29 February 2016 - Delegation members of the Philippines Healthcare-BPM Investment Roadshow to the U.S.A. led by Undersecretary Nora K. Terrado of the Industry Promotion Group of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Ms. Cristina Coronel, President of the Healthcare Information Management Association of the Philippines (HIMAP) paid a call on Philippine Consul General to New York Mario L. De Leon, Jr. during their visit to New York from February 22 to 23 when they participated in the city’s leg of their nationwide Investment Roadshow.
On their first full day in New York since their arrival, the HIMAP delegation members led by Ms. Coronel paid a courtesy call on Consul General De Leon on February 22, at the boardroom of the New York Philippine Center. The HIMAP delegates explained to Consul General De Leon the layout of the Investment Forum for the Healthcare-BPM Investment Roadshow which would be held the following day, February 23, at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center.
Presentations would be provided to the audience on topics specifically covering the Philippine investment climate and ripe investment opportunities in the Philippines for international investors, such as the growth of the healthcare-BPM industry, IT-BPM industry and the telecom infrastructure. The featured speakers would be Undersecretary Terrado; Ms. Coronel; Ms. Myla Reyes, Vice President for Healthcare Operations at SPiGlobal; and Ms. Jasmin O. Ignacio, Director for Globe Telecom, Inc. At the conclusion of the meeting, Ms. Coronel presented Consul General De Leon a gift token in appreciation for his receiving and hosting of the delegates.
On 23 February, Undersecretary Terrado met Consul General De Leon in the receiving room of his office at the Consulate General, together with Philippine Special Trade Representative in New York JP Iňigo and Consul Felipe Carino, director of the economic section, in the morning before the Investment Forum was to be held later that day.
Undersecretary Terrado expressed her confidence that the New York leg of the Healthcare-BPM Investment Roadshow would help attending participants understand and realize how the Philippines is nowadays a preferable location for IT/BPO/KPO and healthcare information management services of major international corporations. She was also optimistic that the Forum would provide an ideal opportunity for participating corporate officers to network with one another, ultimately leading to increased investment awareness of the multinational healthcare and IT/BPO/KPO business community of New York in the Philippines. Undersecretary Terrado was further confident that the Philippines Healthcare-BPM Investment Roadshow, now in its 2nd year, would grow in succeeding years as investor awareness in the country steadily rises.
At the successful hosting and conclusion of the New York leg of the Investment Roadshow, Consul General De Leon hosted an informal congratulatory dinner reception for both invited delegates and attendees of the Forum at his official residence in the evening of 23 February. Aside from the visiting delegate members of DTI and HIMAP, the dinner guests represented such companies as Advance World Solutions Inc., Capstone Solutions Inc., Pointwest Technologies and the Seven Seven Corporate Group. END