Clark Freeport – Clark Development Corporation (CDC) welcomed Agnes Devanadera as its first female president and the 14th administrator of the state-owned corporation.
Devanadera took her oath of office on Friday, administered by CDC chair Edgardo Pamintuan. Other members of the CDC Board and executive officials were also present to witness her oath-taking.
Devandera succeeded retired Brig. Gen. Manuel Gaerlan.
Devanadera has extensive public service experience. She was the country’s 41st Solicitor General (2007 to 2010), and former chairperson and chief executive officer of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) from November 2017 to July 2022.
She also held various government positions, including Secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ); Undersecretary for legal and legislative affairs of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) from 2003 to 2004; Government Corporate Counsel in 2004. She was also president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines in 1997; and Mayor of her home town of Sampaloc, Quezon from 1988 to 1998.presidency.
“The incoming president and CEO has a very vast and wide experience in public service being a former secretary of justice, former mayor, former chairperson of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), and a lawyer of course. She’s a very qualified and highly competent government official,” Gaerlan said.
He also thanked the employees, stakeholders, and locators in the freeport who supported his watch at the CDC.