Bernadine T. Siy

Independent Director

Ms. Bernadine T. Siy, 66, has been a Non-Executive and Independent Director of JGSHI since June 3, 2024. Concurrently, she serves as an Independent Director of Cebu Air, Inc., PLDT, Inc. and Anvaya Cove Golf and Country Club, Inc. She is currently the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Ateneo de Manila University, and a fellow and trustee of the Foundation for Economic Freedom, an economic policy advocacy organization. She is also a current member of the Board of Directors of Epicurean Partners Exchange Inc., the operators of the Kenny Rogers restaurant chain which she founded in 1994, and Seattle’s Best Coffee which she introduced to the Philippine market in 2000. She also holds the position of President and Director of Interworld Properties Corporation and B289 Properties Inc. She previously served as a director of Security Diners International Corporation, which was then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Security Bank operating the Diners Card business, from 1986 to 1992. She was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fil-Pacific Apparel Corporation (one of the country’s leading garment corporations) from 1987 to 1995, and again from 2004 to 2013, EPEI from 1994 to 2011, and Consultant to the Board of Directors of Development Bank of the Philippines from November 2012 to June 2014. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Magna Cum Laude in 1980 from Ateneo de Manila University and Master’s degree in Management with Majors in Finance and Accounting in 1984 from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, USA.