Yin Yong L. Lao is the Chairman of the Company, having been a Director since 1971 and having previously served as President. He is a Director as well as President and Chief Executive Officer of LBL Prime Properties Incorporated, Anonas LRT Property and Dev’t Corp., Hotel Acropolis, Inc. and Ecozone Properties, Inc. Yin Yong is also a Trustee of the Association of Petrochemical Manufacturers of the Philippines. He also serves as a director of the following: Aero-Pack Industries, Inc., Chemrez Technologies, Inc., Chemrez Product Solutions, Inc., First in Colours, Incorporated, Oleo-Fats, Incorporated, Malay Resources, Inc., First Batangas Industrial Park, Inc., Color-Chem Corp., North Mactan Industrial Corporation, and Jadel Holdings Co., Inc. He is a fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors, Member and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lao Foundation, Inc., Member of Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology and UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (UPERDFI). He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in General Studies.