STAR names new chairman

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine STAR is pleased to announce the appointment of Atty. Ray C. Espinosa as its new chairman of the board effective immediately.

A member of The STAR board since July 2011, Atty. Espinosa has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo de Manila University Law School and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Michigan Law School. He is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.

He was a partner of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan Law Offices from 1982 to 2000, a foreign associate at Covington and Burling (Washington, D.C.) from 1987 to 1988, and a law lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University Law School from 1983 to 1985 and 1989. He placed first in the 1982 Philippine Bar examinations.

Espinosa is a director of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) since Nov. 24, 1998, and is also a trustee, and the vice chairman, of the Beneficial Trust Fund of PLDT. He is also a director of Manila Electric Company, Roxas Holdings Inc., Metro Pacific Investments Corp., and Mediaquest Holdings Inc., and also serves as an independent director of Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company.