2007 Annual Report - Sun Life Financial

Nilo B. Peña
Director,
Sun Life of Canada Prosperity Balanced Fund, Inc.
Director,
Sun Life of Canada Prosperity Phil. Equity Fund, Inc.
Atty. Peña, Filipino, has actively and continuously engaged in the
practice of law from 1960 with the law firm Quasha Ancheta Peña
& Nolasco (originally William H. Quasha & Associates), first as
an underbar and now as a Senior Partner. He is a member of the
Boards of Trustees of the St. Luke’s Medical Center, Inc. and St.
Luke’s College of Medicine. He also serves as Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Standard Chartered Bank Employees’ Retirement
Fund. Having served as Bar Examiner in Mercantile Law
during the 1997 and 2006 Bar Examinations, Atty. Peña received his
AA and Bachelor of Laws from the University of the Philippines.
Rafael M. Alunan III
Independent Director,
Sun Life of Canada Prosperity Balanced Fund, Inc.
Mr. Alunan, Filipino, has a distinguished career in private and
public service. He had served in the cabinets of President Fidel V.
Ramos and President Corazon C. Aquino as Secretary of Interior
and Local Government and Secretary of Tourism, respectively. He
is now the President of First Philippine Infrastructure Development
Corporation, as well as independent director of Sun Life
of Canada (Philippines), Inc. and Sun Life Financial Plans, Inc.
He has also served as President of Maynilad Water Services,
Inc., Manila Hotel, General Reliance Corporation, ATIK Trading
International Corporation and Kybernan Group, Inc. Mr. Alunan
received his Bachelor of Arts (major in History and Political Science)
and Bachelor of Science (major in Business Administration)
from the De La Salle University, Master of Business Administration
from the Ateneo De Manila University, and Master in Public
Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy
School of Government.
Erlinda S. Echanis
Independent Director,
Sun Life of Canada Prosperity Balanced Fund, Inc.
Independent Director,
Sun Life Prosperity GS Fund, Inc.
Dr. Echanis, Filipino, is a distinguished member of the academe,
currently serving as Dean of the College of Business Administration,
University of the Philippines. A Certified Public Accountant,
she has been published locally and internationally on subjects such
as fundamentals of management, investment management, financial
reporting, corporate finance and the Philippine stock market.
She is also the President of Mayer Consultants, Inc. Dr. Echanis
received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (major
in Accounting), Master of Business Administration and Doctor of
Business Administration from the University of the Philippines.
Ponciano S. Intal, Jr.
Independent Director,
Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Advantage Fund, Inc.
Independent Director,
Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Abundance Fund, Inc.
Dr. Intal, Filipino, is a Full Professor at the College of Business and
Economics and the Executive Director of the Angelo King Institute
for Economic and Business Studies, both of the De La Salle University.
He has served as Deputy Director-General of the National
Economic and Development Authority and as President of the
Philippine Institute of Developmental Studies. Dr. Intal received
his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Summa Cum
Laude) from the Mindanao State University, Master of Arts in
Economics from the University of the Philippines, Master of Arts
in Economics, Master of Philosophy in Economics and Doctor of
Philosophy in Economics from Yale University.
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