Atty. Darlene Marie B. Berberabe
Independent Director
56 Years Old
Atty. Darlene Marie B. Berberabe was elected as an Independent Director of the Board of Directors of SM Prime in April 2021. She is a lawyer, management consultant, and academic. She is the Dean of the UP College of Law and holds directorates in Joy-Nostalg Solaris Inc., Palm Concepcion Power Corporation, PA Alvarez, Katapult Digital and UnionDigital Bank. She is also a faculty member of the Philippine Judicial Academy. She is also elected to the Board of Trustees of The Outstanding Women in Nation Service, Philippine Heart Association and UP Law Alumni Foundation. She was an associate lawyer in Quisumbing Torres Law Firm with specialization on labor law. Post law firm, she joined Procter & Gamble Philippines where she was a Senior Counsel and member of the Leadership Team. In 2010, she was appointed by the President of the Republic of the Philippines as the CEO of Pag-IBIG Fund. She was a recipient of a number of awards including Outstanding CEO in Asia by the ADFIAP, Outstanding CEO in the public sector by Asia CEO, one of the The Outstanding Women in Nation Service in 2013, and one of the 100 Most Influential Filipino Women in 2014. She graduated with a degree in Philosophy from UP, summa cum laude and class valedictorian of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy in 1989. She was the first female Philosophy instructor in the same school where she taught for ten years, and has a Masters in Philosophy. She was a working student and graduated salutatorian of her class in UP Law in 1999.
POSITIONS IN OTHER PLCS:
| None |
| 2024 BOARD ATTENDANCE: | 100%; 8 of 8 Board Meetings 100%; 4 of 4 Audit Committee Meetings 100%; 4 of 4 Corporate Governance Committee Meetings 100%; 1 of 1 Related Party Transactions Committee Meetings |
| DATE OF FIRST APPOINTMENT: | April 2021 |
| NO. OF YEARS ON THE BOARD: | 4 Years |
| SHAREHOLDINGS: | 0.0000% |
| OTHER INFORMATION: | No conflict of interest transactions in the past year. |
TRAININGS ATTENDED
| Date of Training | Program | Name of Training Institution |
| 27-Aug-24 | 2024 Corporate Governance Seminar | SM Investments Corporation/Institute of Corporate Directors |
| 3-Oct-24 | Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorist and Proliferation Financing Refresher Training | SGV & Co. |
| 21-Nov-24 | Advanced Corporate Governance Training | Institute of Corporate Directors |