“Currently a General Manager for Ayala Land Malls Inc., Derrick Manuel manages Ayala’s mixed-use property in Subic Bay – – Harbor Point. He has spent the majority of his working career in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, starting as a volunteer with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Tourism Department as a college student in 1995. After graduating with a degree in Civil Engineering, Mr. Manuel worked with the Tourism Department before transferring to the SBMA’s Business Group, where his trajectory in the business world began as he earned positions in the Marketing Department, the Office of the Deputy Administrator for Business Group and SBMA’s Locator’s Registration and Licensing Department. From government service he moved to property management handling tenant relation for the SM Supermalls. His passion for public service through government work was reignited when he was invited to join the Office of SBMA Administrator Armand C. Arreza. Ultimately, Mr. Manuel’s strong background in business, and specifically doing business, investment and tourism promotion in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, lead Ayala Land Inc. to hire him as Operations Manager and eventually General Manager of Harbor Point.Mr. Manuel is also an active member of the Eucharistic Minister of Holy Communion (EME), and San Roque Chapel’s Lectors, Commentators & Psalmists Guild (LCPG) and was part of Olongapo Jaycees, Inc. He was also elected a director of the Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce in 2014 and President of Ayala Business Club (ABC) for Central Luzon in 2015. He is currently completing his master’s degree in management at the University of the Philippines.”
