ILEDF elects board of trustees and officers, bares economic agenda

The Iloilo Economic Development Foundation elected its 20201-22 Board of Trustees during the Annual General Membership Meeting last August 24, 2021  via Zoom.

A new set of officers was also elected.  They are as follows:

Chairman of the Board	Engr. Terence Uygongco Iloilo Business Club
President	Angel de Leon Jr. Taytay sa Kauswagan, Inc..
Vice President	Joseph del Rosario Ayala Land, Inc. and SEDA Hotel
Treasurer	Allen Son Tan Iloilo Builders Corporation
Members	Federico Lopez First Gen Corporation   Nicandro Fucoy Palm Concepcion Power Corporation   Roel Castro MORE Electric and Power Corporation   Jocelyn Jalandoni-Perez
Advisors	Narzalina Lim
	Rex Drilon
	Alfonso Uy
Corporate Secretary	Atty Pablo Nava III

 

Institutional Members of ILEDF include the leading Iloilo business associations operating in Iloilo like:

1.       Iloilo Business Club, Inc.

2.       Iloilo Multi-Sectoral Business Organization

3.       Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Iloilo

4.       Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce of Panay

5.       Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry

6.       Iloilo Convention and Visitors Bureau

7.       Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc.

 

Iloilo City and Provincial Governments and the Department of Trade and Industry Iloilo Province also sit in the Board of Trustees.

In a LED Talk held before the annual general membership meeting,  Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles discussed the new programs of the  Duterte government in addressing growing unemployment.  Nograles is one of the chairpersons of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID or IATF).

Director General  Charito  Plaza of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority expounded on the role of economic zones in generating employment and advocated ecozone development as a strategic economic recovery The PEZA is an attached agency to the Department of of Trade and Industry (DTI) whose primary task is to promote investments, extend assistance, register, grant incentives to and facilitate the business operations of investors in export-oriented manufacturing and services.

As observed by ILEDF Chairperson Uygongco, “no one can predict the gravity of the economic, political and cultural changes this health crisis will impact on the local economy and the coming 2020 elections.  A high level of collaboration among national and local governments, business, academe and community in managing the various programs should give us Ilonggos with better confidence in collectively dealing with the long-lasting changes this pandemic will bring.

ILEDF President Angel de Leon Jr. presented  the Foundation’s continuing support to  the investment promotion efforts of the city and province of Iloilo through the following initiatives:

1. Investment promotion to support economic recovery
2. Continue the work on attracting developers and locators for one ecozone site
3. Advocacy through webinars and research studies
4. Full implementation of Iloilo Economic Portal as business recovery resource hub
5. Reconvening of the Iloilo Young Business Leaders Group