ACADEMIC BACKGROUND 

• Master in Business Administration, Emory University, Goizueta Business School
• Juris Doctor, Ateneo De Manila University School of Law
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accountancy (Magna cum laude), University of the Philippines

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Senior Vice President – Chief Operating Officer (COO), The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc.
• Center Research Associate, Emory Center for Alternative Investments (ECAI)
• Vice President – General Counsel & Compliance Officer, The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc.
• Officer-in-Charge of Issuer Regulation Division (concurrently as General Counsel and Compliance Officer), The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc.
• Compliance Officer, Securities Clearing Corporation of the Philippines
• Associate, ACCRA Law
• Associate, Sycip Salazar Hernandez and Gatmaitan Law
• Founding Partner, Recto Javier Liwag and Refran Law
• Chief of Staff, Senate of the Republic of the Philippines – Office of Sen. Ralph Recto
• Fellow, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), International Institute for Securities Market Development
• Chairperson, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)
• Professorial Lecturer, University of the Philippines (U.P.) Virata School of Business
• Professor of Law, Ateneo De Manila University School of Law
• Lecturer, Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), Ateneo Center for Continuing Legal Education
• Lecturer, De La Salle University – College of Law
• Lecturer, San Beda College of Law
• Teaching Assitant, Emory University, Goizueta Business School
• Lecturer, University of San Carlos (Cebu)
• Lecturer, University of Sto. Tomas
• Lecturer, Ateneo De Manila University Graduate School of Business-CCE
• Lecturer, Financial Markets (Certified Securities Specialist)
• Lecturer, UP Development Center for Finance (DCF)
• Lecturer, iAcademy
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President, Philippine Fulbright Scholars Association

AFFILIATIONS, AWARDS AND HONORS

AFFILIATIONS

• 2016, Member, Financial Executive Institute of the Philippines (FINEX)
• 2012, Lifetime Member, Beta Gamma Sigma (International Honor Society in Business)
• 2000, Lifetime Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP)
• 1995, Member, Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
• 1995, Lifetime Member, Pi Gamma Mu (International Honor Society in Social Sciences)

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2014, UP VSB Distinguished Alumni Awardee, University of The Philippines
• 2012, Top 20% of Graduating Class, Beta Gamma Sigma
• 2010, M.B.A. Scholar, Fulbright Scholarship
• 1999, Bar Exams ranked 4th highest, Supreme Court
• 1999, Second Honors, Ateneo De Manila College of Law
• 1995, CPA Board exams top 18, Professional Regulations Commission (PRC)
• 1995, Magna Cum Laude, UP College of Business Administration