Private lunch briefing with Philippine Finance Secretary Cesar V Purisima

Following the very successful Invest Philippines conference organised by Asia House in October 2013, Philippine Finance Secretary Cesar V Purisima visited Asia House on Thursday 3 July for a private lunch briefing exclusively for Asia House corporate members.

Secretary Purisima was accompanied by Ma. Cyd Tuaño-Amador, Assistant Governor, MPSS, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; Rosalia V De Leon, National Treasurer, Bureau of the Treasury, Philippines; and Robert Vergara, President and General Manager, Government Service Insurance System of the Philippines.

The topics of the roundtable discussion, held under the Chatham House Rule, included the Philippines’ success with economic growth, the economic impact of the Typhoon Haiyan natural disaster, opportunities for FDI, trade regulation, monetary policy, corruption and governance, ASEAN integration, territorial disputes and the impact of remittances to the Philippines from non-resident citizens.

Companies represented at the briefing included Arup, Diageo, HSBC, Instinctif Partners, Jardine Matheson, GlaxoSmithKline, Prudential and Standard Chartered Bank.

Asia house private briefings are open exclusively to Asia House corporate members. For more information on corporate membership please contact Vivi Qi, Asia House corporate membership manager.

Our next private briefing for corporate members will take place on 16 July 2014 when HE Mr K Shanmugam, Foreign Minister of Singapore, will give a private briefing to corporate members. For more details or to register contact our Business & Policy team.