Mr. Ronnie Aperocho is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the largest private-sector electric distribution utility company in the Philippines.
He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Clark Electric Distribution Corporation (CEDC), Comstech Integration Alliance, Inc., and Shin Clark Power Holdings, Inc. He is the President of the Meralco Power Academy, concurrent to his appointment as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He is also the Vice Chairman of Shin Clark Power Corporation (SCPC), and a member of the Board of Directors of Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation (MIESCOR), Meralco Energy, Inc. (MSERV), Aclara Meters Philippines, Inc., and Radius Telecoms, Inc. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the One Meralco Foundation and the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation. He was the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Association of Electricity Supply Industry of East Asia and the Western Pacific (AESIEAP) for 2022-2023 and Secretary-General of the AESIEAP Philippine Coalition in 2021.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Mindanao State University and topped the October 1991 Electrical Engineering Board Exams. A registered Professional Electrical Engineer and an ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer, he holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from J.L. Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University/The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is awarded by the Philippine Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) as the 2024 Most Outstanding Electrical Engineer in the country.