Honorable Benjamin Abalos Jr. is the current chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). He is also a lecturer at the University of the Philippines, National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG), the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), and the Local Government Academy (LGA).

Under his leadership as the former representative of the Lone District of Mandaluyong and as former Mayor of the City of Mandaluyong, he received the United Nations Public Service Award in 2015 and was awarded with the Local Government Leadership Awardee as the Most Outstanding City Mayor.

Guillermo M. Luz served as the private sector co-chairman of the National Competitiveness Council from 2011 – 2018. The NCC was a public-private council that developed strategy for the long-term competitiveness of the Philippines through policy reforms, project implementation, institution-building and performance-monitoring. During his tenure, he was responsible for creating projects such as the Ease of Doing Business task force, Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index, Project Repeal, among others.

He is an Associate Director at Ayala Corporation, the holding company of one of the oldest and largest business groups in the Philippines, with business activities in property development, banking and financial services, telecommunications, water infrastructure development and management, automotive dealership and distribution, business process outsourcing, electronics manufacturing solutions, power and renewable energy, infrastructure, health, and education.

He is Chief Resilience Officer and Advisor of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), the country's major private sector coordinator for disaster risk reduction management, and was in charge of the establishment of its Emergency Operations Center.

Mr. Robert “Robie” Siy Jr., is an advocate for sustainable and inclusive mobility. He has been a development professional, public servant and educator--having worked 5 years as Advisor in the Department of Transportation during parts of the current and previous administrations.

Earlier, he was employed by the Asian Development Bank for 24 years and by the World Bank for three years. Robie writes a weekly column entitled “Mobility Matters” in The Manila Times.

Kevin is a Senior Policy Officer for Economic and Public Affairs at the Netherlands Embassy in Manila. His work currently focuses on the promotion of Dutch ideas and solutions for sustainable transportation, focusing on cycling. He spearheads the development of relationships with potential partners in the public, private, and CSO sectors in the Philippines, and linking these with the Dutch Cycling Embassy in the Netherlands. He also has academic experience, having taught at Philippine tertiary institutions, and worked in the civil society sector as well.

Kevin has a background in international relations and strategic studies.