Rodrigo Emanuel Franco is a Phillipine citizen. He received his Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering and Master of Business Administration from the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.
 
He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, (MPTC), the toll road development and operation arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC). MPTC oversees the group’s tollroad companies including NLEX Corporation (formerly Manila North Tollways Corporation or MNTC), Tollways Management Corporation (TMC), Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC), and MPCala Holdings, Inc. MPTC also has investments in toll road companies in Thailand and Vietnam, a part form PT Nusantara Infrastructure.
 
In addition to being the CEO of MPTC, he concurrently serves as the President and CEO of NLEX Corporation, the developer and operator of NLEX and operating SCTEX. He previously served as the President and CEO of MNTC in 2009 and was appointed as the current President and CEO of MPTC in January 2016. He first joined MNTC in 2003 as its Chief Financial Officer.
 
 
He had more than 20 years of experience with JPMorgan Chase Bank where he ended his banks career as the Vice President for Investment Banking in 2002. While in banking, he assisted in the fundraising activities of several Philippine companies through international loan and capital markets, transactions. He likewise involved in several mergers and acquisitions, equity market, and loan and bond restructuring transactions.