Maharlika directors sworn into office

(UPDATE) THE four directors of the Maharlika Investment Corp. were sworn into office on Wednesday, the Presidential Communications Office said.

Long-time Asian Development Bank (ADB) officer Vicky Castillo Tan, Andrew Jerome Gan, German Lichauco and Roman Felipe Reyes took their oath before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Malacañang.

Their appointments came several weeks after Rafael Consing Jr. was named as president and chief executive officer of the MIC last November.

Tan, who hails from Manila, studied Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of the Philippines Diliman and graduated in 1982. She completed her Master of Business Administration from the same university in 1987.

From the early 1990s to 2000, Tan worked for banks, investment, and financial institutions such as Citibank, AIG Philam Bank Inc., and Chinatrust (Phils) Commercial Bank Corp.

She served at the ADB from September 2002 to January 2021, working in various capacities such as senior financial analyst, credit review officer, structured financial officer, financial management specialist, senior advisor to the vice president, regional cooperation and operations coordination division director, and budget and management services division director.

She was SteelAsia Manufacturing Inc.'s deputy president and May Bank Inc.'s independent board of director and chairman of its Corporate Governance Committee.

Gan, on the other hand, earned his finance and business economics degrees from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA, in 1985. He studied for a Master's in Public Policy and Management at the School of Oriental and Asian Studies.

Lichauco, meanwhile, graduated from De La Salle University in Manila in 1985 and earned his Juris Doctor from Ateneo de Manila University in 1992.

He was director for the Vehicle Inspection Management Solutions of Hackeye 2020 Corp., Sharp Philippines Corp., and corporate secretary for Computerized Imaging Institute of the Makati Medical Center Foundation Inc., the Medical Doctors Inc., and the Soho Central Condominium.

He was a senior partner at the Siguion Reyna, Montecillo and Ongsiako Law Offices and was president of Gemarvic Holdings Inc.

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