Manila, March 20 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed former UnionDigital Bank president and chief executive officer Henry Rhoel Aguda as the new secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

Aguda's latest appointment was announced by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) on Thursday.

"Aguda's experience spans the banking, technology and telecommunications sectors," the PCO said in a statement.

"His specialty is in digital transformation, digital banking and financial crimes," it added.

Aguda replaced Ivan John Uy who resigned earlier this month.

Prior to his new appointment, Aguda served as the Digital Infrastructure Lead at the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC), a counci...