Engr. FORTUNATO C. LEYNES, President and CEO of the National Transmission Corporation (TransCo), has more than 40 years of experience in the power industry and academia. He received awards for outstanding contributions to electrical engineering, including the 2018 UST Engineering Hall of Fame Award and 2014 Outstanding Electrical Engineer of the Philippines. He is the topnotcher (First Place) in the 1984 national licensure examination for Professional Electrical Engineers. Engr. Leynes holds an Executive MBA from the Asian Institute of Management and graduated BSEE from the University of Santo Tomas (UST). He is passionate about teaching being a faculty member at UST, Mapua Institute of Technology, Far Eastern University, and the Meralco Power Academy.
