Former colleagues welcomed back Hubert Dominic B. Guevara as commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission on his first day in office on Monday, vice Kelvin Lester K. Lee, whose term has ended.
“We are excited to welcome Guevara back to the commission,” SEC chairman Emilio B. Aquino said.
“We look forward to the expertise and insights that Guevara brings from his decades of experience in the executive branch and in the private practice of law, as the SEC progressively implements innovations and reforms to continuously improve ease of doing business, promote capital market development, and strengthen financial consumer protection,” Aquino said.
Guevara’s appointment brings him back to the SEC more than a decade after having served as director of the former Compliance and Enforcement Department, now the Enforcement and Investor Protection Department, or the section that runs after scammers.
Immediately prior to his appointment, Guevara served as senior deputy executive secretary under the Office of the President.
He also previously served as managing partner of the Joaquin Guevara Adarlo and Caoile Law Offices, and taught in private learning institutions. Guevara earned his law degree from the Ateneo de Manila University, where he also took up his bachelor’s degree in legal management.
