ECOP networks now open for membership

ECOP networks now open for membership

All ECOP members are invited to join the networks on Industrial Relations and Human Resource Development (IR/HR) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsible Business Conduct (CSR/RBC). The networks are platforms for learning...

ECOP governors increased to nineteen

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,...

ECOP governors re-elected

All eight (8) ECOP governors whose terms expired in 2018 were re-elected to serve for another two (2) year terms (2019-2020) as such during the annual meeting and election held on 14 December 2018.   The re-elected governors are:   Barcelon, George T....
Ortiz-Luis elected ECOP president

Ortiz-Luis elected ECOP president

Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. was elected president of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) for 2019 during the organizational meeting of the ECOP Board of Governors on 14 December 2018. He will hold the position concurrently as ECOP Honorary Chairman....

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.