About

Maria Lourdes Rausa-Chan has been senior vice president, corporate secretary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) since 1998. A commercially savvy lawyer, she is considered a trusted voice in the industry and has served as a member of the boards of satellite communications company ACeS Philippines, financial services companies Filcredit Finance and Capital Development Corporation, and First Pacific Realty Partners Corporation and Metro Pacific Land Holdings. Before joining PLDT she was group vice president for legal affairs of Metro Pacific Corporation and the corporate secretary of some of its subsidiaries. Amongst her other roles she also served as director of Smart Communications Philippine Holdings.