AmCham North Luzon Thanksgiving and Elections

AmCham North Luzon

AmCham came to life in 1902 as the Manila Coffee Round Table and later as Manila Merchants Association. Incorporated in 1920, it has since then recognized and reconfirmed the commitment of American business to the development and welfare of the Philippines and the Filipino people.

This is a commitment of long-standing, as its mission statement declares:

The Chamber exists to serve the interests of U.S. businesses through the participation of members in promoting their long-term objectives while contributing to the civic and economic development of the Philippines.”

Event Details

Dear Members,

Come join us as we recollect the Chapter's achievements for the year at our Thanksgiving and Elections on November 23, 2021, 10:00 to 11:00 AM via Zoom.

Guest Speaker:

Honorable Elmer G. Cato

Consul General

Philippine Consulate General in New York

The AmCham North Luzon Chapter will also be holding its elections to replace five (5) Board Members whose terms will be ending in December 2021. Support the Chamber by participating in the elections. For more information, contact your Chapter office now.

Members

Two (2) complimentary passes.

Use this ticket if your company is a member of AmCham Philippines or if you are a member's proxy.

Register here

(you can email joan@amchamphilippines.com if you are unsure if complimentary passes are available for your organization)

Additional Member Company Representatives

For additional Member Company Representatives.

Standard Price: ₱500 + 10% | $11.00
-For online payments through credit card or Paypal, with an additional tariff due to service charge.

Standard Price₱500

Standard Price$11

Non-Members

For non-members.

Standard Price: ₱800 + 10% | $18.00
-For online payments through credit card or Paypal, with an additional tariff due to service charge.

Standard Price₱800

Standard Price$18

Speaker

Honorable Elmer G. Cato

Consul General at Philippine Consulate General in New York

Consul General Elmer G. Cato is a career diplomat with the rank of Chief of Mission Class II who joined the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in 1998.

A journalist before joining the foreign service, Consul General Cato had served in various capacities in the Philippines and abroad in the past 23 years.

Before being assigned to New York, Consul General Cato was Chargé d’Affaires, e.p. and Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Philippines in Tripoli from 2019 to 2021.

His first overseas posting was at the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations from 2003 to 2010 where he also served as a member of the Philippine Delegation to the UN Security Council from 2004 to 2005.

Consul General Cato was assigned to the Embassy of the Philippines in Washington, D.C. from 2012 until he volunteered to go to Iraq where he served as Chargé d’Affaires, e.p. and Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Philippines in Baghdad from 2015 to 2018.

At the Home Office, Consul General Cato served as Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy and later for Strategic Communications during the terms of Foreign Affairs Secretaries Alan Peter S. Cayetano and Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. from 2018 to 2019.

During the term of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. Del Rosario, Consul General Cato was Special Assistant for Special Projects at the Office of Administration; Director for Intelligence of the Intelligence and Security Unit under the Office of the Secretary; and Executive Director of the National Council on United Nations Peace Operations from 2010 to 2012.

Consul General Cato also served as Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo L. Siazon, Jr. and Teofisto T. Guingona; spokesperson and Officer-in-Charge of the Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement; and Officer in Charge of the Regional Consular Office in San Fernando and Clark Field, Pampanga.

Consul General Cato is a recipient of the Gawad Mabini, one of the highest awards the Government of the Philippines can bestow on Filipino diplomats, for initiating the public-private partnership that led to the rent-free hosting of DFA consular offices in shopping malls across the Philippines.

Consul General Cato joined the DFA in 1998 after passing the Foreign Service Officers Examination of 1996. He also passed the Career Ministers Examination of 2013.

Before entering the Foreign Service, Consul General Cato was a journalist for 17 years who started as a 16-year-old cub reporter. He was also an overseas worker in Jeddah and Jakarta. END.