Vivant CEO set to retire next month

BY LENIE LECTURA – JANUARY 31, 2022
from Business Mirror

The chief executive officer (CEO) of publicly-listed Cebuano company, Vivant Corp., is set to retire next month.

The company announced the retirement of Ramontito E. Garcia, who will turn 65 in February.

Upon Garcia’s retirement, company president Arlo A. G. Sarmiento will assume the role of CEO while Emil M. Garcia, Senior Vice President for Power, will take over as company president.

“My retirement offers the next generation the opportunity to take the helm, to bring new ideas and to implement new styles of leadership while maintaining the same core values that have brought Vivant to where it is now,” Garcia, who will continue to sit in the board as its chairman, said.

Vivant, a holdings company with investments in energy and infrastructure, made it to Forbes Asia’s 200 Best Under A Billion list in 2020.