About Us

Mr. Alipio has some 30 years of leadership in finance in the Philippines and the United States, having most recently served as the Global Financial Controller of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI). Prior to his work at ICTSI, he spent a decade working for the San Francisco-based Elan Pharmaceuticals and held several positions including Vice President of BioNeurology Finance and Vice President of Internal Audit & SOX.

From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Alipio was a Senior Manager for Audits and Business Advisory at KPMG LLP in San Francisco. He was with Makati-based SGV and Co. from 1994 and was seconded in Chicago back in 1997. He was also a Manager for Assurance and Business Advisory Services in 2000.

A Certified Internal Auditor and a Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Alipio is a graduate of University of the Philippines Diliman.

Ms. Matibag is a senior finance executive with over 20 years of global experience leading successful teams in complex organizational environments and in challenging markets.

Prior to joining Prime Infra, Ms. Matibag was a senior finance executive at General Motors where she had a strong track record of driving short and long-term results by partnering with the business and providing financial clarity and transparency. Ms. Matibag’s career has spanned six countries, including major markets such as the United States, Brazil, South Korea and Japan. Over the years, Ms. Matibag has held four CFO roles in multi-billion-dollar revenue operations in Japan, Brazil and South Korea.

Ms. Matibag is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at The Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD), holds a Master of Business Administration from the New York Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Atty. Amabelle C. Asuncion has over 20 years of experience as a law practitioner in both the private and public sectors. Her field of expertise covers corporate and commercial law, regulatory & compliance, and government relations.

She is a former commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), a quasi-judicial agency mandated to enforce the Philippine Competition Acts across all sectors. Her other experiences in the public sector include serving as legislative officer for the Office of the Senate Majority Leader and Commission on Appointments and as Executive Director for the Senate Oversight Committee on Climate Change. She is also a member of the faculty of the UP College of Law.

In the private sector, Atty. Asuncion joined the SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan Law Office before eventually moving on to leadership roles in various organizations. She was law and policy reform consultant at the Asian Development Bank, legislative advisor at the European Chamber of Commerce, legal counsel at BDO Unibank and Director for Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels, Inc. She then joined the Divina Law Office as a partner.

Atty. Asuncion graduated from the University of the Philippines in 1996 with a BA in English Studies, magna cum laude, and went on to complete her Bachelor of Laws from the same institution in 2001. She went on to the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., where she obtained her Master of Laws in International Legal Studies, graduating with distinction, in 2007. She was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2002 and the New York Bar in 2008.

An infrastructure and transportation lawyer, Mr. Ranada has experience in major infrastructure projects, from gathering consortium partners, pursuing bids, negotiating with government and major contractors, to setting up project companies after winning the contract.

Before joining the Prime Infra Group as a Director for Contract Management & Administration, he worked as General Counsel for Light Rail Manila Corporation, a rail service company engaged in the operation and maintenance of the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1. Prior to this, Mr. Ranada was also with the Ayala Group Legal Counsel for over a decade where he handled Infrastructure and PPP, Mergers and Acquisitions, BPO and Technology, Education, Real Estate Development, and Intellectual Property.

Donna’s career spans more than 22 years in the oil and gas industry, where she led positive shifts on profitability, capability and culture of organizations under her care.

Her career began at Shell Philippines in 2001, where she initially served as a Technologist at the Tabangao oil refinery. There, she achieved recognition for leading the successful Malampaya Gas Tie-in Project, which transitioned the refinery from diesel to gas for power generation, boosting annual margins by USD 15 million in 2007.

Donna later moved to Malaysia, joining Shell Global Solutions as a Senior Hydrocarbon Management Consultant. In this role, she led refining margin improvements and energy efficiency programs across Asia and Africa, delivering cumulative annual revenue increases exceeding USD 50 million by 2010.

In 2011, Donna assumed the role of Production Services Lead at Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX), overseeing the asset-wide “IPSC500” production capacity improvement program that extended the Malampaya field life and enabled the monetization of tail-end volumes worth USD 80 million gross NPV by 2021.

By 2013, Donna became the youngest member of the SPEX management team as their Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) Manager, implementing the Goal Zero safety initiative for the Malampaya Phase 3 Depletion Compression Project.

Transitioning to Shell Headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands in 2017, Donna served as Business Advisor to the Executive Vice President of Shell International Exploration and Production's Upstream Operated Ventures. In this role, she managed business planning and operations for senior leaders across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, overseeing more than USD 4 billion in total annual revenue at the time.

Returning to Shell Malaysia in 2020 as Integrated Planning Manager, Donna led strategic organizational changes which improved efficiency and integration within Shell's Sabah and Sarawak operating assets, including the creation of their first decarbonization roadmap.

At present, Donna serves as the first female CEO, Managing Director, and General Manager of Prime Energy Resources Development B.V., leading the delivery of key growth projects for the SC 38 Consortium’s Malampaya Deep Water Gas-to-Power Project Phase 4. She’s also driving the expansion and transformation of Prime Energy’s business strategy moving forward.

Donna graduated Magna Cum Laude and as Valedictorian from the University of Santo Tomas College of Science with a B.S. in Chemistry, topping the 2000 National Chemistry Licensure Exams.

She sees herself as a visionary and innovator, emphasizing transformational leadership to effect meaningful changes both within her workplace and in broader communities and sectors.

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.