Undersecretary, Department of Foreign Affairs
Alternate Board Member, CAAP Board
Alternate Board Member, CAAP Board
Date of Appointment: August 29, 2025 (as CAAP Alternate Board Member)
Age: 62 years old
Age: 62 years old
- Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines
- Bachelor of Arts major in Economics, University of the Philippines (Cum Laude)
- Has over thirty-five (35) years of diplomatic experience with postings in Washington, D.C., London, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Has been a delegate for various meetings, conferences and negotiations in the United Nations, World Bank, ASEAN and bilateral/multilateral talks. Economist and lawyer by training. Also, has experience working in the Philippine Senate and the Philippine Judiciary
- Undersecretary Of Foreign Affairs, Aug 2020 – Present
- Ambassador Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary, Denmark, April 2019 To July 2025
- Officer-In-Charge (OIC), Office Of The Undersecretary For International Economic Relations, Department Of Foreign Affairs, June 2018 To April 2019
- Assistant Secretary/Senior Special Assistant, Office Of The Undersecretary For International Economic Relations, Department Of Foreign Affairs, July 2016 To Present
- Chair And Country Rep To The Asean Commission On Human Rights, Jan-Dec 2017
- Country Rep To The Asean Commission On Human Rights, Dec 2016 – April 2019
- Consul General Of The Philippines, Los Angeles, California, 2014-2016
- Consul General Of The Philippines, Chicago, Illinois, 2010-2014
- Senior Special Assistant, Office Of The Undersecretary For Policy, Department Of Foreign Affairs, 2008-2010
- First Secretary And Consul, Then, Minister & Consul General, Philippine Embassy, London, United Kingdom, Oct 2000-Jan 2008
- Special Assistant, Office Of The Undersecretary For Administration, Department Of Foreign Affairs, 1998-2000
- Third Secretary, Later Second Secretary And Consul, Philippine Embassy, Washington D. C., 0ct 1991 To Jan 1998
- Senior Special Assistant, Office Of The Undersecretary For Policy, Department Of Foreign Affairs, Jan 2008 To Apr 2010
- First Secretary And Consul, Then, Minister & Consul General, Philippine Embassy, London, United Kingdom, Oct 2000 To Jan 2008
- Director, U.S. Dinpsiof, Office Of American Affairs, Concurrently, Assistant Director, Treaties Division, Office Of Legal Affairs, DFA
- Legislative Staff, Office Of Senator Edgard0 J. Angara, Philippine Senate, 1989 -1991
- Research Assistant And, Later On, Clerk Of Court, Regional Trial Court Of Bulacan, Branch 33, Third Judicial Region, 1987-1989