Nickel Asia Corporation announced that its board of directors elected Angelo Raymundo Q. Valencia as an Independent Director of the company, vice the late Fulgencio S. Factoran Jr. Valencia shall serve as Independent Director for the unexpired term of Factoran. Valencia is a Senior Fellow at the Development Academy of the Philippines, and a Lecturer at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Command Staff Graduate Course. He also serves as Senior Advisor to the NOLCOM Heroes Foundation, Philippine Marine Corps and AFP Leadership Development Center. Valencia is also an Independent Director of Country Bankers Life and Non-Life Insurance Corp. He was also a Senior Corporate and Tax Counsel of the Lucio Tan Group and Chief Operating Officer of Mindanao Grains Processing Co. Inc. Valencia is a member of Ateneo Law Class 1998. He is also a member of the Philippine Bar.