Executive Profile

When Ryna Brito-Garcia launched Sunlight Air in 2020, the global aviation industry was in survival mode. Airlines were grounding fleets, slashing routes, and bracing for turbulence as the pandemic emptied airports worldwide.

Victor Lee Meng Teck has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Security Bank Corporation, assuming the role in January 2026. Based in the Philippines, he now leads the bank’s overall strategy, operations, and growth initiatives in one of Southeast Asia’s key financial markets.

Ricardo “Cary” F. Lagdameo doesn’t deal in hype. He deals in hectares, high-rises, and hard numbers. As head of the Real Estate and Construction Group of Anflo Group of Companies, he is helping redraw the economic map of Mindanao—quietly, methodically, and with a distinctly entrepreneurial spark.

Rafael Fernandez de Mesa likes to open with a joke. In another life, he says, he might have been the first Rafa people talked about. Instead, that distinction belongs to Rafael Nadal. Fernandez de Mesa found his arena elsewhere, trading baseline rallies for balance sheets.

In January 2023, as East West Banking Corp. entered a new leadership chapter, Jerry G. Ngo became chief executive officer, bringing a lifelong belief that banking is “the physiology of the economy”—the system that keeps commerce alive.