Briefs: ICTSI reaffirms commitment to Pakistan port industry

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and its subsidiary Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) recently reaffirmed their commitment to support and improve Pakistan’s port industry. At a recent call to the Honorable Sindh Governor Imran Ismail Andrew, James Dawes, ICTSI senior vice president and Asia Pacific Regional Head, and Khurram Aziz Khan, PICT chief executive officer, reiterated the ICTSI Group’s support and commitment to the emerging development projects in the region that will benefit the port’s hinterland and stakeholder communities. In turn, Governor Ismail commended PICT for providing value-added services and for closely collaborating with the business community to improve the ease of doing business in the Port of Karachi, the country’s busiest maritime gateway.

Photo shows Andrew James Dawes, ICTSI senior vice president and regional head of Asia Pacific (center) and Khurram Aziz Khan, Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) chief executive officer (right), recently met with Governor Imran Ismail of Pakistan’s Sindh province. ICTSI and PICT reaffirmed their support to emerging development projects in the region, expected to benefit the Port of Karachi’s hinterland and stakeholder communities.

The board of directors of FWD Life Insurance visited the insurer’s Cebu business hub to meet its growing team in the Queen City of the South. Chaired by former Ambassador to the USA Jose Cuisia Jr., the directors held their quarterly board meeting in Cebu during the visit.

“We are delighted to have met our Cebu-based sales teams as well as our valued partners from Security Bank and witnessed first-hand their enthusiasm and vigor as we collectively work toward FWD becoming a leading insurer in the country,” said FWD Philippines board chairman Jose Cuisia Jr. “We are inspired to be growing our presence in Cebu and protecting the financial futures of more and more Filipino families across the country.”

FWD Philippines president and chief executive officer Peter Grimes added, “Cebu has always been a focus for our geographic growth in the country. We want to let our customers in VisMin know that FWD will continue to provide best-in-class products and customer experience as we achieve our vision of changing the way Filipinos feel about insurance.”

Shown in the photo alongside FWD’s Cebu sales team are FWD Philippines’ board of directors and executives led by Arthur Lee (FWD Philippines non-executive director and FWD group executive vice president, New Markets & Corporate Governance, and South-East Asia chairman, seated second from left), Atty. Lilia de Lima (FWD Philippines Independent Director, seated fourth from left), Jose Cuisia Jr. (FWD Philippines chairman of the board, seated fifth from left) and Peter Grimes (FWD Philippines president and chief executive officer, seated sixth from left).