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Ms. Chu is the Chief Legal & Compliance Officer of Aboitiz Equity Ventures and Aboitiz Group GC. She has more than 20 years of legal experience in the areas of regulatory compliance, corporate governance, capital markets, finance, and mergers and acquisitions in various industries in multiple jurisdictions in Asia and the US. Prior to joining the Aboitiz Group, Ms. Chu provided legal advice, representation, and transactional assistance to governments, SOEs, and private and public companies. She was a registered foreign lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York then Hong Kong and an associate at Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles. Ms. Chu obtained her Master in Corporate Laws degree with distinction from the New York University School of Law, U.S.A, and a juris doctor degree with high honors (Class Salutatorian) from the Ateneo de Manila University. She graduated magna cum laude with an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of San Carlos. She is qualified to practice law in New York and the Philippines.