Incumbent National Executive Vice President Architect Benjamin Kimpo Panganiban, Jr., who enjoyed an insurmountable lead in the recently-concluded Annual UAP National Elections elections with 63.3% of the total electoral votes, is set to be the first UAP National President from Mindanao.
Architect Benj, as he is fondly called by his colleagues, is an ASEAN and APEC Architects who practices design and build services with specialization in imported materials specifications. He took up studies in Master's in Business Administration at the Ateneo, and his Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree at the University of Mindanao, together with his Bachelor's degree in Military Science and Tactics as scholar. His early formative studies in college was at St. Joseph's College in Victoria, Australia.
Currently serving as National Executive Vice President, Architect Benj became an APEC Architect on July 22, 2015 with registration number 0051, and as ASEAN Architect in 2014. He was one of the first 40 ASEAN Architects in the Philippines as conferred by the Professional Regulation Commission.