Peter “Pete” W. Hayden is the General Manager & Country Head for Capital One Philippines. Capital One Philippines provides 24/7 full customer lifecycle support to Capital One; a leading Fortune 500 financial services and technology company. An experienced and passionate leader, Pete joined the Philippine team in 2016 and has worked to build a strong and diverse team in Capital One Philippines that has created a best in class performance, experience, and career for thousands of Filipinos. Under his leadership, the company was able to double the scale of its operations within 2 years (now at over 4,000 FTE strong) and it now has 2 sites located in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. Under his leadership, the organization has been recognized as a top employer in the Philippines and recognized for its deep dedication to improving the lives of the underprivileged Philippine youth and their communities via a multitude of programs from employment upskilling to nutrition and feeding programs and sustainable clean water programs. Prior to joining Capital One Philippines, Pete spent 8 years in progressively increasing leadership roles across Capital One’s U.S. credit card business. Before joining Capital One, Pete served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. During his time in the US Navy, Pete completed two overseas deployments in support of the Global War on Terror. Following his decision to leave active duty, Pete pursued his M.B.A. while working for two years as a business management consultant serving financial services clients. He graduated from the US Naval Academy, Annapolis Maryland, with a degree in Engineering and Political Science and also holds an MBA from the College of William & Mary, Mason School of Business in Williamsburg, Virginia. AMCHAM Philippines has been a vital partner to Capital One Philippines supporting the team through their vital growth journey since they opened their doors in 2013. Pete’s personal experience as a leader partnering with AMCHAM and his commitment to the amazing talent of the Philippines led him to pursue a leadership opportunity with AMCHAM. As a Director on AMCHAM’s Board, he is committed to helping U.S. businesses sustainably grow in the Philippines with the talented employee base while providing the local workforce world- class employment opportunities that will ultimately help in further elevating the country.

Bruce Winton, Cluster General Manager for Marriott International hotels located in Manila and Iloilo, began his term as President of AMCHAM in January 2017. A 27 year veteran of Marriott, Bruce has worked in Europe, the USA and Asia and was named General Manager of the Year for Asia-Pacific in 2013. Marriott is currently expanding their portfolio to 8 hotels in the Philippines in the next 3 years. A graduate of New Hampshire College in Manchester NH, Bruce is currently completing an Executive Leadership Certificate at Cornell University. He is married to Christina and has 2 teenage children Alex and Colin. Bruce is passionate about providing growing opportunities for the talented workforce of the Philippines and advocates actively for legislation that enables job creation.

Philip Soliven is the President and Country Representative of Cargill Philippines, Inc., the main operating company and the parent company of Cargill’s various businesses in the Philippines. He is also the Commercial Director for various Food Ingredients and Bio-Industrial (FIBI) businesses and the President of Philippine Bio-Industries, Inc., a Cargill joint venture.

Philip joined Cargill in 1995 as a Singapore-based manager in the Financial Markets Trading Group, then Cargill’s proprietary financial trading business. He managed the group’s investment portfolio for the Philippines and subsequently moved to the Philippines later that year to assume an additional role as country treasurer.

He began his professional career with the First National Bank of Boston, working in the Manila, Philippines branch as a foreign exchange trader. In 1984, he moved to the Bank of Boston’s corporate headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts to assume a role within corporate banking. In 1985, he was assigned to Hong Kong as manager of the bank’s corporate banking business. During his six years in Hong Kong, he occupied a number of positions across Corporate Loan Recovery, Treasury Sales-Foreign Exchange, Debt Trading and Trade Services. In 1991, he relocated to Singapore as vice president for corporate banking. His responsibilities included covering corporate banking clients in Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.

Philip is currently a Director of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, and is also Chairman of its Agribusiness committee. In addition, he serves as Chairman of the PSP Committee at the Rotary Club of Makati, as well as a member of the U.S. ASEAN Business Council, Makati Business Club and Management Association of the Philippines. Philip holds a degree in business management from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Aileen Sarah T. Lerma, a partner, is working with the Securities department. Her practice focuses on securities and corporate law (including mergers and acquisitions, and data privacy matters).

