his partners founded Alternergy, a renewable power company focused on wind and run-of-the-river hydro, and built the Pililla Rizal wind farm in partnership with Equis Funds. Subsequently, in 2013, he co-founded Solar Pacific, a solar PV developer, with Michael Lichtenfeld, a Yale colleague, and the Sant Foundation. As a private citizen, he was dispatched as Special Presidential Envoy by President Arroyo on economic diplomacy overseas. In 2009, Pérez was appointed as vice chairman of the National Renewable Energy Board. Independent business activities Pérez has been an independent director of regional companies in Australia, the Philippines, and Singapore. He is an independent director of ST Telemedia, the Temasek holding company for telecom, data centers and mobile technology, and an Independent Board Director of Banco de Oro, the Philippines’ largest commercial bank. He is a member of the advisory boards of Bhutan Foundation, New Zealand Trade Enterprise, Geneva-based Pictet Clean Energy Fund, and the Yale Center for Business and Environment. Pérez and his family have had a long affinity with the frontier island of Palawan in western Philippines. He and his brother Miguel set up Stellar Sea Farms to raise red tilapia in sea cages in Culion. They once owned Puerco island in Green Island Bay and currently own Dilumacad or Helicopter island in El Nido. In 2000, he founded Asian Conservation Company, an innovative venture philanthropy with like-minded conservationists, and together they acquired El Nido Resorts. With a management team from Next Century Partners, they transformed it into an award-winning eco-tourism destination in Palawan by pursuing a quadruple bottom line philosophy. Philanthropy His philanthropy is dedicated to the environment and conservation. Pérez has long been involved with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) starting with arranging debt-for-nature swaps. He was a founding trustee of WWF-Philippines in 1996. Pérez was elected to the International Board of WWF, the governing body of the global WWF network, and a member of the boards of WWF-China and WWF-US. He was active with Malampaya Foundation, Sikat Solar Car Challenge Foundation, Stiftung Solarenergie Foundation, and in marine conservation through Asian Conservation Foundation. Writings Pérez has written a few publications: “Chasing Moonlight” narrated a sailing voyage during his 50th year; “Chasing Sunsets”, a compilation of 58 haiku poetry of his travels; and “Chasing Cherry Blossoms”, a hiking travelogue with his three brothers in Japan. He co-published “Voices from the Islands” featuring how El Nido Resorts became a showcase