Miguel Rene A. Dominguez

Board of Directors / The Governance and the Management Team

MIGUEL RENE A. DOMINGUEZ, Filipino, 40 years old, is an Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Dominguez is currently the Vice President of Alsons Agribusiness Unit, Director of Sarangani Agricultural Company, Inc. and Director of Philippine Business for Social Progress. He served as Chairman of the Regional Peace and Oder Council for Region 12 (2011-2013), Chairman of SOCSARGEN Area Development Board (2008-2011) and Chairman of Regional Development Council of Region 12 (2007-2010). Mr. Dominguez was named an awardee for Governance and Public Service in the Ten Outstanding Young Men 2013 by the Junior Chamber International Philippines and the TOYM Foundation. He was the first awardee of the Jesse Robredo Leadership Award given the same year. He was governor of Sarangani province for three consecutive 3-year terms that began in 2004. Prior to his election as governor, he was the National Sales and Marketing Manager of the Alsons Aquaculture Corporation in 2003, earning for the brand “Sarangani Bay” a strong hold in the international markets, particularly in the US, Japan and Europe. He envisioned Sarangani as the aquaculture center of the Philippines, organized the Chamber of Aquaculture and Ancillary Industries of Sarangani, Inc. (CHAINS), of which he became the first President in 2002. He started the Annual Aquaculture Exposition in Sarangani, and pushed for the success of CHAINS’ Grouper and Seabass Growership Project with the Sapu Padidu Small Fishermen Cooperative. He also became a Director of the Fisheries and Aquatic Board of the Philippines in 2002. He earned his degree in AB Economics, minor in Rural Development, from Boston College in the US.