Independent Director
63 Years Old
Ramon M. Lopez, is an Independent Director of SMIC. He currently serves as Independent Director of AIC Group of Companies Holding Corporation. He was the former Secretary of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). He has served for the full term of the administration of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. He chaired during his term the DTI institutions such as the Board of Investments, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, the Export Development Council, Anti-Red Tape Authority Advisory Council, Philippine International Trading Corp., CITEM, and the Halal Board. He also supervised attached agencies such as the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and the Cooperative Development Authority, among others.
He also received several awards such as the 2016 Nation Builders Award for Government Service and the Philippine Innovation Man of the Year Award in 2017. In 2018, he received from former President Duterte the Presidential Award, Order of Sikatuna, with a rank of Datu, one of the senior honors one can receive in the Philippines. The Asia CEO Awards 2022 “Lifetime Contributor of the Year Award”. He was also named by People Asia as one of the 2020 People of the Year, for the re-opening of the economy during the pandemic. Just recently, he was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit for his vital role in the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Mr. Lopez has a Master’s Degree in Development Economics class at Williams College, Massachusetts USA and an AB Degree in Economics from the University of the Philippines School of Economics.
Designation
Chairman, Corporate Governance Committee
Chairman, Related Party Transactions Committee
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Compensation Committee
Member, Risk Management Committee
Positions in other Reporting Companies
Currently no directorships in other reporting companies.
Board Attendance: 100% ; 3 of 3 Board meetings (There were three remaining Board Meetings when he assumed office)
First Appointment: August, 2022
No. of Years on the Board: 1 year
Other Information: No legal dispute in the past five (5) years; No conflict of interest transactions in the past year.