The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) today announced the formal transition of leadership from 2024–2025 President Enunina V. Mangio to incoming President Perry A. Ferrer, marking a renewed push to translate advocacy gains into concrete trade, investments, and jobs for Filipinos.
President Mangio’s term delivered strengthened advocacy, deeper regional engagement, expanded international partnerships, and enhanced institutional capacity. Reflecting on the year, she said: “Our achievements were guided by three commitments – strong and relevant advocacy for enterprises; empowering our regional chambers as the backbone of PCCI; and strengthening institutional capacity through better programs, partnerships, and visibility. These priorities made PCCI more unified, responsive, and future-ready.”
Under Mangio’s leadership, PCCI also translated its advocacy efforts into tangible economic outcomes, securing substantial investment interests from countries such as Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the United States, India, and Germany.
Most recently, her business mission to Qatar generated an investment commitment of US$2 billion for infrastructure and energy – one of the largest pledges secured under her term. Incoming President Perry Ferrer, who heads Gruppo EMS, one of the country’s largest electronic companies, emphasized building on this foundation.
He outlined a unified strategy on governance, investment and market access, and workforce development: “Our direction is anchored on three priorities that must move together: strengthening governance so PCCI is more agile and service-driven; positioning the Philippines as a competitive investment and trade hub; and ensuring our workforce is future-ready through nationwide upskilling.
These pillars are inseparable—good governance builds trust, trade and investments create opportunities, and skills empower our people to seize those opportunities.”
PCCI stated that this leadership transition represents a shift from strengthening advocacy and institutional capacity to concretizing achievements into expanded markets and investments, and more jobs for Filipinos.
The chamber expressed confidence that the momentum established under Mangio’s leadership will be amplified under Ferrer as PCCI intensifies its competitiveness and growth agenda.
