Ray Espinosa biography
Ray Celis Espinosa serves as Director of the Company. He has been a director of PLDT since November 24, 1998, and is member of the Technology Strategy Committee of the Board of Directors of PLDT. He has been serving as Chief Corporate Services Officer of PLDT since December 1, 2016, and General Counsel of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) since December 15, 2009. He is a director of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation and Roxas Holdings, Inc., a director and Chairman of the Finance Committee of Meralco, an independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company, all of which are PSE-listed companies, and an independent director and the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee of Maybank Philippines, Inc. He is the Chairman of PhilStar Group of Companies and Business World Publication Corporation, the President of Mediaquest Holdings, Inc., a director of Voyager Innovations Inc. and Paymaya Philippines Inc., and a trustee of the Beneficial Trust Fund of PLDT and PLDT-Smart Foundation, Inc. Atty. Espinosa served as Head of Regulatory and Strategic Affairs of PLDT until 2016, President & CEO of TV5 Network Inc. and Cignal TV Inc. until May 2013 and, prior thereto, was the President & CEO of ePLDT and its subsidiaries until April 2010. In June 2013, he joined First Pacific as Associate Director and was appointed as First Pacific Group’s Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs and Head of Communications Bureau for the Philippines. Atty. Espinosa has a Master of Laws degree from the University of Michigan Law School and is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. He was a partner at Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan from 1982 to 2000, and a foreign associate at Covington and Burling (Washington, D. C., USA) from 1987 to 1988. He placed first in the 1982 Philippine Bar Examinations.
What is the salary of Ray Espinosa?
As the Director of PLDT Inc, the total compensation of Ray Espinosa at PLDT Inc is $3,750,000. There are 6 executives at PLDT Inc getting paid more, with Junichi Igarashi having the highest compensation of $6,250,000.
