Dr. Chito B. Salazar, 59, is the President & Chief Operating Officer of PHINMA Corporation. He was first elected as a Director of the Company in April 2021 and is a member of the Executive Committee and Nominations Committee.

As Head of Education at PHINMA Corporation, Dr. Chito B. Salazar serves as President and CEO of PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc. and sits on the boards of its academic institutions, as well as several PHINMA companies including PHINMA, Inc., Union Galvasteel Corp., Philcement Corp., PHINMA Property Holdings Corp., PHINMA Hospitality Inc., and Union Insulated Panel Corp. He is also the President and Co-Founder of Philippine Business for Education (PBEd), Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Ateneo de Manila University, and a member of the Advisory Council for EDCOM II.

Prior to joining PHINMA, Dr. Salazar spent decades in the education sector as an executive and as a lecturer. He was also Executive Director of the Philippine Forum Foundation, the President Fidel V. Ramos Research Chair in Policy Studies, and the Asian Institute of Management, Washington Sycip Policy Center.

Dr. Salazar has a BS Management Engineering degree from ADMU; an MA in International Political Economy and Development from Fordham University in New York; and a PhD in International Relations, Major in International Development and Development Management from the School of International Service at The American University in Washington, D.C.