Ayala Corporation announced that its Board of Directors, at its regular meeting held on March 9, 2023, approved the provisional hiring of Mr. Francisco Romero Milán as Managing Director for Corporate Resources Group and appointment as Chief Human Resource Officer, of the Corporation effective March 1, 2023. Francisco Romero Milán, 40, is Strategic Human Resources Adviser at the Corporation and Head of HR Council and the HR Executive Committee of the Ayala Group. He joined the Group in 2019 as Vice President, member of Management Committee and Human Resources Officer of Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc., a leading global manufacturing solutions expert in the work of manufacturing portfolio of AC Industrial Technology Holdings Inc. (AC Industrial).

He was also the Group Head of Human Resources and Sustainability of AC Industrial. Prior to this, he held increasingly responsible role with A.P. Moller-Maerks, a global shipping and energy conglomerate located in Copenhagen, Denmark, with operations in over 130 countries and around 90,000 employees worldwide. In his last position he was responsible for HR Operations in 15 countries across Asia and the Pacific.

He is a Partner, member of the Board and Strategic Advisor of Penbrothers International, a Philippine-based talent management partner for startups and SMEs from all over the world. He is also member of the Board of Trustees of Teach for the Philippines, where he has served for over seven years as a Thought Partner.