Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board

  GERARD ANTON S. RAMOS  is the Chairman of the Company. He is a BS Management graduate from the Ateneo de Manila University . He joined United Paragon Mining Corporation as a Director in  2010. For the past five (5) years, he has served as a director and/or executive officer in companies involved in music, broadcasting, securities brokerage, mining, investment holding, property development, printing, publication, sale and distribution of books, magazines and other printed media, and shopping centers, among others.

Director / President & CEO

 ADRIAN PAULINO S. RAMOS is the President and a Director of the Company. He  is a cum laude graduate of Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in BS Management (Honors Program). He took his Masters in Business Administration at the Kellog School of Management, Northwestern University. He serves as a director and/or executive officer, and maintains business interests, in companies engaged in the printing, publication, sale and distribution of books, magazines and other printed media, mining, oil and gas exploration, investment holdings, securities, property development and infrastructure .

Non-Executive Director

 PRESENTACION S. RAMOS  is a Director of the Company. For the past five (5) years, she has served as a director and/or executive officer of, and maintained business interests in companies involved in the printing, publication, sale and distribution of books, magazines and other printed media, department store, securities brokerage, oil and gas exploration, among others. 

Non-Executive Director

   MAUREEN ALEXANDRA S. RAMOS-PADILLA isa Director of the Company. She graduateD at the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in BS in Management Engineering. She took her Masters Degree in Business Administration at the Kellog Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. She serves as director and/or executive officer and maintains business interests in companies engaged in retail, printing, publication, sale and istribution of books, magazines and other printed media, securities brokerage, property development, oil and gas exploration, among others.

Non-Executive Director

CHRISTOPHER M. GOTANCO is a Director of the Company. He is a Hubert Humphrey Fellow in International Business and Development at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA). He holds a master’s degree in Business Management (With Distinction) at the Asian Institute of Management. He is a Rockefeller Foundation Graduate Fellow, Master of Arts in Political Science (Studies)  at the University of the Philippines and is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of UP with a degree in Bachelor of Arts, major in Political Science. For the past five (5) years, he has served as Director, Chairman and/or Chief Executive Officer in companies involved in natural resources (oil and gas), investment banking, holdings, mass transportation, property development, and mining, among others.

Non-Executive Director

 Romeo L.  Bato is a Director of the Company. He holds a degree in Business Administration, major in Accountancy, from the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, where he graduated cum laude. He obtained his Master in Management from the Asian Institute of Management in Manila and is a Certified Public Accountant.  He commenced his career at SyCip, Gorres, Velayo & Co. (a member of Ernst and Young) where he was Manager of the Iligan Branch.

For the past five (5) years, he has served as a director and/or executive officer and chief financial officer in group of companies with interests in the agribusiness, medical equipment, tourism, and mining. Prior to that, he works overseas for more than twenty (20) years and held various key finance positions for publicly listed companies, and pharmaceutical and food business companies, among others.

Independent Director

       JOHN PETER C. HAGER is an Independent Director of the Company. For the past five (5) years, he has been working in various management capacities and serves as Managing Director in companies involved in import/export commodities trading particularly pulp, paper, packaging, security paper and security printing products, rubber, coconut oil and other coconut-related products, among others. His business activities also include managing local interests of foreign principals and serving as commercial advisor to several international companies and local agents. He is the incumbent President of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines.

Independent Director

         RENATO C. VALENCIAis an Independent Director of the Company.  For the past (5) years, he has served as director and/or executive officer in companies engaged in banking, investment holdings, education and technology, realty, and insurance. He is a former administrator of the Social Security System.

Independent Director

 Nicholas Justin H. Ang  is an Independent Director of the Company.  He graduated from the De La Salle University with a degree in BS in Commerce major in Business Management.  He took his Master’s Degree in Business Administration at the Hult International Business School, Cambridge, MA.  For the past five (5) years, he has served as a director and/or executive officer and maintained business interests in companies involved in real estate, ecommerce business solutions, provider of financial services and food and restaurant.