Section 6Sec./Art. 6

Board of Directors. The corporate powers of the Authority shall be exercised by and vested in the Board of Directors which shall be composed of a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and thirteen (13) members. The Secretary of the DOTr and the General Manager of the Authority shall be the ex officio Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Board, respectively.

The Director General or the duly appointed representative of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and the Secretaries of the following executive departments or any Undersecretary or Assistant Secretary designated by the respective Secretaries shall be ex officio members, to wit:

Department of Finance, Department of Justice, Department of Health, Department of Agriculture and Department of Tourism. An appointive nonelective official of Davao City, to be designated by the Mayor of Davao City shall be the last ex officio member of the Board.

In addition, seven (7) members from the private sector who are residents of the provinces and cities of the Davao Region shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines for a term of one (1) year, subject to the existing rules and regulations of the Governance Commission on Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GCG). Two (2) of the seven (7) private sector members shall come from the City of Davao. Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Davao Occidental and Compostela Valley shall have one (1) representative each.

The mayor of Davao City and the governors of Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Davao Occidental and Compostela Valley shall submit to GCG lists of candidates who are of known probity, competence and integrity on airport management, aviation, finance, business, law and other related fields to represent their respective city and provinces in the Board.

The GCG after examining the lists following the fit and proper rule and the standards on integrity, experience, education, training and competence shall recommend to the President a list of four (4) qualified candidates from each province and city, from this list shall be selected two (2) candidates for the City of Davao and one (1) candidate from each of the provinces, who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines as the authorized representative of the respective city and provinces in the Board.

The Board shall promulgate its rules relative to meetings, quorum requirements and compensation or allowances of the members of the Board.