theceomagazine.com | 99Luigi Bautista is fixing Southern Luzon’s road network, one project at a time.
WORDS ADRIAN FLORES • IMAGES JASPER SALCEDAL
uigi Bautista knows every last detail of each project under his supervision like the back
of his hand. The President and CEO of Metro Pacific Tollways South can recall with
pinpoint accuracy the distance of certain segments of toll roads.
Take, for example, the Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEx for short), a
14-kilometre toll road that connects the City of Manila to Parañaque in southern
Metro Manila and extends further south to the Cavite province. Luigi had already
spent 18 years working on projects in the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) before being assigned
to oversee CAVITEx after the company took control of the toll road in 2013. “With NLEx being
very successful, Metro Pacific Tollways believed that the best practices and success in the north can
be harnessed and replicated as well,” he says. CAVITEx became the entry point for the presence of
Metro Pacific Tollways south of Manila. “We are working on projects that have been shelved or
projects that have been impacted before we came in,” Luigi explains.ROA DS
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