Month: February 2017

ABCI President and CEO Roel Z. Castro has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Philippines-Korea Economic Council (PHILKOREC). He took his oath along with the year’s new set of officers during the PhilKorEc Induction and Networking lunch, held on February 9, 2017 at the Sarika Room of Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati. (Scroll down for the photo gallery)

PHILKOREC is a non-stock, non-profit corporation organized under Philippine laws in June 1978 under the auspices of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) to promote mutually beneficial business opportunities and enterprise as well as fellowship between the Republics of the Philippines and South Korea.

Its objectives are as follows:

1. To promote, in general, goodwill, friendship, and understanding between the business communities of the Philippines and South Korea, and in particular, to establish closer cooperation in areas which will enhance the growth and development of the Philippines.
2. To promote and strengthen trade, tourism, and economic cooperation between the Philippines and Korea.
3. To establish and maintain channels of communication with its counterparts in Korea and with other agencies and organizations involved in, or concerned with, the promotion of Philippine-Korean economic relations.
4. To organize or promote missions, whether trade or economic, and arrange receptions of visitors when considered proper and appropriate.

Mr. Castro will serve as a Director for 2017-2018.

ABCI, headed by Mr Roel Z. Castro, hosted a special business lunch for Philippine and Russian delegations in the Narra A function room of Shangri-La at The Fort on January 27, 2017. The gathering was held to discuss and explore business cooperation opportunities between the two economies. (Scroll below for the photo gallery)

A Brown Company, Inc.

• Roel Z. Castro – President/CEO, President/CEO of Palm Concepcion Power Corp., Director of Phil-Korea Economic Council (PKEC)
• Walter W. Brown – Chairman Emeritus, President/COO of Apex Mining Co. Inc. (AMCI)
• Robert E. Pizarro – Chairman, President of Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Director of Philippine Palm Oil Development Association
• Paul B. Juat – Assistant to the Chairman Emeritus
• Victor Delgado – Senior Manager
• Shai Lagarde – Corporate Communications Manager

Philippine Business Delegation

• Gerardo C. Garcia – President of Private Equity Investment and Development Corp., Chairman of PKEC
• Eduardo Francisco – President/CEO of Banco de Oro Capital
• Joselito H. Sibayan – President/CEO of Mabuhay Capital Corp.
• Anthony L. Almeda – Chairman/CEO of ALAlmeda Inc.
• Graciano P. Yumul – Vice President of AMCI
• Atty. Manuel Manaligod Jr. – Director of East West Rail Transit Corp. (EWRTC)
• Gordon Allan Joseph – President/CEO of Philinsure
• Andrew T. Yap – Senior Vice President of Asia United Bank
• Atty. Cyril del Callar – Managing Partner of Del Callar & Partners Law
• Vincent Arcenas – President of Arava Development Corp.
• Ma. Lourdes Arcenas – Director of Development Bank of the Philippines
• Robert Lester F. Aranton – Chairman/CEO of Primestar Translogistic Corp.
• Herve D. Laumond – Vice Chairman/CEO of Systra Philippines
• Joselito Lumain – Office of the President/Malacañang
• Grace M. Lumain – Vice President of Piso Point Development Corp (PPDC)
• Kiele M. Lumain – Executive VP for Marketing of PPDC
• Kaesar M. Lumain – Executive VP for Business Development of PPDC

Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

• Hon. Alexander V. Tsybulskiy – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and Russian Co-chair of the Russia-Philippines Joint commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation
• Anna N. Popova – Deputy Director of Interregional and Crossborder Cooperation Department
• Vsevolod V. Vovchenko – Head of the Asia-Pacific Division of the Department of Cooperation with the Asia, Africa, and Latin America countries

Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation

• Yuri B. Petrov – Assistant to the Minister
• Maria S. Timofeeva – Chief Specialist of the Department of International Cooperation

Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance

• Marina L. Litovchenko – Deputy Director of Rostov, subsidiary of FGI (Center for Grain Quality Assessment)
• Sergey A. Potapov – Director of Overseas Markets Analysis of FGI
• Dmitriy Yu. Selivanov – Division Director of Agricultural Surveillance and Grain Quality Control Authority

Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Philippines

• Vadim V. Velikanov – Minister-Counsellor
• Andrey P. Sapozhnikov – Trade Counsellor
• Ruslan V. Kuzmin – First Secretary
• Egor A. Simonov – Regional Vice President of Rusatom
• Artiom V. Goncharuk – Chief Specialist of the International Cooperation Department

Russian Business Delegation

• Anton V. Berlin – Marketing Director of Norilsk Nickel PJSC
• Evgeniy V. Dorot – Deputy Director General for Innovation Development of RzhDstroy, subsidiary of JSC (Russian railways)
• Dmitriy V. Novikov – Deputy Director of Department of International Cooperation in Civil Aviation PJSC (United Aircraft Building Company)
• Ivan V. Polyakov – Director General of Interstate Development Corporation
• Denis Yu. Krivstov – Director General of OOO Machinery Works (Tonar)
• Ilya M. Filatov – Commercial Division Chief of Tonar
• Alexander V. Filippov – Director General of OOO (High Speed Boats MG)
• Denis Yu. Tsvetov – Chief Specialist of OOO (GAZ International)