Aileen has extensive experience in handling various capital market transactions, among which are local and international offerings of debt and equity securities, asset-based securities, certificates of deposit, securitizations, and initial and follow-on public offerings. She represents both domestic and foreign clients regarding transactions, regulations, and investments before various government agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Department of Finance, Board of Investments, and Philippine Economic Zone Authority.

Aileen has assisted numerous domestic and multinational companies in the registration of mutual fund companies. She also represented both borrowers and lenders in bilateral and multilateral financing and loan transactions. Furthermore, she has provided advice regarding consolidation, restructuring, and reorganization of operations to industries covering a diverse field, such as real estate, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, and business process outsourcing.

Aileen received her bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1992 where she graduated with honors. She then went on to receive her juris doctor degree from the same university in 1996, where she also graduated with honors. She was admitted to the Philippine bar in 1997, and joined the firm in the same year.

Jocot is CEO of GE Philippines since 2012 and GE’s Managing Director, Government Affairs & Policy for Asia Pacific.

He has deep experience and expertise in energy spanning business and policy-making. Before joining GE, he was Managing Director of Nido Petroleum Ltd, an oil and gas company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Jocot was Undersecretary of the Philippine Department of Energy from 2001-2004 and Chairman of the PNOC-Exploration Corp. He was responsible for the Philippine Energy Plan and supervised the country’s downstream oil sector. He also established the DOE’s Natural Gas Office.

Jocot holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines, where he was recognized as a Distinguished Alumni in 2014; a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo School of Law and a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School.

Ariel B. Lacsamana was appointed President and Managing Director of 3M Philippines in October 2016. Born and raised in the Philippines but now happily rediscovering his birth country after 22 years of being away.

Prior to this appointment, he was President and Director of 3M Global Channel Services, Inc. (Export Operations) helping country subsidiaries accelerate growth for their businesses. He has a solid 16 years at 3M, held 9 roles, alternating strategy, business development and even marketing roles.

A Scientist by heart, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) by education, and an Entrepreneur in practice. He is passionate about helping people through science and technology to elevate the lives of Filipinos in however way possible in his current capacity. He’s found a perfect fit (and home) at 3M as it allows him to use the company’s 46 technology platforms, products and innovations to advance companies, enhance homes, and improve lives.

He is big on people development and people in general – approaching everyone with wide-eyed curiosity and genuine desire to connect. A charismatic leader focused on elevating talent and the potential of his team. He loves to travel and experience new cultures and cuisines; has been to 58 countries around the world ... and counting.

Mr. Lacsamana holds a Masters of Business Administration Degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accountancy from the University of the Philippines Diliman and a proud graduate of Manila Science High School!

Belinda assumed the role of President and Asset Manager of Chevron Malampaya LLC in September 2016. She leads a group of professionals in managing the 45% non-operated Chevron interest in the Malampaya Joint Ventureor Service Contract 38 (SC38).* Belinda has more than 27 years of experience in the upstream energy industry, much of which is in geothermal. Her assignments included positions in Reservoir Engineering and Strategic and Business Planning. In her current capacity, Belinda is a Board Member of the Philippine Petroleum Association of the Upstream Industry (Oil and Gas), Inc. (“PAP”) and is the current President of the Malampaya Foundation Inc.

Prior to her current position, Belinda was GM Planning for the Geothermal & Power Operations and Non-Operated Joint Ventures in Jakarta, Indonesia. This operating group covered assets in Indonesia and the Philippines and included four geothermal assets, a co-generation power facility and two oil and gas non-operated joint ventures.She held expanding Planning positions in Jakarta since 2005.

