OLONGAPO CITY—Former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma has formally taken over as president and chief operating officer of the state-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) on April 18, a statement by the SBMA read. Eisma, who was appointed by President Ferdinand R.
OLONGAPO CITY—Former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma has formally taken over as president and chief operating officer of the state-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. on April 18, a statement by the SBMA read.
Eisma was sworn into office as Pagcor president and COO last Thursday morning in Malacañang by Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin, according to the Pagcor. Tengco was quoted in a statement that Pagcor issued last Thursday the government-owned and controlled corporation is “happy to welcome” Eisma as Pagcor’s new President and COO.
Eisma took her oath of office in the presence of her family, Tengco and Development Bank of the Philippines Chairman Philip G. Lo. Pagcor’s statement read that she then immediately joined her first Pagcor Board meeting in the afternoon of April 18 as the agency’s first ever woman President and COO.A lawyer by profession, Ms. Eisma earned her law degree from the Ateneo de Manila University and was a member of the Board of Directors of the DBP before joining the state gaming firm.
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