Mr. Ronilo Balbieran is a part-time member of the faculty of both the School of Economics and School of Management of the University of Asia and the Pacific, where he teaches Macroeconomics, Business Economics, and Principles of Forecasting. He is a licensed Urban and Regional Planner, and an infrastructure and logistics specialist, with more than 15 years of strong record in delivering high-impact reforms.

He serves as the Vice President of REID Foundation, where they advised and assisted DPWH in the design, planning, and implementation of the now successful infrastructure convergence programs of DPWH with the Department of Tourism on local tourism roads, with the DTI on roads connecting ecozones and logistics hubs, with the National Defense on military facilities, and with PNP on upgrading police stations.

His team in REID, under another USAID Project, also assisted DPWH in the effort to have the new Right of Way Act legislated, including the appropriate Implementing Rules and Regulations, Agency Manual, and training for Right of Way officers and staff. Because of the new law, the government is now mandated to offer the fair market value as determined by independent licensed property appraisers, including government financial institutions, instead of offering zonal value that is usually rejected by private owners, delaying critical infrastructure.

He was one of the writers of the Philippine Construction industry Roadmap 2020-2030 launched last 2019, and was one of the advisers in the Philippine E-commerce Roadmap 2020-2022.

He is now the Team Leader of the infrastructure component of a new USAID Project, called Delivering Effective Government for Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth (DELIVER), where his team has just transformed the PCAB contractor's license process into a fully digital end-to-end online experience.

He has a master's in industrial economics and finishing his dissertation for his Doctorate in Urban and Regional Planning, with a specialization in transportation planning. He obtained a Certificate in Business Analytics from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Business School, and a Certificate on Digital Transformation in Government from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Joey Roi Bondoc is the Research Head of Colliers Philippines. He covers residential, office, retail, leisure, and industrial segments and conducts macroeconomic analysis and regularly assesses the impact of economic growth to the real estate sector.

He handles client engagement through market overview presentations, such as this one, to equity analysts, property investors, and real estate firms. He has become quite a familiar face in the local and even regional real estate news circles as his reports have consistently been cited by national news programs and major broadsheets.

He also writes his own column in the Property sections of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, BusinessWorld, and Philippine Star, sharing his insights and expertise on the most pressing issues affecting the real estate sector.

Our speaker obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Far Eastern University in 2001 and his Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Tokyo in 2016. He started his career in the AMLC Secretariat as a Technical Services Staff in 2010 where his duties include legislative liaising functions working on the amendments of the AMLA. Also, he used to be a financial investigator before he was assigned to his present post at the Compliance and Supervision Group. Our speaker is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and has never been indicted for any administrative, civil or criminal case.

Christopher Cruz de la Cruz, a Filipino architect, advocates sustainability in business and industry.

He has actively campaigned for the establishment of the Philippine Green Building Council (PHILGBC), an initiative of business, industry, civil society and public sector leaders that promotes sustainable building practices to the property industry. Presently, the PHILGBC is the largest green building movement in the country.

He is one of the main proponents for the development of BERDE (Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence) – the National Green Building Rating System. This scheme is being developed bearing in mind local contexts – including local climate, best practice in design and construction relevant to emerging economies.

Chris has worked independently with public and private organizations that promote appropriate sustainable practices and strategies to urban and rural settings. His technical expertise includes design, evaluation and project management of environmental management projects. He has also conducted site assessments, evaluations and design preparation for the establishment of solid waste management facilities at the provincial, city, municipal and barangay levels in several regions in the Philippines. He has developed and delivered training sessions on environmental management and sustainable building for several non-profit organizations. He actively contributes to several government programs and committees and has provided opinion in the on-going development of policy in the area of sustainable building.

Chris believes that for sustainability to progress, solutions must be holistic. He is presently designing the nationwide campaign for Filipinos to ECOSHIFT. EcoShift is the shift from unsustainable practices to actions that are sensitive to environment.

Architect Christopher de la Cruz served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Green Building Council (PHILGBC) from 2007-2012 and is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the PHILGBC.

Geraldine (Gett) is the Partner and Practice Leaders for Entrepreneurial Private Business and Internal Audit of PwC Philippines. She brings in over 30 years of extensive experience in auditing, design of internal control system, Sarbanes Oxley-related work as well as management of audit jobs and special engagements of companies in a wide variety of business lines, including oil & gas, energy/power, manufacturing, retail, hospitality and leisure, distribution, consumer products,
pharmaceuticals, non-stock, and non-profit organizations. She currently serves as the Philippine Territory’s Chief Internal Auditor, Learning and Development Partner and Data Privacy Officer. She is also the Chair of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Metro Manila Regional Council and Vice President for Operations at the PICPA National Office.