FILINVEST REIT - Key Persons


Francis Nathaniel C. Gotianun

Job Titles:
  • Director
Gotianun was elected as Director of the Company on September 30, 2020, subject to the approval of the Philippine SEC of the increase in the Company's number of directors. He is also a Director of FLI and other companies within the Filinvest Grou...

Gemilo J. San Pedro

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Independent Director
San Pedro was elected as Director of the Company on September 30, 2020, subject to the approval of the Philippine SEC of the increase in the Company's number of directors.7 He is an independent director of FLI. He has 38 years of experience in public...

Maricel Brion-Lirio - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • President
Brion-Lirio was elected as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on February 11, 2021. Prior to that, she held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, Senior Vice President-Offices and Vice President-Project Group Head of FAI. She was also formerly a Senior Assistant Vice President and Marketing Director for Philam Properties Corporation, National Sales Manager for Triumph International (Phils.) Inc., Marketing and Leasing Manager of D.C. Realty and Finance Corp., Marketing Services and Customer Relations Manager of Mazda and BMW Philippines and a money market trader of CityTrust Banking Corp., a Citibank N.A. subsidiary. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communications from Assumption College Makati. She also attended the Business Management Program of Asian Institute of Management and earned units in the Graduate School of Management at the University of San Francisco, California.

Patricia D. Pineda

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Officer

Tristan Las Marias

Job Titles:
  • Director

Tristaneil D. Las Marias

Job Titles:
  • Director
Tristan Las Marias was elected as a director of the Company on September 30, 2020. He currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Filinvest Land, Inc. He is also the President of Property Specialist Resources, Inc. He has held va...

Val Antonio B. Suarez

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Chairman ( Independent ) Member ( Independent )
Suarez is an independent director of the Company, having been first elected on April 6, 2017. He is the Managing Partner of the Suarez & Reyes Law Offices and was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of The Philippine Stock Exchange, ... Suarez is an independent director of the Company, having been first elected on April 6, 2017. He is the Managing Partner of the Suarez & Reyes Law Offices and was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. Mr. Suarez is also an independent director of FDC, FLI and Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company, and a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Makati Chapter) and New York Bar. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo de Manila University Law School and a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

Virginia T. Obcena

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Chairman ( Independent ) Member ( Independent )
Obcena was first elected as an independent director of the Company on July 17, 2019. She is also an independent director of FDC. She is a member of the Panel of Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of the World Bank. She served as independent director and head of the Audit Committee of the Capital Markets Integrity Corporation. She was a former partner, member of the management committee and head of quality and risk management at SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV). She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, Magna cum Laude, at the University of the East and her Master in Business Administration degree at the University of the Philippines. She is a certified public accountant.