DAMIAN DOMINGO O. MAPA, age 63, Filipino, is an independent director of the Company since June 30, 2025. He is the Chairman of Audit and Related Party Transactions, and Technology Governance Committees, and a member of the Board and Risk Oversight, and Corporate Governance Committees.

Mr. Mapa holds an undergraduate degree in Business Management from the Ateneo de Manila University and has completed advanced courses at Canada’s IDRC (the International Development Research Center), INSEAD (the European Institute of Business Administration), and the Darden School of Business in Virginia, USA.

He is an accomplished leader whose extensive experience spans both the private and public sectors from dynamic start-up environments to complex multi-country matrix organizations. He played a pivotal role in establishing the Philippines’ IT-BPO industry, setting up Accenture’s first offshore software development facility in 1986, and later managing over 2,000 tech support specialists at Dell International Services’ Mall of Asia site. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed him in 2004 to the Commission on ICT. He advocated for the passage in 2012 of the Cybercrime Prevention Act and the Data Privacy Act, and pioneered the use of TV White Space technologies to restore connectivity in the aftermath of natural disasters in 2013. He was appointed by President Benigno S. Aquino III in 2016 to start-up the Philippines’ National Privacy Commission.

Currently, Mr. Mapa serves as Chairman of the Board of Maple (MAPA-LEDESMA) Agricultural Corporation. He was Citibank’s Chief Privacy Officer for Asia-Pacific. He held various C-level positions at Microsoft Philippines, Hewlett-Packard Philippines, and Unisys. He held leadership positions in several trade and industry associations, including the Asian Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), the Infocomm Technology Association of the Philippines (ITAP), the European Innovation Technology and Science Center Foundation (EITSC), the Telecentre.org Foundation, the Philippine Association for Open Computing, and the Unix Users Club of the Philippines.