Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. announced that regular meeting held on July 25, 2019, the board of directors of the company approved the transfer of Ms. Annacel A. Natividad to the company's subsidiary, Pilmico Foods Corporation, and the cessation of her function as the Company's Chief Risk Officer, in each case effective January 1, 2020. The company also appointed Ms. Santanina Apolinaria B. Castro as the company's First Vice President ­ Risk Management effective January 1, 2020 to assume the functions of Ms. Natividad and to perform the functions of the company's Chief Risk Officer. Ms. Castro, is currently the Vice President for Corporate Strategy and Business Development of Pilmico Foods Corporation. Prior to joining the Aboitiz Group, she was connected with ABS-CBN Corporation from 2007 to 2011 as Corporate Planning Manager as part of the team that established the corporate planning function and institutionalized strategic planning process for the ABS-CBN group of companies.