President Rodrigo Duterte has sworn in businessman-philanthropist Dr. Reghis M. Romero II as a special envoy to Japan for business and investments promotion.

With his appointment, Romero is tasked to promote bilateral trade between the two countries and to facilitate the entry of Philippine products into the Japanese market.

In coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry and the Philippine Trade and Investment Centers in Tokyo and Osaka, Romero will seek out potential investors and locators, mainly but not limited to Mindanao.

The “Special Envoy to the President” was recently feted by the Sino-Phil Asia International Peace Awards Foundation Inc. for his “passion and commitment to humanity and peace in the field of business management and leadership.”

He will, likewise, look into so-called preferred sectors in the manufacture of automotive and aerospace parts, electronics, shipbuilding, chemicals, food, pharmaceuticals, business processes management, and information technology.

Engaged in property and infrastructure development, Dr. Romero is the vice president of the World Council of Developers and Investors of the Paris-based International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI), whose Philippine chapter he also heads as president.

Romero was FIABCI-Ph’s immediate past chairman. He once headed the Chamber of Real Estate and Builders’ Associations.

A graduate of Foreign Service in UP-Diliman, Romero also finished the Executive Development Program of the Asian Institute of Management, and has a Masters in Business Economics degree from the University of Asia and the Pacific. He has an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

He is concurrently the chairperson of the Advisory Council of the Police Security and Protection Group of the Philippine National Police.

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