Career Biography   

Mr. Manuel Alberto R. Colayco is currently the Senior Vice President, Chief Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Officer of Aboitiz Power Corporation (‘AboitizPower’).

Mr. Colayco has extensive experience in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities regulation, corporate and financial restructuring, corporate governance, and dispute resolution. As Chief Regulatory Officer, he is also involved in all matters relating to AboitizPower’s regulated activities that require engagement with the Philippines’ Department of Energy and the Energy Regulatory Commission.

Immediately prior to joining the Aboitiz Group in 2016, Mr. Colayco acted as an independent legal consultant, providing professional advice, representation, and transactional assistance to private companies and individuals. His previous work experience includes: General Counsel for AGP International Holdings Ltd. and Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila, Inc. from August 2013 to December 2014; Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. from July 2010 to August 2013; and Vice President and Legal Counsel of DKR Oasis (Hong Kong) LLC, a private investment management firm, from August 2007 to March 2010. He was an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP from 2000 to 2007, and at Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles from 1996 to 2000.