Guest of Honor and Speaker's Profile

Mr. Carlos G. Dominguez is the President of PTFC Redevelopment Corporation. He holds an Economics degree and an MBA from the Ateneo de Manila University. He also attended the Executive Program of Stanford University.

Currently, he is the President of Retail Specialist, Inc.; Baesa Redevelopment Corporation; Halifax Capital Resources; C.G. Dominguez and Associates Inc.; Huntly Corporation. Chairman and President of Halifax Hotel Davao, Inc. The Linden Suites, Inc. He serves as a Director of RCBC Capital Corporation; United Paragon Mining Corporation; Alsons Consolidated Resources, Inc.; ARDEXCOR; Transnational Diversified Corporation; Diamond Star Agro Products, Inc.; Chairman of Philippine Eagle Foundation and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation.

He served as Secretary of Agriculture from 1987 to 1989 during the Corazon C. Aquino Administration. Minister of Natural Resources from 1986 to 1987. He was Chairman of Republic Planters Bank from 1987 to 1992, Chairman and President of Philippine Airlines from 1993 to 1995, Chairman of RCBC Capital Corporation from July 1994 to May 2002, Chairman and President of the Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation from 1999 to 2002, a Director of Manila Electric Company from 2001 to July 2003, a Director of Roxas Holdings, Inc. from 1997 to May 2009, a Director of IPVG Corporation from October 2004 to June 2008. A director of Shangrila Plaza Corporation from 1994 to 2011.