The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) has started discussions on its initial recommendation for the first 100 days of the Marcos administration, starting with critical clusters agriculture and digital infrastructure.
PSAC, headed by Aboitiz Group president and CEO Sabin Aboitiz, said both clusters also added new members, mostly executives from conglomerates.
In a statement, PSAC said the Agriculture group indicated their focus for the short term will be on immediately helping to address food security issues related to increasing productivity for farmers and closing supply chain gaps.
PSAC added the Digital Infrastructure group will be initially focusing on a nationwide expansion of access to internet connectivity and digitalization initiatives.
The Agriculture group is headed by Aileen Uygongco-Ongkauko of La Filipina Uy Gongco and is composed of Chris Po of the Century Group, Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. of Frabelle, Irwin Lee of Universal Robina and Ramon Lim of RNCL Prime Holdings Corp.
Digital infrastructure headed by Union Bank of the Philippines chief transformation officer Henry Aguda is composed of Dennis Uy of Converge, Al Panlilio of PLDT, Ernest Cu of Globe Telecom, and Ramon Jocson of the Bank of the Philippine Islands.
The council is expected to reveal more of its members in the coming weeks after the other sectoral groups on Health, Jobs, and Infrastructure/Tourism meet with the President to present their work plans and recommendations. – Irma Isip
