FOUR new directors of the Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) were sworn in at Malacañang on Wednesday, the Presidential Communications Office said.

In a statement, the Palace said the new directors are Vicky Castillo L. Tan, a former Asian Development Bank director; Andrew Jerome T. Gan, Singapore advisor for Picfel & Cle, Banquiers and a former Globe Land Development Corp. managing director; German Q. Lichauco of Orca Energy, Inc., a lawyer, and Roman Felipe S. Reyes, Radio Philippines Network, Inc. (RPN-9) and Converge ICT Solutions, Inc. director.

Last month, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. appointed Rafael D. Consing, Jr., chief executive officer and president of the MIC.

The government is counting on the MIC to be fully operational by the end of the year. — John Victor D. Ordoñez

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