Robert G. Vergara

Robert G. Vergara is an Independent Director of SMIC. He was recently appointed as an Independent Director of Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings, Inc. (MPHHI). He is currently the President of Vergara Advisory Management, Inc. founded in May 2018. He also sits as an Independent Director of STI Education Systems Holdings. Inc. since July 27, 2017. From September 2010 to October 2016, he served as the President and General Manager, and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). As President and General Manager of GSIS, Mr. Vergara also served as Vice Chairman and Director of National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines, Manila Hotel Corporation, and Member of the Board of Directors of Philippine Stock Exchange, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Philippine National Construction Corporation, and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council. Before that, he was the Managing Director and Founding Partner of Cannizaro (Hong Kong) Limited from October 2006 to September 2010. From 2002 to 2006, he was a Director of Lionhart (Hong Kong) Ltd. He was a Principal in Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. from 1997-2001 and served as the Managing Director of IFM Asia Ltd. from 1990 to 1997. He obtained his Master in Business Administration from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He graduated magna cum laude from Ateneo De Manila University with Bachelor of Science degrees in Management Engineering and Mathematics.