Nino is a respected legal professional with a distinguished career serving in key leadership roles within the Philippine government and the country’s power sector, with experience advising the country’s top power players. Most recently he was President and CEO of the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP), and the COO of the Transition Committee of Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC). Prior to this, Nino was Executive Director of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and a Senior Advisor to the Office of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, Committee Head on Energy. Benhan has managed a variety of impact investment and advisory mandates across sectors, with a particular focus on climate change, natural capital, sustainable land use, smallholder agriculture, and off-grid solar/renewable energy. His project work at KOIS Invest, Dalberg Global Development Advisors, Dexia Credit Local, Standard Chartered Bank, and Charles River Associates spans emerging and developed markets, in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, East Asia, North America and Western Europe. A native of the Philippines, he has extensive professional experience and networks across the region, including in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam. Benhan has three Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration, Economics, and East Asian Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds two Master’s degrees in Quantitative Economic Theory and International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies; and an MBA from the London Business School.