BIZ BUZZ: Second term at SEC? Up to BBM, says Aquino
Many have been buzzing about who will succeed Emilio Aquino as the head of the country’s corporate registrar, and while there are a lot of possible candidates, reappointment is also an option.
But as the end of Aquino’s term as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) draws closer, he says everything will be “up to the boss.”
“I’m just doing my thing,” Aquino, a Rodrigo Duterte appointee who headed the agency’s extension offices in Davao and Zamboanga prior to his appointment to the SEC’s highest seat, told reporters on Tuesday. “I had my time, I had my chance. That’s really up to them. At least we gave our all.”
Indeed, the SEC has so far launched four waves of digital initiatives under the leadership of Aquino, whose seven-year term concludes on June 6.
Aquino will leave the SEC (or not?) with a brand new data center and at least six new digital platforms.
The in-house data center contains the agency’s records, applications and servers that promise to make services faster, more secure and easier to access.
The SEC under Aquino also clinched the Level 3 Philippine Quality Award for his office’s “mastery in quality management.”
“It’s the highest level for a national government agency … that makes us comparable to the best organizations in the world,” Aquino says.
With big shoes to fill, Aquino is hoping that his successor would continue what he started.
“It would be a waste not to continue,” he says.
