Jun Lozada

A graduate of the University of Santo Tomas, Lozada has a 20-year experience in executive and management positions in the private sector.

He assumed the post of president and CEO of PhilForest, a corporate arm of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, in 2004.

In this capacity, he directed the government's program for the propagation and commercial cultivation of the tuba-tuba or jatropha plant, a source of biodiesel.

In August 2016, the Sandiganbayan found him guilty of one charge of graft due to him awarding 6.599 hectares of public land to his brother, Orlando Lozada.

On June 2, 2022, Lozada voluntarily surrendered to the NBI after the Sandiganbayan reportedly issued an arrest warrant after the Supreme Court reaffirmed the 2016 graft case.

Lozada (right) with former Philippine president Corazon Aquino in February 2008.