Belinda started her career in Unocal Philippines (which was acquired by Chevron in 2005) in 1991 as Geothermal Reservoir Engineer for the Tiwi and Mak-Ban Assets. She was an Instructor of Physics in the National Institute of Physics in the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City (UP Diliman) for five years before joining Unocal. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics also from UP Diliman and a Master of Business Administration from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business in Makati City.

Belinda is married to Dr. Benjamin F. Racela, a dentist specializing in oral surgery and implantology. They have two children.

George Marsman Drysdale is Chairman and CEO of the Marsman Drysdale Group, a diversified Philippine-based holding and management company with interests in the agribusiness, healthcare, tourism, communications, and investment management industries.

Mr. Drysdale also makes direct private equity investments in high growth communications, media and consumer beverage companies. Since 1994, Mr. Drysdale has been an investor in the San Francisco Giants baseball team.

Prior to joining the Marsman Drysdale Group in 1991, Mr. Drysdale was a venture capitalist, first as General Partner of Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners of San Francisco (1983-1987), and then as a managing General Partner of Westar Capital, a management buyout firm. From 1981 to 1983, Mr. Drysdale practiced corporate, securities, and tax law for Davis, Polk & Wardwell, a Wall Street law firm.

Mr. Drysdale served three terms as the President of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines and four terms as the Chairman of the twenty-nine member chambers of the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC).

Don Felbaum’s professional career spans more than twenty (20) years of involvement in Technology Sectors including Telecoms, IT-Enabled Services, and Information and Communications Technology (ICT), among others. His business experience covers more than twenty-five (25) countries worldwide.

Don also has broad general management experience, a team leadership style, with entrepreneurial vision. His excellent interpersonal and communication skills and hands-on management style have helped his clients over the years.

Further, Don has significant experience in business development including start-ups, mergers and acquisitions and project funding. He is active in various Directorships and Advisory Boards with a number of both local and foreign companies.

Mr. Robert M. Sears is a past President of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc., and he also served as its Executive Director for 22 years. Prior to Amcham, Rob spent a distinguished 20 years with Merrill Lynch International, of which during his last 9 years he was President of Merrill Lynch Philippines, Inc.

Rob graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1966. Immediately after graduation he joined the United States Air Force reaching the rank of Captain. For service in Vietnam he was awarded the Bronze Star. ,br />

He is now semi-retired in the Philippines, and involved with over 10 NGOs.

A lawyer by profession, he was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1988, and belongs to UP Law (Diliman), Class 1970. Earlier, he graduated with honors at San Beda College (Mendiola) in 1966 with a political science degree.

As founding chair of both Cesareo Villa-Abrille Development Corp. and Cesareo Properties Management Corp., he develops and manages the family’s vast holding and prime real estates, and handles the family’s philanthropic works thru the Don Cesareo Villa-Abrille Foundation.

In their housing programs for the urban poor, he initiated the donation in Davao City alone of several hectares of Villa-Abrille prime properties, valued at tens of millions of pesos, for the homeless and informal settlers. He has been supporting also many scholars through the Father Maurice Cote Scholarship Foundation since 1984, a foundation he organized with his high school classmates.

As YMCA president, a donation by him and his family of a one-hectare property in Tuban, Davao del Sur, to house the future YMCA Youth Camp and Training Center, was his biggest contribution to the youth of today.

A socio-civic leader, he was District Governor of Rotary International in RY 2011-2012, and is a Major Donor of The Rotary Foundation since 2005.

In 1984, he was UP Law Alumni Davao Chapter President; Davao City Chamber of Commerce director and Knights of Columbus Deputy Grand Knight at Sta. Ana Council, Davao City.

Thereafter, he became national president of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Senate Philippines in 2002; national chair of the Philippine Jaycee Senate Foundation in 2007; and national president of the Ambassador Club Philippines for two years. Most recently, he was elected President of the American Chamber of Commerce, Mindanao Chapter. A long-serving active AmCham member since 2000, he was Director for a decade and Vice-President for 5 years since 2012.