Oscar Lopez

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Birth-Name	Oscar M. Lopez
Born	April 19, 1930
Occupation	Business Man

Oscar M. Lopez is chairman and chief executive officer concurrently of Benpres Holdings Corporation (Benpres) and First Philippine Holdings Corporation (First Holdings). Benpres is the publicly-listed holding company of the Lopez family for major investments in broadcast, telecommunications and cable, power generation and distribution, and road and water infrastructure. First Holdings is the specific associate holding company for power generation and distribution. Also he is he head of Meralco, ABS -CBN , and Maynilad Water.

1 Early life
2 Management approach
3 Mr. Lopez Philosophy in life
4 Contribution to the Community
5 Board Membership and Affiliations
6 Awards and recognition
7 Reference
8 Citation

[edit] Early life

Mr. Lopez was born on April 19, 1930 in Manila. He studied at the Harvard College and graduated cum laude (Bachelor of Arts) in 1951. He finished his Master’s degree in Public Administration at the Littauer School of Public Administration, also at Harvard, in 1955. He is married to Ma. Consuelo R. Lopez, and has eight children and 26 grandchildren.

[edit] Management approach

When Oscar M. Lopez took the helm of the Lopez Group of Companies in 1999, he decided to apply the same hands-on management style to corporate social responsibility as he did to the family's diverse portfolio of businesses, which included 143 firms employing more than 22,000 people.

He brought in Tuck Global Consultancy, a branch of the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, to examine the Lopez Group's social responsibility activities in 2001. To help implement Tuck's recommendations, Oscar has recently announced the creation of the Lopez Group Foundation, Inc., a new framework for the coordination of his company's many and varied corporate philanthropy programs.

[edit] Mr. Lopez Philosophy in life

A staunch supporter of corporate social responsibility, Mr. Lopez is involved in a number of social concerns. He is chairman and president of the Eugenio Lopez Foundation, which houses a major Filipiniana museum and library. He is member of the international board of Conservation International, a global environmental group devoted to biodiversity conservation, and chairman of First Philippine Conservation, Inc. He is also chairman of the Ophthalmological Foundation of the Philippines, an eye care outreach for indigents, and member of the Philippine Business for Social Progress.

[edit] Contribution to the Community

In addition to priorities such as child welfare and education (see main story in this issue), the Lopez Group's philanthropic agenda includes environmental protection and poverty alleviation. To conserve some of the world's richest-and most endangered-regions of biodiversity, Oscar Lopez in 1999 established First Philippine Conservation, Inc. (FPCI), which partners with Conservation International on projects such as protection of the country's largest remaining block of old-growth rainforest in the Sierra Madre range. Oscar's son Federico ("Piki") is president of FPCI. On the business side, Piki heads the Lopez Group's holding company for its power generation investments, First Generation Holdings Corp.

The Lopez portfolio also includes a range of community development initiatives. Under the leadership of Manolo Lopez, Oscar's younger brother, for example, the family's electric distribution company, Meralco, has undertaken an electrification program for depressed urban and rural areas in its franchise that has benefited nearly 500,000 households. The Lopez Group is also partnering with Philippine Business for Social Progress and a range of local stakeholders on an integrated development project for 4,440 families uprooted by a Manila Bay reclamation project in 1993.

[edit] Board Membership and Affiliations

Board Member of ABS-CBN
Chairman of Ophthalmological Foundation of the Philippines
Member of Philippine Business Community
Member of the Conference Board (a worldwide organization) and the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP).

[edit] Awards and recognition

Oscar Lopez is a member of the Conference Board (a worldwide organization) and the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP).
Mr. Lopez was a recipient of MAP's Management Man of the Year Award for the Year 2000.
One of the top 20 finalists for the Asia Business Leader Awards Year 2004 given by CNBC and TNT International.