ECOP governors increased to nineteen

by | Dec 27, 2018 | Announcements

The members of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) approved the proposal of the ECOP Board of Governors to increase the number of governors from fifteen (15) to nineteen (19).

 

The ECOP Board of Governors manages and controls the affairs, activities, business, assets, and properties of the Confederation.

 

Once approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expectedly in 2019, “eleven (11) governors or nine (9) as the case may be shall be elected by a plurality of votes by members entitled from among the charter members and representatives of regular, sustaining and associate members.”

 

“The election for eleven (11) members of the Board of Governors to be held during the annual meeting in December 2019 following the approval of the amendments to the ECOP by-laws by the SEC shall proceed as scheduled. The incumbent eight (8) members shall be allowed to finish their terms of office with a right to re-election,” the proposed amendments continued.

 

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Edgardo Lacson

Chairman of the Board

Edgardo G. Lacson is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), and Director of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). He was formerly President and Honorary Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).  He was the President of ECOP from 2010 to 2016. Ed Lacson also serves as the President of various business firms, including MIS Maritime Corporation, Safe Seas Shipping Agency, Marine Industrial Supply Corporation, and EML Realty. He serves as Chairman of Metrostore Corporation, MIL Export Philippines, Beacon Environmental Management Services and Primelode, among others.

He is likewise Trustee of both the De La Salle Canlubang, Inc. and Philippine Petroleum Sea Transport Association (PHILPESTA), Managing Director of Link Edge, and a member of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), Philippine Interisland Shipping Association (PISA), and Makati Business Development Council (MBDC).

An alumnus of then De La Salle College and now De La Salle University where he earned his degree in Bachelor of Science in Commerce (BSC) Major in Accounting, Ed Lacson indeed through the years has expanded his horizons.

Edgardo Lacson serves as Honorary Chairman at PCCI. His previous business affiliations include the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), Marine Chemical Corporation, VLK Traders Philippines, Inc., and Esso Standard Eastern.