Agustin Zaragoza has dedicated a total of 26 years of his life with the Lopez Group, most of these as the property and administration officer of Genata Holdings Corporation since 2001.
He started his career as marketing assistant and then as an accounting assistant of TREE Inc., the company responsible for the establishment of the mango plantation in the ancestral property of the Lopez family in Buenavista, Guimaras in the 1990s until 1995. Then, he was absorbed by FARM Inc., engaged in the business of mango production and marketing, as its accountant until its closure in 1998. He then moved to Guimaras Agriculture and Aquaculture Corporation, which operates hundreds of hectares of fishponds for milkfish and prawn production, until 2001.
Zaragoza singlehandedly took on the responsibilities of taking care of the remaining milkfish stocks, preserving the company’s assets, facilitating pending transactions, including compliance with government regulations and the settlement of the remaining company obligations.
Zaragoza’s punctuality, strong sense of accountability, teamwork, passion and leadership prompted Jei-jei Gertes, vice president and CFO of Third Generation Holdings, to convince him to join Genata Holdings. His main tasks and responsibilities include ascertaining and properly documenting the Lopez Group’s agricultural landholdings covering approximately 5,000 hectares in Guimaras.
Zaragoza has delivered great work output and has kept excellent work relations with various internal and external stakeholders. Since 2006, he has rendered a considerable amount of volunteer work for other organizations in the Lopez Group.
In 2011, Zaragoza was instrumental in the timely transfer of the title of a piece of donated land to the beneficiary-cooperative (the promised donation of land was one of the main reasons chairman emeritus Oscar M. Lopez was honored as the Philanthropist of the Year by “Forbes” magazine in 2007).
Zaragoza is the Lopez Group’s trusted man on the ground in Guimaras. He keeps his word and is mindful of always giving his best.
Zaragoza is Lopez Group Foundation Inc.’s alternate representative in Guimaras and he sits on the Provincial Development Council and the Regional (Region VI) Development Council as the representative of the province of Guimaras. He is also affiliated with various church and religious organizations, and community and civic groups.
He demonstrates the value of business excellence by consistently delivering on his key result areas and excelling in the roles assigned to him. He shows the value of unity by way of good cooperation with the companies. He also demonstrates nationalism by overseeing the Kapamilya Caravan during the annual Manggahan Festival in Guimaras which Lopez Inc. has been sponsoring since 2012.
He exhibits the value of integrity by doing his roles and tasks, whether official or ad hoc or voluntary, to the utmost of his abilities even when no one is watching or monitoring him.
Finally, he demonstrates social justice, ensuring that all those who need his help are equally helped by him and that the companies that he is assisting would positively impact the lives of the people of Guimaras.
Zaragoza, 54, is a BS Accounting graduate. He is married to Belly Zaragoza and they have two sons, Bill Justine and Marco Angelo.