FOUNDERS
Antonio A. Ver, Convenor of Asia Pacific Basin for Energy Strategies. Strategies, President, 2010-2017, Chairman 2022-present
Lauro Baja, Jr.† Lawyer, Career Diplomat, former Philippines Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York, NY, 1st Chairman
Rogelio D. Garcia, Banker, 1st Treasurer
Jaime M. Cortes, Chairman in the United States of America, Former Chief Technical Adviser at International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Benjamin E. Diokno, Chairman Emeritus; Former Secretary of Finance, former Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; former Secretary of Budget and Management
Carlos L. Esguerra, IT expert and world-renowned Photographer
Emil T. de Guzman†, Lawyer, New York State Bar; Principal, New York
Albemar Dumlao, Retired from the US Postal Service, Santa Barbara, CA
Roberto Rafael V. Lucila†, Lawyer, Co-Managing Partner, Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila Law Offices; former General Counsel
Angelo A. Jimenez, President, University of the Philippines 2022-present; Lawyer, and former Career Labor Attaché, Expert on Middle East geopolitics, former Regent, University of the Philippines, President 2017-2022
Nelson A. Navarro†, Writer
Temario C. Rivera†, Professor of Political Science, University of the Philippines, and International Relations at the International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
Ferdinand R. Silerio, Lawyer involved in Community development
Dante Raul Q. Teodoro, one of Most Outstanding Filipinos Abroad, a Filipino American Hall of Fame Awardee in humanitarian services and recognized as one of the Top USA Entrepreneurs
Salvador E. Tuy, Jr., Lawyer in New York, NY, USA
Raul B. Villanueva, Court Administrator, Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines
Bayani S. Aguirre†
Jorge V. Sarmiento
Immediate past Chairman (2017-2022)
Atty. Sarmiento served in top positions in the government as Associate Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration (1989-1991), Postmaster General of the Philippine Postal Corporation (1992-1993), Commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (1999-2002), Deputy Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (2002-2009), President & Chief Operating Officer of Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (2010), and Undersecretary for Management and Operations of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (2016-2017).
Ronald P. Concepcion He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the College of Law at the University of the Philippines and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, UP. He serves as the Assistant Corporate Secretary and Special Counsel for Legal and Regulatory Affairs at the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
BOARD
Benjamin E. Diokno
Chairman Emeritus
Benjamin E. Diokno was the former Secretary of Finance. He was formerly Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and Secretary of Budget and Management. He finished his Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines (1968), and earned his Master’s Degree in Public Administration (1970) and Economics (1974) from the same University. He also holds a Master of Arts in Political Economy (1976) from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and a Ph.D. in Economics (1981) from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was also conferred a Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, by the University of the Philippines (2017).
Jorge V. Sarmiento
Immediate past Chairman (2017-2022)
Atty. Sarmiento served in top positions in the government as Associate Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration (1989-1991), Postmaster General of the Philippine Postal Corporation (1992-1993), Commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (1999-2002), Deputy Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (2002-2009), President & Chief Operating Officer of Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (2010), and Undersecretary for Management and Operations of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (2016-2017).
Antonio A. Ver
Founder and President (2008-2016), Chairman 2022-present
He was the Convenor of Asia Pacific Basin for Energy Strategies
Redbert Chris T. Maines, Lawyer, President, 2022-present
Nizer C. Rosales, Secretary (2017-present)
Nizer C. Rosales is a Lawyer, and is the COO of Energies Global Data and Energies Rivers Corporation
Peter M. Bantilan, Treasurer (2017-present)
Atty. Peter M. Bantilan is a Senior and Managing Partner in a major law firm in the Philippines
Secretariat
The APBest Secretariat is headed by Anthony John B. Santos. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Philippines. He is an Electrical Engineer by profession.
Head of Communications is Jose Ma. Lorenzo T. Fernandez, who is currently taking up his Masters in History from the University of the Philippines.
The Technical Working Group is led by Lawyer Red C. Maines, Mark Navata, an IT expert, MBA from Asian Institute of Management, BS, UP; Lawyer John Philippe Chua, Masters in Finance, University of the Philippines, and Em Bagual, Masters in Social Work and Community Development, University of the Philippines.
For your inquiries on the organization and its advocacies, kindly direct your questions to the Secretariat office. To facilitate the response, you email inquiries through [email protected].