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 Director (NACD.DC) of the National Association of Corporate Directors (USA). He holds the Sr. Accredited Board Director designation from the Singapore Institute of Directors, and Fellow 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 includes Stanford Graduate School of Business (Strategy and Innovation Specialty), Stanford University (Global Management and Business), Stanford School of Engineering (Renewable Energy Specialty Professional Certificate Program), Certificates in Disruptive Innovation Strategy and Entrepreneurship from Harvard Business School, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence from DeepLearning.AI, and Exponential Technologies from Singularity University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the USA. 

Dr. Armand was recognized by the late President George H. W. Bush for his leadership in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in 1992, won awards from various industry and professional organizations in the U.S., and received a Ph.D in Management and Leadership from The Thames International University, Paris, France (h.c.).