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A nominating source points out that Erasto Miguel de Guzman Aguila has been extremely successful in maintaining the high volume of work needed to support the rapid pace of change that working in a start-up company entails: ‘Grab is a young company that has scaled exponentially, and Aguila is able to keep up with this pace and provide support for all the different business units and industries of Grab. He handles a multitude of issues and exemplifies the role of a general counsel’. Examples of the high level of activity of his tenure with Grab are many and varied, with Aguila mentioning ‘leading the clearance of the Uber-Grab transaction with the Philippine Competition Commission and compliance with the voluntary commitments, securing e-money and remittance agent license for GrabPay from the Central Bank of the Philippines and the management of legal issues related to and coming from the Uber-Grab transaction’ as just some of the projects he has been involved with in recent months. He is also a significant voice in strategic planning at the company with senior management, adding a valuable legal perspective to these talks. ‘By maintaining a strong voice in the company, I have assisted the management team in making sound business decisions based on strong legal reference’, he says.