Filipino elected to ILO governing body

GENEVA, Switzerland – The electoral college for employers of 187 countries of the governing body of the International Labor Organization (ILO) elected recently Ancheta Tan, president emeritus of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines, to one of the seats representing employers of the Asia Pacific countries in the Geneva-based international body. He will serve a term of three years from 2017 to 2020.

The governing body, which is the policy making organ of the ILO, meets for its deliberations in Geneva during the months of March, June and November every year.

Before his election to the prestigious international body, Tan was elected president of the Asean Confederation of Employers (ACE) composed of employers’ federations of seven countries, namely, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines.

His assumption to the ACE presidency was formalized in a meeting among ACE members held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia last May 12.

Tan holds the distinction as the only Philippine business leader who was elected to the two positions twice. He was first elected ACE president in 1996 and as a titular member of the ILO Governing Body the same year.

He is a founding partner of Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose, a major law firm engaged in the general practice of law in the Philippines.