Alfredo E. Pascual
Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry, Republic of the Philippines
Alfredo E. Pascual is the Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). At the time of his appointment in June 2022, he was President of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP). Over the past four decades, he has contributed to society, serving four national and international institutions, viz.: President and CEO of the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2018 and 2019; President and Co-Chair of the University of the Philippines System from 2011 to 2017 and Alumni Regent in 2009 and 2010; in various positions at the Asian Development Bank from 1989 to 2008; and the Asian Institute of Management as a finance professor in the 1980s. He was an independent director on the board of several publicly listed companies. His previous board memberships included non-profits and other organizations such as the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, International Rice Research Institute, Institute for Solidarity in Asia, FINEX Academy, UP Foundation, and the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations among others. Mr. Pascual finished his MBA and BS in Chemistry (cum laude) at the University of the Philippines and attended the EC ASEAN Program on Strategic and Organizational Change at the Euro-Asia Centre in France. His awards included Honorary Doctorates from UP and four other universities, Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, and Rotary Golden Wheel Award for Higher Education.
