Aristotle Batuhan, new head of Bases Conversion and Development Authority MANILA - Aristotle Batuhan is now leading the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) after its former president and chief executive officer (CEO) Vivencio Dizon resigned from his post. The BCDA confirmed in a statement Tuesday that Batuhan was appointed as officer-in-charge of the state-run firm after Dizon's resignation took effect last October 15. Batuhan has been a member of BCDA Board of Directors and also a board member of North Luzon Railways Corp., Fort Bonifacio Development Corp., Bonifacio Water Corp., Bonifacio Communications Corp., Filinvest BCDA Clark, Inc., and Philippine Japan Initiative for CGC, Inc. Batuhan joined the Presidential Management Staff in April 1999 with the rank of presidential adviser, wherein he was tasked to review government infrastructure contracts and other projects funded by foreign entities. He resigned from this post in October 2000. From January 2006 to 2007, he served as senior legal consultant at the Office of the Presidential Chief of Staff. Batuhan was appointed as Undersecretary of the Department of Transportation and Communication in 2010 and served until 2011. Meanwhile, the BCDA has lauded Dizon's leadership for the past five years. "Under Dizon's term, BCDA earned PHP48 billion in gross revenues, the highest by far of any administration, and by itself represents almost 40 percent of total revenues in the last 27 years," the BCDA said. Under his watch, BCDA also remitted a record-high proceeds to the Armed Forces of the Philippines at PHP34.2 billion, which is almost triple than the remittance of the previous administration and nearly double the contributions from 1993 to 2010. "Major infrastructure projects of the Duterte administration were realized under the leadership of Dizon, including New Clark City Phase 1A and the world-class Clark International Airport New Passenger Terminal Building. The New Clark City Athletics Stadium and the new airport terminal are both nominated in prestigious international architecture awards," the BCDA added. It was also during the term of Dizon that the country opened the sports facilities in Clark used during the 30th Southeast Asian Games in 2019. (PNA) }