PAGCOR names Wilma Eisma as first female President and COO

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has appointed lawyer Wilma Eisma as its new President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Eisma took her oath of office before Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin in Malacanang and immediately joined her first PAGCOR Board meeting, becoming the first woman to hold the position of President and COO, the corporation said in a press statement. She succeeds Atty. Juanito Sanosa Jr., who resigned in January.

𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐂𝐎𝐑 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐄𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐎𝐎

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— Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (@pagcorph) April 18, 2024

A lawyer by profession, Eisma earned her law degree from the Ateneo de Manila University and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Development Bank of the Philippines before joining the state gaming firm.

Prior to that, she also served as the first woman Administrator and Chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority or SBMA. She also held key positions at the Department of Trade and Industry where she worked at the Office of the Secretary and in the Office of the Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, among others.

Her private sector stints include leadership roles in PMFTC Inc., the Philippine affiliate of Philip Morris International.

“We are happy to welcome Atty. Wilma Eisma as PAGCOR’s new President and COO,” Chairman Alejandro Tengco said. “We know she will be a great asset, and her vast experience in both the government and private sectors will surely be put to good use here.”