Manolo Lopez

Lopez was appointed ambassador to Japan from Dec. 2, 2010 until June 30, 2016, under the administration of the late president Benigno Aquino 3rd. He was a ...

1, 2020 onwards. He was a director of Lopez Holdings Corporation from June 8, 1993, was vice chairman from 2001 to June 2010, chairman and chief executive officer from June 2010 until Oct. 1, 2020 and Chairman emeritus from Oct.

Manolo Lopez, former chairman of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and former Philippine ambassador to Japan, has passed away, his family announced on Thursday.

He had to talk to the banks and creditors to find ways to restructure the loans. He wanted to make sure that regardless of what happened, everyone would continue to have a job and no one would be displaced," he noted. In return, it was an easy and simple thing for them to love him back,” according to the book. They tearfully cheered his arrival and carried him on their shoulders like a hero that had finally come home," the book noted. Born on May 20, 1942, Lopez was the third son of Don Eugenio “Eñing” Hofileña Lopez and Doña Pacita Moreno Lopez. "He was best loved for his malasakit, a leadership brand we were inspired to take on.

Manuel “Manolo” M. Lopez, former chairman and CEO of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) passed away on Thursday, Jan.

It has also been the promise of the current Meralco leadership to have that nurtured and for it to flourish in the generations to come. Lopez, who is widely known in business circles as well as to Meralco employees and executives as “MML”, was the Philippine Ambassador to Japan during the Aquino administration (2010-2016). Lopez, Manolo led Meralco during its turbulent years because of a government-maneuvered takeover which forced the Lopez family to sell their shares to the group of businessman Manuel V.

Manuel M. Lopez, one of the stewards of the Lopez family, died on Thursday at the age of 80, his family announced.

In 2009, the Lopez Group sold their shares in Meralco to the group of businessman Manuel V. In 2012, the Lopez Group’s share in Meralco dwindled to roughly three percent. (Meralco) – the power distributor previously owned by the Lopezes – and was former Philippine ambassador to Japan.