Ferdinand M. Dela Cruz, BSME’87
Ferdz M. dela Cruz was appointed as the President and CEO of Manila Water Company, Inc. and elected member of its Board of Directors on April 17, 2017. Ferdz is responsible for overseeing the financial and operational growth of Manila Waterβs portfolio of businesses in the Philippines and abroad. Prior to his recent appointment, he was Chief Operating Officer for Manila Water Operations (Manila Concession); President of Manila Water Total Solutions Corporation; and President of the Manila Water Foundation. He joined Manila Water in July 2011 as the East Zone Business Operations Group Director and was concurrently Group Director for Corporate Strategic Affairs starting December 2011. Ferdz is seconded from Ayala Corporation, where he is currently a Managing Director.
Before joining Manila Water, Ferdz was the head of the Consumer Sales Group and the Consumer Sales and After-Sales Group of Globe Telecom for two years and was head of its Wireless Business Group for nearly seven years. Prior to that, he was the President and General Manager of Kraft Foods (Philippines) Inc. for more than a year and the same companyβs Country General Manager for its various operating companies in Indonesia for two years.
Ferdz also held senior leadership roles in Ayala Land, San Miguel Brewing Philippines, Inbisco Philippines and Unilever Philippines. He started his working career as a Junior Engineer in DCCDβs Mechanical Engineering Division in 1986.
Ferdz holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering degree cum laude from the University of the Philippines and was a board topnotcher.
UPAE Alumni Awards received:
- 2017 Most Distinguished Alumnus