At the meeting held on Feb. 28, 2019, Belle Corporation's Board of Directors, acting on the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee, unanimously elected Ms. Aurora C. Ignacio as a new member of the Board effective Feb. 28, 2019. Ms. Ignacio will be assuming the vacant position in the Board created upon the demise of Atty. Arthur L. Amansec. The election of Ms. Ignacio will be effective as soon as all the qualification requirements have been complied with. Ms. Ignacio is the first woman chairperson of the Social Security Commission (SSC), the governing body of the Social Security System (SSS). She is a member of various committees of the SSC, including the Investment Oversight, Governance, Media Affairs, Coverage and Collection, Risk Management, Information Technology, and Audit Committees.