The Securities and Exchange Commission welcomed lawyer McJill Bryant Fernandez as a new commissioner in place of Ephyro Luis Amatong who ended his eight years of service in the agency.
“We are excited to work with Commissioner Fernandez, whose extensive experience in government service will surely help push forward the commission in its mandate of enabling the corporate sector, deepening the capital market and protecting the investing public,” SEC chairperson Emilio Aquino said in a statement.
Fernandez previously served as the deputy executive secretary for general administration under the Office of the President. As DESGA, he assisted the Executive Secretary in articulating the policy directives of the President through executive orders and other ordinances, processing of applications for the establishment of special economic zones, evaluation of special authorities for executive agreements, foreign loans and grants and in addressing policy, legal and administrative concerns of various agencies in the executive department and government-owned and -controlled corporations.