The CEO
Administrator Jose Mari B. Ponce is a Career Executive Service Professional backed by more than twenty years of solid experience in the government service with expertise in resource mobilization and negotiations for Official Development Assistance, project development and management, agribusiness, integrated area development and rural development.
Administrator Ponce is a former Acting Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform for which he has been recognized with several awards, among which are Citations for Resource Mobilization by the UN-FAO, the Undersecretary’s Award for Excellence from different institutions, and a Citation from the World Bank in line with the implementation of Agrarian Reform Communities Development Projects.
He was appointed as Administrator, Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority in 2004, the first and only Gaming Jurisdiction in Asia and one of the fastest growing economic zones in the Philippines today currently with 102 locators, 46 of which are involved in I-Gaming and Support Services. He is a regular speaker and panelist in interactive gaming conventions and conferences in the region.
CEZA’s Board of Directors
| Chairman: | Sec. Gregory L. Domingo |
| Vice-Chairman / Acting Chairman: | Jose Mari B. Ponce |
| Member / Acting Vice-Chairman: | Antonio C. Carag |
| Members: | Milton A. Alingod Geary L. Barias Darwin A. Tobias Shalimar D. Tumaru Katrina C. Ponce-Enrile Jose D. Balagan Ernesto J. Fueconcillo |
| Acting Members: | Alfonso V. Lim Allan Ty Jaime Roque Escaño Jose V. Hipolito Vicente Cuevas |
| Corporate Board Secretary: | Atty. Victoria M. Perez |
| Legal Basis: | (CEZA) Republic Act No. 7922, otherwise known as “The Cagayan Economic Zone Act of 1995″ |
