Edgar O. Chua

Edgar O. Chua is an Independent Director of the Energy Development Corporation and a member of EDC’s Corporate Social Responsibility Committee (CSR Committee). He is also the Country Chairman of the Shell Companies in the Philippines, Guam, Palau and Saipan. Likewise, he is currently the Chairman of the Philippine Business for the Environment; President of the Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc., and Chairman of the Philippine Institute of Petroleum, Inc. Since joining the Shell companies in the Philippines in 1979, he has had many years of experience in the business fields of chemicals, auditing, supply planning and trading, marketing and sales, lubricants, corporate affairs and general management. He held senior positions outside the Philippines as Transport Analyst in Group Planning in the UK and as General Manager of the Shell Company of Cambodia. He also held various positions in Shell Oil Products East including GM for Consumer Lubricants covering all countries East of the Suez Canal, including Saudi Arabia, China, India, Korea, ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

Mr. Chua earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from De La Salle University and attended various international seminars and courses including the senior management course in INSEAD in Fountainbleau, France.