Speaker

Assistant Secretary Romeo M Montenegro

He is currently serving as Deputy Executive Director and concurrent head of Investments Promotion, International Relations and Public Affairs of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), the principal government agency mandated to coordinate integrated development of the Philippine’s second largest island of Mindanao. His broad roles include overseeing the implementation of MinDA programs and activities to boost Mindanao's viability as an investment destination through trade facilitation and promotion, as well as initiatives to strengthen its participation in the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines – East ASEAN Growth Area or BIMP-EAGA, where he acts as Deputy National Head Secretariat for the Philippines. He obtained his Masters Degree in Public Administration at the Ateneo de Davao University; completed a short-course on Peace Journalism at the University of Sydney, under AusAID scholarship grant; and was part of the pioneering batch of the Agribusiness Executives’ Program of the University of Asia and the Pacific. His competence in development work was further enhanced with recent major international trainings on Trade Facilitation in ASEAN Economies; Low Emission Development Strategy; Economic Corridors Development in Asia; Regional Power Market and Cross-Border Interconnection in ASEAN; and Lagging Region Development in Asia which were held in Singapore, Thailand and South Korea.