Philippine Ports Authority general manager Juan Sta. Ana is resigning from his post by yearend to return to the private sector.
Sta. Ana handed his resignation to President Benigno Aquino III through the Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya on December 4, 2015.
In his letter of resignation to the President, Sta. Ana said “it is with heavy heart that he has decided to return to the private sector.” Sta. Ana has been planning to resign from his post to rejoin the private sector a few months ago.
Before joining PPA in 2010, Sta. Ana was senior vice president of FF Cruz & Co. Inc., one of the largest construction companies in the country, and played a key role in several subsidiaries of the company.
Sta. Ana held on to the post to finish the PPA pending an organization plan and placement of employees, as well as to complete his international commitments.
Sta. Ana was elected chairman of Asean Ports Authorities Association for two years and completed his term on November 3, 2015 in a turnover ceremony held in Brunei, handing the chairmanship over to Malaysia.
The PPA’s international commitment of hosting the Apec Ports Services Network, where he serves as council member, was successfully completed on November 13, 2015 in Cebu City.
Sta. Ana in his last five years focused on good governance issues, including simplification of business processes in ports to make it easy for the public to transact business and transparency in corporate governance. He also pushed for port modernization in several gateway projects, port efficiency and productivity in the handling of cargoes and connectivity.
Under his watch, the Governance Commission for Government Owned or Controlled Corporation elevated the PPA status to a first-class government corporation based on state audited financial statements for calendar years 2012, 2013 and 2014.
PPA’s assets based on the 2014 Commission on Audit report were valued at P114.53 billion. Audited revenues for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 increased to P10.4 billion, P11.7 billion and P13.2 billion, respectively.
“With all these commitments almost done, I think I could already go and return to the private life,” Sta. Ana said.