High-level meeting

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (sixth from left) and Cabinet Secretaries meet with representatives from Macquarie Group, a leading financial services company in Melbourne, Australia. The high-level meeting emphasized the Philippines’ commitment to building robust partnerships with key private companies like Macquarie Group. With the president are (from left) Macquarie Capital Philippines managing director and head Justin Ocampo, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines HK Yu, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Macquarie Capital Infrastructure Energy and Capital Asia Pacific head Ivan Varughese, Macquarie Group managing director and chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake, Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual, Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, Canberra PE Ambassador Ma. Hellen De La Vega and Australian Embassy in Manila senior trade and investment commissioner Christopher Lim.