Neri Dropped from Executive Search

From Manila Standard Today

The Philippine Stock Exchange may have to drop Social Security System administrator Romulo Neri from the list of people being considered as its next president and chief executive after the Ombudsman affirmed the corruption charges against him in the National Broadband Network scandal.

Neri, who holds a degree in business administration from the University of the Philippines, was named the state pension fund's administrator in June 2008, replacing Corazon dela Paz.

Before joining the government, Neri was an associate professor at the Asian Institute of Management and corporate planning and finance officer of several private companies, such as the Canlubang Sugar Estate, Canlubang Pulp and Manufacturing Corp., C-J Yulo and Sons, Philippine National Oil Company, Luzon Stevedoring Corp., and Mobil Oil Philippines.

His first government position was director of the Congressional Planning and Budget Office of the House of Representatives in 1990.

President Gloria Arroyo appointed him Budget Department secretary in 2005, then director general of the National Economic and Development Authority, and later chief of the Commission on Higher Education.

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