Artemio V. Panganiban, Jr.

Artemio V. Panganiban is an Independent Director of RL Commercial REIT, Inc. since September 2021. He is concurrently an adviser, consultant and/or independent director of several business, civic, non-government and religious groups. He also writes a regular column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He was elected as an independent director of Robinsons Land Corporation from 2008 to 2021. He is a retired Chief Justice of the Philippines and was concurrently Chairperson of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, the Judicial and Bar Council and the Philippine Judicial Academy. Prior to becoming Chief Justice, he was Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (1995-2005), Chairperson of the Third Division of the Supreme Court (2004-2005), Chairperson of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (2004-2005), Consultant of the Judicial and Bar Council (2004-2005) and Chairperson of eight Supreme Court Committees (1998-2005). Author of fourteen (14) books, retired Chief Justice Panganiban obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree, cum laude, from the Far Eastern University and placed 6th in the 1960 bar examination. He was conferred the title Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) by the University of Iloilo in 1997, the Far Eastern University in 2002, the University of Cebu in 2006, the Angeles University in 2006 and the Bulacan State University in 2006.