Govt appoints Virgilio as consul general for the Visayas region in Philippines

The government of Bangladesh has appointed Virgilio BG Espeleto as the honorary consul general of Bangladesh for the Visayas region in the Philippines.

The inauguration reception of the honorary consulate general was arranged on May 18 at hotel Marco Polo in Cebu, said a press release.

Espeleta, former president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce & Industries, is a franchise expert and heads his own consulting firm.

In his long career, he worked for different local conglomerates, including San Miguel.

A graduate in Chemical Engineering and postgraduate in Business Studies, he also teaches in the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) as an adjunct professor and mentors in the Philippines Centre for entrepreneurship, reads the release.