Jose Victor Emmanuel A. de Dios

Before joining Manila Water Company, Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. de Dios served as the Chief Executive Officer of Prime BMD Corporation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Co. (“Oriental Petroleum”), Phoenix Petroleum Phils., Inc. (“Phoenix Petroleum”), and Bukas Finance Corp. Oriental Petroleum and Phoenix Petroleum are publicly listed oil and gas players in the Philippines.

He is also a Director of the International School Manila and the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) and an Independent Trustee of the Meralco Power Academy. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Nido Petroleum Foundation and the Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Makati Business Club.

From 2012 to 2020, he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GE Philippines, Inc., as Chairman of the Board and Chief Operating Officer of GE Oil & Gas Philippines, Inc., and as Chairman of the Board and President of GE Power and GE Lighting Philippines Inc.

From 2008 to 2012, Mr. de Dios held the position of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nido Petroleum Ltd. (ASX:NDO), a publicly-listed oil and gas exploration and production company in Perth, West Australia and Manila, Philippines. He concurrently served as the President of Nido Petroleum Philippines, Pty Ltd.

Mr. de Dios also served as a Director of the American Chamber of Commerce (2018 to 2020), as Managing Director of Merritt Advisory Partners, Inc. (2006 to 2008), as Chairman of the Board of the Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corp. (2004 to 2005), and as Undersecretary of the Department of Energy (2001 to 2004).

Mr. de Dios graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of the Philippines in 1986. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the Ateneo School of Law. He also completed his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Harvard Law School in 1994.