freshman applicants within Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia USA.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics from the University of the Philippines. She is an alumna of Harvard Business School, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and Asian Institute of Management. She is a constant student and continuously grows her skills-base, which include SAP FICO & CRM, CISCO TCP/IP networking, CheckPoint firewall security certifications; and today, advanced education at Harvard Kennedy School for nonprofit, public policy and public leadership.

She continues to focus learning and energy on productive, stable and sustainable digital platforms aiming to someday weave content, geospatial and internet operational technologies with national policy for grass roots prosperity. 
 

Filipino, 56 years old, has been a Director of the Company since 2000. She held the following positions in the Company: Senior Vice President of Corporate and Strategic Planning, and Senior Vice President for Finance. She has also served as Chairperson and President of GMA New Media, Inc. Before joining the Company, she worked for BDO Seidman–Los Angeles, an international audit and management consulting firm. She currently holds various positions in the Majent Menarco Group of Companies. She is also President of the Yale Club of the Philippines. 

Westfall holds a Master of Science degree in Public and Private Management from Yale University and Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.

Filipino, 87 years old, has been an Independent Director of the Company since 2007. In 1995, he was named Justice of the Supreme Court and was appointed Chief Justice of the Philippines in 2005—a position he held until December 2006. At present, he is also an Independent Director of these listed firms: Meralco, GMA Holdings, Inc., PLDT, Inc., Petron Corporation, JG Summit Holdings, Inc., Asian Terminals, Inc., RL Commercial Reit, Inc., and a non-Executive Director of Jollibee Foods Corporation. He is also a Senior Adviser of Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company and a member of the Advisory Council of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), Chairman, Board of Advisers of Metrobank Foundation, Adviser of DoubleDragon Properties Corporation and MerryMart Consumer Corporation, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Liberty and Prosperity, President of the Manila Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica Foundation, Chairman Emeritus of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc., and Member, Advisory Group of the World Bank (Philippines) and of the Asian Institute of Management Corporate Governance Center. He was a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration based in The Hague, The Netherlands from August 2017 to August 2023. He also is a column writer of The Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Upon his retirement, he was unanimously conferred a Plaque of Acclamation by all of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court as the “Renaissance Jurist of the 21st Century;” and an Award of Honor by the Philippine Bar Association. In recognition of his role as a jurist, lawyer, civic leader, Catholic lay worker, business entrepreneur, and youth leader, he had been the recipient of over 250 other awards from various governments, civic clubs, consumer associations, bar groups, religious movements, and other non-government organizations, both local and international.

He obtained his Associate in Arts, “With Highest Honors” and later his Bachelor of Laws, cum laude and “Most Outstanding Student” from the Far Eastern University. He placed sixth among more than 4,200 candidates who took the 1960 Bar examinations. He is likewise the recipient of several honorary doctoral degrees from various universities.

Filipino, 84 years old, has been an Independent Director of GMA Network, Inc. and GMA Holdings, Inc. since 2007. He is President of Philippine Trust Company (Philtrust Bank). He also serves as Chairman of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Chairman of Don Norberto Ty Foundation, Inc. and Filipinas Opera Society Foundation, Inc.,  Trustee of   St. Paul University - Quezon City, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Yuchengco Museum, Museo del Galeón, Inc., Ayala Foundation, Inc., Fundación Santiago, Inc., Philippine-British Association, Inc., and other organizations. He writes a weekly column for the Manila Bulletin.

He was Minister of the Budget, 1975-1981, Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, 1984-86, Chairman of the Monetary Board and Governor, Central Bank of the Philippines, 1981-1984, Chairman, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 1996-2001. He was a faculty member of the University of the Philippines, 1957-1978 and Dean of the College of Business Administration, 1969-1974. In 1986, he founded J.C. Laya & Co., Ltd. (Certified Public Accountants and Management Consultants) later the Philippine member firm of KPMG International, and served as the firm’s Chairman until his retirement in 2004.

Laya earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, magna cum laude, University of the Philippines, 1957, M.S. in Industrial Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1960, and Ph.D. in Financial Management, Stanford University, 1965. 
He is a Certified Public Accountant.