Speakers



Olivia la O' Castillo, DBA

Dr. Olivia la O’ Castillo is a member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) and is the President and a founding member of Sustainable Development Solutions for Asia and the Pacific (SDSAP) based in Manila, the Philippines. She is a member of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Center, Japan and is involved with a number of intergovernmental and business organizations to implement sustainable production initiatives and sustainable development approaches, particularly within the Asia Pacific region.


Olivia la O’ Castillo holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines (1997), and also studied administration and arts at the University of the Philippines (1975) and Maryknoll College (1967).


She is the former president of the Philippine Pollution Prevention Roundtable (P3R), former member of the Board of Trustees of the Asia-Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP), and has been an environmental consultant to projects for the Joanneum Research Institute (Austria), Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).


Olivia la O’ Castillo is also a member of the UNEP Life Cycle Impact Assessment Working Group (LCIA), and a guest mentor of the Young Masters Program at the International Institute for Industrial Engineering Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University, Sweden.


Olivia la O’ Castillo was a member of the Holcim Awards global jury in 2006 and of the Holcim Awards jury for region Asia Pacific in 2008.


(Source: http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T633/OliviaCastillo.htm)

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Mr. Howard Belton

Mr.Howard Belton was born in the UK, very close to the famous Manchester United football ground.  He graduated in History from Oxford University.  He worked for nearly 40 years for Unilever, in the UK, Brazil, Japan, USA and Europe.



From 1998 to 2006, he was Chairman and CEO of Unilever Philippines.  In addition to business success, winning exports to more than 30 countries, he is proud of the social contribution of Unilever to the environment, to the nutrition of disadvantaged children with Kabisig ng Kalahi and to community building with Gawad Kalinga.  He was awarded the Order of the Golden Heart from President GMA for his social contribution.


On retirement he became President of Philippine Business for the Environment, an NGO which helps business to help the environment.  He also writes articles on the environment, on business, and a weekly humorous column for the Manila Bulletin.


Howard and Cristina divide their time between Manila and their beautiful farm in Kent, England.


(Read more at  http://www.mb.com.ph/node/23708)

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Engr. Ellen Cruz

Engr. Ellen Cruz is an experienced auditor from SGS Philippines Inc., which is one of the only 3 certification firms recognized by government agencies.

She started auditing management system on October 20, 1998 in view of the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) requirements for issuance of PS License.  The scheme determined the PS Licensees compliance to product standards and ISO 9002.  She acted as an Observer as part of the requirement for management systems auditor.  Gained Team Leader status based on the required number of assessment.

Engr. Cruz became an accreditation assessor when transferred to BPS Accreditation Scheme and actively involved in management of accreditation scheme for QMS and EMS.  Acted as Team Leader during the peer evaluation conducted by PAC and IAF in view of the Philippine Accreditation Office application to become one of the member bodies of accreditation bodies rendering accreditation of CABs providing EMS certification/registration.

She conducted 1st party auditing to verify GNP Hospital compliance to the Kingdom's National Hospital Standards every quarter for two years as part of her duties and responsibilities as QA Manager.

She actively participated in improving the company's required documentation to fully comply with the applicable standards.

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Engr. Jess Reyes

Engr. Jesus Reyes is Nestle Philippines' Vice President and Corporate Environment Officer.  He is also the Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Environment Committee.  He is a Mechanical Engineer from De La Salle University.  His first job stint was as Pollution Control Technologist in National Pollution Control Commission.  Shortly after, he became a Project Engineer in Procter and Gamble Philippines, then later promoted as Risk Manager in P&G's Product Supply Organization.  In 1995, Engr. Reyes joined Nestle Philippines as Assistant Vice President and Corporate Environment Officer.  To date, Engr. Reyes is already the Vice President.  He became instrumental in the company's multitude of Environmental and Safety Awards.

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Mr. Manuel Hermano

Mr. Manuel Hermano is one of SDSAP's dynamic Youth Leaders.  He is involved with various activities related to environment, architecture, youth empowerment, even “greening” the judiciaries, lawyers, and law students, among others, in partnership with regional and national organizations.  He received the ‘Metrobank Scroll of Outstanding Scholastic Achievement’ for being an advocate of the environment and sustainable development.  This was awarded to him for meritorious performance in extra-curricular activities where his excellent leadership allowed him to contribute significantly to the country’s sustainable development, thereby serving as model for his peers while bringing honor and recognition to himself, the university, and his Metrobank family.

Being an Architecture graduate from UST (Cum Laude), his greatest advocacy is Green Architecture.  His thesis "The World Environment Center" was offically (partially) launched in April 2009 as an Architectural Project by the College of Forestry and Natural Resources of the University of the Philippines-Los Banos.  At a very young age, Manuel has a long list of achievements already, all contributing to our environment's sustainability.  We will not be surprised if, someday, he will follow the footsteps of the likes of Dr. Olivia Castillo and Mr. Howard Belton.

