By Zinnia
dela Peña (The Philippine Star) | Updated July 23, 2013 - 12:00am
MANILA,
Philippines - OCLP Holdings, the property holding firm of the Ortigas family,
announced a new set of directors in its board as well as the appointment of a
new chief executive officer and chief finance officer.
In a
statement issued yesterday, OCLP said its new board appointed Roberto V. San
Jose and Arnold S. David as the new president and chief CFO, respectively.
Completing
the nine-man board are Jose Luis Montilla, Fernando Ortigas, Elmer Serrano,
Edmundo Tan, Rolando Dela Cruz, Yolanda Eleazar, Delfin Angcao, and Antonio
Pacis.
Joselito
“Joey” F. Santos remains the general manager of the real estate division while
Cathy Casares-Ko leads the company’s shopping center division.
San Jose said
the company remains committed to pursue and continue its various residential
and retail projects which include Circulo Verde, Viridian, Royalton, Estancia,
Tiendesitas as well as the Greenhills Shopping Center expansion.
Circulo Verde
is a 15-tower residential development located on a 12-hectare property in Calle
Industria in Bagumbayan in Quezon City
while the P25-billion Capitol Commons will rise on a 10-hectare property
previously occupied by the Rizal Provincial Capitol.
Capital
Commons will include the development a high-end shopping mall to be called
Estancia, slated for completion this year.
“OCP will continue to conduct its businesses
with the same core values that have guided the Ortigas group for the past 82
years – integrity, optimized returns for the shareholders, respect for its
customers, business partners, employees and other stakeholders.
The new board
is now reportedly controlled by allies of the Ayala group, leaving the SM Group
with a minority voting participation after the Roman Catholic church reportedly gave its blessings to the
Ayala-backed Ortigas faction.
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