Alliance Select reorganizes board

MANILA, Philippines - Alliance Select Foods International Inc. founder Jonathan Dee is stepping down as company president in line with the seafood processing firm’s reorganization of its board of directors and top management positions.

Alliance Select said founder and incumbent president Dee, who established the firm as Alliance Tuna in 2003, will assume the position of chairman of the board.

Replacing Dee as the company’s new president is Raymond See, a former Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. executive who spent the past 24 years with the oil firm.

“It is now the most opportune time to pass the company’s leadership on to a younger, more dynamic management,” Dee said.

“I am confident our new president, Raymond See, brings with him the experience and know-how to build on past successes of the company and catapult Alliance Select to even greater heights,” he added.

Independent director George Sycip has relinquished his duties as the chairman of the board and will instead serve as the firm’s vice chairman.

Dee said the changes made in the company’s management will better prepare Alliance Select to address greater international competition in the coming years.

“As chairman I will be focusing on overseeing the strategic direction of the company. This will include deepening market relations and forging further alliances with potential partners,” he said.

“I know these developments may raise questions as to whether it is related in any way to the recent disagreements between certain board members. That is furthest from the truth and the timing is nothing more than coincidental” he added.

Alliance Select’s export markets include Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and South America. The company produces over 200 metric tons of processed seafood daily, its main product being canned tuna, and supplies hundreds of brand-name companies across 60 companies worldwide.