Cosette Canilao will join Aboitiz InfraCapital on 16 October as chief operating officer and senior vice president, after over two years as managing director of PPP advisory at Atkins Acuity, now part of SNC-Lavalin.
Canilao served as executive director at the Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines for over five years, overseeing the successful bidding of 12 projects during her tenure.
Andre Palacios and incumbent Ferdinand Pecson took over the organisation following her departure in early 2016.
With over 20 years’ experience in consulting and banking, Canilao worked as a partner at PwC for over five years and was a director at Standard Bank Group for nearly three years.