SM Investments Corp
Ramon M. Lopez was the Secretary of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). He served for the full term of the administration of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. He chaired during his term the DTI institutions such as the Board of Investments, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, the Export Development Council, Anti-Red Tape Authority Advisory Council, Philippine International Trading Corp., CITEM, and the Halal Board. He also supervised attached agencies such as the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and the Cooperative Development Authority, among others.
He also received several awards such as the 2016 Nation Builders Award for Government Service and the Philippine Innovation Man of the Year Award in 2017. In 2018, he received from former President Duterte the Presidential Award, Order of Sikatuna, with a rank of Datu, one of the senior honors one can receive in the Philippines. He was also named by People Asia as one of the 2020 People of the Year, for the re-opening of the economy during the pandemic. Just recently, he was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit for his vital role in the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Mr. Lopez has a Master’s Degree in Development Economics class at Williams College, Massachusetts USA, and an AB Degree in Economics from the University of the Philippines School of Economics.
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SM Investments Corp
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SM Investments Corporation is engaged in the property, retail, and financial services and other businesses. The Company operates through three segments: property, retail, and financial services and others. The property segment is involved in mall, residential and commercial development, and hotels and convention centers operations. The retail segment is engaged in the retail/wholesale trading of merchandise, such as dry goods, wearing apparels, food and other merchandise. The financial services and others segment primarily includes the Company, which engages in asset management and capital investments, and associates, which are involved in financial services. It operates department stores through THE SM STORE and food retail stores under SM Markets consisting of SM Supermarket, SM Hypermarket, Savemore, as well as Walter Mart. SM Prime is a real estate conglomerate in Southeast Asia with interests in malls, residences, office buildings, resorts, hotels and convention centers.