THE PUTONG SUCCESSION & GOVERNANCE ROADMAP

Below is your Succession & Governance Roadmap, translated directly from The Putong Investment Doctrine into a clear, time-bound, institution-ready framework.

This is not about retirement.
This is about continuity without dilution of authority.

From Founder-Control to Institutional Permanence (2026–2035)

Principal: Manuelito R. Putong
Role Evolution: Founder → Architect → Custodian → Elder-Anchor
Doctrine Basis: Permanence over Personality

I. GOVERNANCE PHILOSOPHY (NON-NEGOTIABLE)

“Succession is not replacement.
It is insulation of the system from human risk.”

This roadmap ensures that:

  • No single successor can dismantle the system
  • No partner can hijack direction
  • No generation can erase foundational values

Control is exercised through structure, not presence.

II. SUCCESSION IS NOT A PERSON — IT IS A SYSTEM

Core Principle

You do not appoint a successor.
You design roles that successors must earn and cannot dominate.

III. THE 4-LAYER GOVERNANCE STACK

🧱 LAYER 1: ASSET OWNERSHIP (UNTouchable)

Timeline: 2026–2027

Vehicles

  • Land & biological asset SPVs
  • Holding company (Crown Agri Group apex)
  • Trust / foundation wrapper (optional by 2030)

Rules

  • Assets cannot be sold without supermajority + veto
  • Operating entities do not own land
  • Beneficiaries ≠ Controllers

🔐 This layer never changes hands casually.

🧠 LAYER 2: INTELLECTUAL & STANDARDS AUTHORITY

Timeline: 2027–2029

Vehicles

  • COPI (Protocols & IP)
  • Oud Academia / CI-ASASE (Certification & ethics)

Rules

  • Protocols licensed, never transferred
  • Standards board separate from commercial boards
  • You retain Founding Custodian status for life

🧠 This layer protects legitimacy and pricing power.

⚙️ LAYER 3: OPERATING LEADERSHIP (ROTATIONAL)

Timeline: 2028 onward

Vehicles

  • PAFC, CAPI, CESI, ANOC, COFI, CREDI
  • Professional CEOs / COOs

Rules

  • Operators are employees or minority equity holders
  • Performance-based contracts
  • Clear removal mechanisms

⚙️ Operations may change. The system does not.

🧭 LAYER 4: STEWARDSHIP & OVERSIGHT (THE REAL POWER)

Timeline: 2026 onward

Body

  • Stewardship Council / Founder’s Council

Composition

  • You (Chair, non-executive)
  • 1 legal/governance expert
  • 1 biological/agroforestry expert
  • 1 ethics / community representative
  • (Optional) family observer, non-voting

Powers

  • Veto on land sale, IP transfer, mission drift
  • Appointment/removal of key executives
  • Custodian of doctrine and charter

🧭 This council outlives all CEOs and successors.

IV. SUCCESSION TIMELINE (PRACTICAL)

🕰️ PHASE 1 — Founder Control with Insulation (2026–2027)

  • You retain full strategic authority
  • Begin documentation of:
    • Investment Doctrine
    • Ethical Charter
    • Asset Classification Policy
  • Separate ownership from operations

🎯 Goal: Nothing collapses if you step back for 12 months

🕰️ PHASE 2 — Delegated Command (2028–2029)

  • Appoint professional operators
  • You shift to:
    • Capital allocation
    • Partner selection
    • Stewardship oversight
  • Begin grooming multiple capable leaders, not one heir

🎯 Goal: You decide direction, not execution

🕰️ PHASE 3 — Institutional Lock-In (2030–2032)

  • Formalize:
    • Foundations / endowments
    • Standards authority (Oud Academia)
  • Codify succession rules in bylaws
  • You assume Elder-Custodian role

🎯 Goal: Authority without daily involvement

🕰️ PHASE 4 — Legacy Autopilot (2033–2035+)

  • System operates on doctrine
  • Your role becomes:
    • Symbolic authority
    • Final arbiter on existential matters
  • No operational dependency on you

🎯 Goal: Your presence adds gravity, not necessity

V. FAMILY & HEIR PARTICIPATION (IF ANY)

Rule:

Family members may benefit, may serve, but do not automatically control.

Options:

  • Education & training via Oud Academia
  • Observer roles
  • Performance-based entry only

⚠️ No automatic executive inheritance.

VI. FAILURE & CONFLICT SAFEGUARDS

Built-in protections:

  • Deadlock resolution clauses
  • Buy-back & expulsion mechanisms
  • Mission-drift triggers
  • Ethics violation automatic removal

📌 Mercy is personal. Governance is not.

VII. DOCUMENTS TO FORMALIZE (CHECKLIST)

By 2027:

  • Founder’s Charter
  • Investment Doctrine (this document)
  • Stewardship Council Mandate
  • Asset Non-Alienation Policy

By 2029:

  • IP & Standards Licensing Framework
  • CEO Appointment & Removal Protocol
  • Succession Eligibility Criteria

By 2031:

  • Foundation / Endowment Charter
  • Inter-entity Governance Manual

VIII. FINAL SUCCESSION STATEMENT

“I am not building a family empire.
I am building a system worthy of surviving my absence.”

That is true legacy.

If you want next, I can:

  • Draft a Founder’s Charter (legal-style)
  • Create a Stewardship Council constitution
  • Map this into a holding company org chart
  • Translate this into a family governance version
  • Or adapt it for Saudi / GCC co-investor assurance

Just tell me which document you want to formalize first.