Ms. Connie G. Chu was appointed as the Company’s Senior Vice President – Chief Legal and Compliance Officer / Corporate Secretary effective July 15, 2023. She has more than 20 years of legal experience in the areas of regulatory compliance, corporate governance, capital markets, finance, and mergers and acquisitions in various industries in multiple jurisdictions in Asia and the US.
Prior to joining the Aboitiz Group, Ms. Chu provided legal advice, representation, and transactional assistance to governments, state-owned enterprises, and private and public companies. She was a registered foreign lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York then Hong Kong from 2008 to 2022 and an associate at Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles from 2003 to 2007.
Ms. Chu obtained her Master in Corporate Laws degree with distinction from the New York University School of Law, U.S.A, and a juris doctor degree with high honors (Class Salutatorian) from the Ateneo de Manila University. She graduated magna cum laude with an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of San Carlos. She was a bar topnotcher, ranking 2nd in the 2002 Philippine Bar Exams.
Ms. Chu is a member in good standing of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the New York State Bar. She is not connected with any government agency or instrumentality. She is also not a director of any publicly listed company.
