Alexandra G Garcia
About Me
Alexandra G. Garcia, a long-serving senior executive, spent her career assisting in the management of the pioneering, enterprising, and ever-expanding family firm. She most recently worked with CIP, or Chemical Industries of the Philippines, Inc., as Chief Operating Officer and Compliance & Information Officer. Garcia, who has been with the company for a long time, added Compliance & Information Officer to her COO duties in September 2017.
On October 15, 2020, she and nine other directors and executives resigned from CIP, around 70 years after family member Dr. Eusebio S. Garcia started the institution. The group sold the Unioil group a 57 percent share in the firm.
Dr. Eusebio S. Garcia started CIP in 1951 as the Philippines' first chemical production firm. CIP began by producing sulfuric acid and eventually fertilizer. As the corporation expanded, it set the path for the growth of the country's chemical sector. CIP would eventually become the Chemphil Group of Firms, which included various joint venture companies co-owned by worldwide partners. In another first, CIP expanded to develop the Philippines' first polyphosphates and alkyl benzene factories.
Alexandra G. Garcia was also a member of the CAWC, Inc. board of directors. CAWC is a completely owned subsidiary of CIP and has been a world-class manufacturer of high-quality food, technical, and ceramic grade phosphates, as well as phosphoric acid, for over 50 years. By the standards of its international clients in the detergent and food sectors, the firm is a top-tier chemical manufacturer and supplier. As a BFAD-accredited food grade firm for its food products, the company is always developing new high-value food grade phosphates to contribute to the economic growth of the Philippines and the Asia Pacific region.
Alexandra G. Garcia was on the board of Kemwater Phil Corp (KPC) and advised on a joint venture founded in 1998 with Kemira Oy of Finland. The company is a major producer of water treatment chemicals. KPC manufactures solid and liquid aluminum sulfate, an inorganic coagulant used in both drinking water and wastewater treatment. Its clients are from the water, paper, and detergent sectors.