Led by real estate development experts.
The Team
In 2016, we established one of the most trusted real estate development consultancy companies in the Philippines: Havitas Developments Corporation. A project development services firm that leverages on our collective experience having worked on more than 60 of the most notable real estate projects in the Philippines. With cumulative property development experience of more than 100 years.
We're channeling that passion for real estate into HAVITAS PROPERTIES INC.
We are joined by a strong team of investment and business mavens who will help propel Havitas Properties in the years ahead.
Recognized industry thought leader with over 3 decades in the industry. Former Chairman of the National Real Estate Association, company representative to CREBA and sits as Vice President for Housing Affairs. Leads Keller Williams Manila Bay and has excelled in real estate sales and leadership roles with Century Properties, Eton Properties and Robinsons Land.
29 years of real estate experience from executive positions in Eton Properties, DEI Properties, Starbucks Philippines, Philippine National Bank, Robinsons Land, Calmar Land Development Corp. and the Fil-Estate Group.
With more than 30 years in Marketing, was VP of Marketing at Eton Properties, launching 29 projects, and AVP of Marketing at Suntrust Properties. A licensed real estate broker, appraiser (Top 8), and consultant (Top 10).
With over 35 years of real estate expertise, Dave Rafael is Co-Founder of Havitas and former President and CEO of AboitizLand. He previously served as SVP for SM Prime Holdings, overseeing PHP 95B in properties, and spent 20 years at Ayala Land, managing malls, pioneering sales strategies, and masterplanning major developments.
Former Head of International Acquisitions for the PIK Group, the largest developer in Europe. First international hire of China Fortune Land Development (CFLD), the largest New Industry City developer in the world.
President & COO of Asia Brewery, former President of the LT Group, Vice President of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry, and Member of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council.
Values
Integrity. Respect. Openness to other ideas. Innovativeness. Self-driven. Tenacity. Follow-thru. An overarching impetus to always do something exceptional.
Culture
OK is not OK.
OK doesn’t get our energies going. Exceptional does.
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Speed of execution drives the process.
Nothing keeps a team on the A-game better than blazing speed.
02
Maintain the energy of a startup.
And all other tasks that may be assigned from time to time. Happens all the time. We embrace it.