Ms. Jean de Castro

Jean is the CEO of ESCA Engineering, a Filipino-owned full-service Engineering Firm championing the use of technology in engineering design, project construction management, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) services to local and foreign clients for more than 40 years. She is also the CEO of ESCA International Inc. (EII), a pioneer in engineering outsourcing services to international architectural and engineering firms worldwide. She is a Global Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global think tank with more than 46,000 members around the world. She is the immediate past Chair of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Philippines and the first woman to lead the Local Council. She is the only Filipino to have graduated from the Senior Executive Institute (SEI) Program of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) in the United States. She is an Accredited Arbitrator of the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) and of the Philippine Dispute and Resolution Center (PDRCI). She is also a FIDIC Certified Consulting Practitioner by FIDIC Credentialing Limited, the certification body for global consulting professionals. She is a certified BIM Manager by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore and a certified Program Manager of the Philippines Constructors Association (PCA). She is an experienced litigator with extensive construction arbitration and commercial litigation experience from her years with Villaraza Cruz Marcelo and Angangco Law Offices and MOSVELDTT Law Offices.