Dr. Armand R Cacacho

Dr. Armand Cacacho is an independent board member with expertise and training in the built environment, renewable energy, and mortgage finance industries leveraging technology. With a distinguished career spanning over 30 years including international, strategy development, and profit and loss management, he brings a wealth of experience and leadership to the boardroom.

He is a Member and Certified Board Director (NACD.DC) of the National Association of Corporate Directors USA. He holds the Sr. Accredited Board Director (SID-SrAD) designation from the Singapore Institute of Directors, and Fellow (FICD) and Teaching Faculty member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Philippines, the country being one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. His international portfolio provides him with a global perspective, invaluable in navigating the complexities of today’s interconnected business landscape. His board service has included two joint venture boards in the built-environment industry in the US: one was formed by a Fortune 200 legacy corporation business unit where he served as Vice Chairman, and the other was a company that was bought by a British publicly-listed multinational company that entered the U.S. market. Additionally, he served on committees of two California non-profit organizations serving as Committee Chairman and as Co-Chairman on the other. He serves on the board of a foundation of one of the largest cooperatives in the Philippines.

As Teaching Faculty member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Philippines, he has delivered continuing director education masterclasses on innovation strategies to over a thousand board directors, C-Suite, and other senior executives of publicly-listed and multinational corporations in Asia.

Post-MBA education included Strategy & Innovation Specialty (Stanford Graduate School of Business), Global Management & Business (Stanford University), Renewable Energy Program (Stanford School of Engineering), Disruptive Innovation Strategy & Entrepreneurship (Harvard Business School), Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence (DeepLearning.AI, John Hopkins University & The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania), and Exponential Technologies (Singularity University, Silicon Valley). He received a Ph.D. in Management and Leadership from The Thames International University, Paris, France (h.c.). He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the USA. 

Armand was recognized by the late President George H. W. Bush for his leadership in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in 1992 and won awards from various industry and professional organizations in the USA.