The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the country’s largest business organization, announces its new set of Board of Directors for the year 2026-2027 headed by President Ferdinand โPerryโ Ferrer, who assumed office effective January this year, succeeding former PCCI President, Consul Enunina V. Mangio.
Ferrer, Chairman and CEO of EMS Group of Companies, is joined by other elected directors as follows:
โ Mr. Jude Aguilar, PCCI Chairman, and Chairman, Electronic Commerce Payments, Inc (EC Pay)
โ Mr. Bryan Ang, PCCI Vice President for Industry and Manufacturing and Director for Industry, Service, Transport Logistics and Infrastructure, and Vice President, CMLC Group
โ Mr. Arturo C. Guerrero III, Vice President and Director for Labor and President, Temps and Staffers, Inc.
โ Ms. Melanie C. Ng, Vice President and Director for MSMEs and EVP, Ng Khai Development Corporation
โ Mr. Apolinar Aure, Director for Innovation, ICT and Science and Technology and President, AEA International Corporation
โ Mr. Bernardo Benedicto III, Director for Publicity and Promotion and Vice Chairman, Alpha One A1 Grand Industrial Sales, Inc / Benedicto Steel
โ Mr. David Chua, Director, Energy and Power, Water, Capital Market and President, Cathay Pacific Steel Corporation
โ Dr. Hernan B. Delizo, Director, Health and Wellness President, Ambulatory Health Care Institute, Inc.
โ Dr. Alberto P. Fenix, Jr., Director, Education and Human Resources Development and Philippine Chamber Development Institute and President, PCCI HRDF
โ Mr. Edgardo G. Lacson, Director, Environment and Climate Change, and Corporate Governance and President, MIS Maritime Corporation
โ Mr. Christopher Lim, Director, Tourism, Retail, and Franchise and President, Philippine Franchise Association
โ Ma. Alegria S. Limjoco, Chairman, Phoenix Publishing Corp
โ Mr. Sergio R. Ortiz-Luis, Jr., Director, National issues and CSR, President, Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc.
โ Mr. Alfredo M. Yao, Director, Agriculture and Fishery, and Taxation and Chairman, ZESTO Corporation
Area Vice Presidents are
โ Ms. Yolanda R. Dela Cruz, National Capital Region and President, Nisco Philippines Enterprise
โ Atty. Maria Amalia T. Cayanan, North Luzon. Also Director, Sustainable Development Goals and President, Centro Colegio de Tarlac Metro Bamban
โ Mr. Hoover S. Picar, South Luzon and Operations Manager, Goldstar Agric-Vet Corporation
โ Atty. Jobert A. Peรฑaflorida, Visayas and President and CEO, Fiesta Philippines, Inc.
โ Ms. Nenita R. Malbas, Mindanao and Managing Partner, Malbas, Mahinay & Co., CPAs
Former PCCI Chairman George T. Barcelon and Consul Enunina V. Mangio were appointed Chairman Emeritus and President Emeritus, respectively.
The new leadership will be working on a strategic direction anchored on three priorities – strengthening governance, positioning the Philippines as a competitive investment and trade hub; and ensuring the countryโs workforce is future-ready through upskilling and reskilling. โThese pillars are inseparableโgood governance builds trust, trade and investments create opportunities, and skills empower our people to seize those opportunities,โ Ferrer said.