(Source:  http://manuel97.multiply.com/)

Aside from the Metrobank Scroll of Outstanding Leadership Achievement (the 2nd highest award given to the scholars by Metrobank Group of Companies), his other distinctions include Presidential Leadership Award (by Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal arroyo, former President of the Philippines), Medal of Academic Excellence (by Metrobank Foundation Inc. and Pacific Paint Philippines Inc.), and Juror's Choice Award for Luzon: Gawad Kalinga-Metrobank Designer Village Challenge (by Gawad Kalinga and Metrobank Foundation Inc.) for having an exemplary architectural design for a sustainable and environmental-friendly GK Village.

Organizational involvements involve major leadership roles.  He is the current Chairman of SDSAP's Youth Committee, youngest board member at that, since 2008.  He is also a member of the Renewable Energy Coalition.  Starting 2007, he has been the Youth Representative of the Philippine Pollution Prevention Roundtable.  From 2007 to 2008, he also served as Chair of Asia-Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP) Youth Committee.

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Engr. Gretchen Fontejon

Engr. Gretchen Fontejon joined Pacific Paint (Boysen) Philippines, Inc. in 1998 and has held various positions for the largest architectural coatings company in the Philippines.  Prior to becoming Environment, Health and Safety Manager, she was the Management Representative (MR) for the integrated management system and was responsible for the ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 9001 certification and Responsible Care accreditation of the company.  She is also one of the Ten Outstanding Pollution Control Officer (TOPCO) Awardee by the Pollution Control Association of the Philippines (PCAPI) and Safety Milestone (SMILE) Awardee by the DOLE-BWC.  Currently, she is the Responsible Care (RC) Chief Verifier of the Samahan sa Pilipinas ng mga Industriyang Kimika (SPIK).  She has a degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Saint Louis University in Baguio City.


(Read more at http://www.eboysen.com/news2008_01.html)

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Engr. Gerardo Parco



Engr. Gerardo Parco is currently an Operations Officer with the World Bank country office in Manila, Philippines.  He provides safeguards support to Bank projects in Urban, Transport, Health and Education Sectors.  He was previously an Urban/Sanitation Specialist with SCOTIA (Sustainable Coastal Tourism in Asia) a USAID project until July 2008.  His work involved the planning and development of Sanitation Projects in six project sites.  He is now a connected with the World Bank as a consultant.  He is the main technical resource person in the Philippines on Natural Treatment Systems specifically, Engineered Reed Beds.  Engr. Parco was an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Engineering Graduate Program of the College of Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman. While working with the university, his services as a sanitation consultant and wastewater expert was requested by multilateral aid agencies, industry and Local Government Units.  He lectured in the Master of Science Program in Environmental Engineering and the Chemical Engineering undergraduate course.  His research and consultancy experience include work on Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems, Contaminated Site Management, Pollution Prevention Programs, Low Cost Sanitation Systems, Advanced Oxidation Processes using Radiation and Septage management.  His recent projects involve the design of wastewater treatment facilities for the Alaminos Public Market, Nestle plant in Cagayan de Oro, and the Sual Thermal Plant of Mirant.  He is currently doing the sewerage plan and central treatment of El Nido, Palawan and the Nepomuceno complex in Angeles City, Pampanga.  The main research interests of Engr. Parco are in the areas of Biological Nutrient Removal, Treatment of Wastewater using natural systems such as wetlands and reed beds, the development of compact wastewater treatment systems, Treatment of Hazardous Waste, Use of Radiation in Waste Treatment.  Research is focused mainly on new and creative designs and systems to treat wastewater, determining the engineering aspects of these systems.  More recently, he has been doing work on remediation of contaminated sites and the microencapsulation of Toxic and Hazardous Wastes. He was a member of the National Board of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers.    He has been the editor-in chief of the bi-annual journal of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineering for two years.  Engr. Parco is a graduate of the Philippine Science High School and did his B. Sc. Degree in Chemical Engineering at the UP Diliman.  His graduate studies were done at the University of Hong Kong.   He is an avid golfer and a PADI certified rescue diver.

(Read more at  http://www2.gtz.de/Dokumente/oe44/ecosan/en-low-cost-technology-water-sanitation-symposium-2004.pdf)

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Engr. Mark Mulingbayan

Engr. Mark Mulingbayan or Mark Tom Mulingbayan holds degrees of Master of Science in Environmental Engineering (2005) and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (1994), both from the University of the Philippines at Diliman. After finishing undergraduate studies, he joined the faculty of the College of Engineering in UP before joining the private sector.

He also served as the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer of the local government of Nasugbu, Batangas, while also heading the environmental committee of its tourism council.


He is a regular speaker/trainor for government agencies and non-government organizations on topics related to environment and sanitation. He is also one of a handful of constructed treatment wetlands practitioners in the country.


In 2006, he joined the Manila Water Company as head of its wastewater treatment operations and currently the heads the Environmental Planning and Sustainability department.


(Read more ata http://glaccier-ph.ning.com/profile/MarkMulingbayan).

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Prof. Manny Tenmatay

Prof. Manny Tenmatay is a faculty member of AGSB's Operations Cluster.  He is a former director and board member of the Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corporation.  He is a BS Electrical Engineering graudate from University of the Philippines Diliman, he then became Licensed Assistant Electrical Engineer.  After that, he flew to Kyushu University in Fukuoka Japan to finish his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.  He also took up MBA from AGSB.