Corporate

BDO Unibank Inc., the country’s largest lender and a key member of the Sy Group, has appointed veteran banker and IT strategist Rene Morta as senior vice president for IT Initiatives under the office of the bank’s president. The appointment takes effect on October 16.

First Balfour Inc., the construction and engineering arm of the Lopez Group, has become the first construction firm in the Philippines to adopt the Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), an AI-powered construction management system (CMS) designed to streamline project planning, execution, and monitoring.

SM Investments Corp. (SM Investments), the parent firm of the SM Group, has been officially certified as a Great Place to Work® for 2025 by the global workplace culture authority, Great Place to Work®.

Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. and the TELUS Digital Philippines Community Board conducted a three-day workshop aimed at equipping public school teachers with practical skills in artificial intelligence (AI), as part of their Empowering Educators Year 2 program.

D&L Industries said its wholly-owned subsidiaries, D&L Premium Foods Corp. (DLPF) and Natura Aeropack Corporation (NAC), have been granted pioneer status by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), extending their income tax holiday by two additional years.