00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has been elected as the new secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology or DICT.
00:09President Henry Rowell Aguda was appointed as the replacement of the former DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy.
00:16Aguda was the former President and CEO of Union Digital Bank
00:21and served as the Digital Infrastructure Lead of the Private Sector Advisory Council
00:27which was established by President Marcos Jr. to strengthen the relationship between the private and public sectors.
00:35He also served as the Chairman of the Board of City Savings Bank at UBX Philippines.
00:41He also became the Director of Insular Healthcare, Banknet, Metaverse Ventures and Platforms at Philippine Clearinghouse.
00:49Aguda completed his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at the University of the Philippines where he graduated Cum Laude.