As the president of the country’s largest shopping mall and retail conglomerate’s engineering and design arm, Hans, who many call Chico, is at the helm of this impressive empire. Chico has been overseeing the constant growth and building of SM, helping guide their expansions both locally and internationally as the company develops in China. He is one busy man seeing that he has supervised the construction of countless SM Supermalls. At the same time, Chico tries his best to ensure that the company’s corporate culture is strong, welcoming, and inclusive in order to motivate his peers and colleagues to always be the best that they can be, while caring for one another. Chico’s large-scale goal is to boost the Philippines’ economic output, while also creating as many new jobs as possible. He is frst and foremost, passionate about his family and will always make time to bond with those he loves.