FORMER SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Alan T. Ortiz died in Paris, France on Monday morning due to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019).
“He died in Paris, where he was invited by the French government for a security conference, and contact tracing has already been done. His last known contacts in the Philippines are in good health,” his family said in a Facebook post.
Mr. Ortiz was said to have visited Manila last March 3.
The president of the non-profit think-tank Philippine Council for Foreign Relations used to lead the National Transmission Corp. as president.
Previously, he was board adviser to the Philippine National Oil Company. He had also served as a board member of the Manila Electric Co.
Mr. Ortiz died at the age of 66. — Adam J. Ang
