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Maria Lourdes “Malou” Espina is Vice President for Marketing & Communications of Total (Philippines) Corporation, an affiliate of French energy giant TOTAL SA.

She is an Accredited Public Relations (APR) professional with over 20 years’ experience in marketing & corporate communications, issues management and stakeholder relationship in the public and private sectors.

Malou started her public relations career at the Asian Institute of Management where she worked for five years. She was Project Director of the Management Awards of Asia from 1992 to 1996, Director of Public Affairs of the International Relations Group from 1996 to 1997, and Project Director of the AIM-RVR Center of Corporate Social Responsibility from 2000 to 2001.

Malou served as Chief of Staff of then Majority Floorleader Manuel Roxas from 1997 to 2000. She re-joined the academe as AVP for Public Affairs of the STI Education Services Group, one of the largest network of schools in the Philippines. She progressively took on concurrent roles as head of the Alumni & Career Services Office and Executive Director of the STI Foundation.

Since 2004, Malou has taken on various marketing and communications roles in the TOTAL Group. As corporate communications manager of Total Philippines, she helped articulate the company’s position in the early years following the deregulation of the downstream oil industry. She also established award-winning CSR and sustainability programs focusing on education and the environment.

Malou was posted in Singapore from 2014 to 2017 as Corporate Communications Manager for Total Oil Asia-Pacific, overseeing the activities of the Marketing & Services affiliates in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. She re-joined the Philippine affiliate in 2017 to help build the company as a business and as a brand.

Throughout her career, Malou has been active in professional organizations. She has served in various capacities as director, membership committee chair,  Anvil Awards chair, and PR Congress chair of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines. She also served as director of the International Association of Business Communicators.

Malou finished her Master in Business Administration at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business.