The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a new chairman — Emilio B. Aquino, concurrent commissioner at the corporate regulator, highly-placed sources told the Inquirer Wednesday. Aquino will succeed outgoing Chair Teresita J. Herbosa, whose seven-year term already lapsed in mid-March. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Aquino to the SEC in December 2016 as supervising Commissioner on enforcement, human resource and administration. ADVERTISEMENTAccording to his profile on the SEC’s website, Aquino was a Western Mindanao-based certified public accountant (CPA)-lawyer. He also taught commercial law subjects at the Ateneo del Zamboanga and Western Mindanao State University law schools.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 06, 2018 07:52 UTC