Roberto F. De Ocampo

Dr. de Ocampo is the immediate past President of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), one of Asia’s leading international business and management graduate schools based in the Philippines. He is currently a member of the AIM Board of Trustees and is Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the RFO Center for Public Finance and Regional Economic Cooperation (recently designated as an ADB Regional Knowledge Hub).  He served as Secretary of Finance of the Republic of the Philippines from 1994 to 1998 during the presidency of Fidel V.  Ramos, and was previously Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Development Bank of the Philippines during the presidency of Cory Aquino. Dr. de Ocampo graduated from De La Salle College and Ateneo University in Manila, received an MBA from the University of Michigan, holds a post-graduate diploma from the London School of Economics, and has four doctorate degrees (Honoris Causa). He is the recipient of many international awards including Finance Minister of the Year, Philippine Legion of Honor, ADFIAP Man of the Year, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France, Ten Outstanding Young Men Award (TOYM), several Who’s Who Awards and the 2006 Asian HRD Award for Outstanding Contribution to Society.  He is also a member/ Advisory Board member of a number of important global institutions including The Conference Board, the Trilateral Commission, the BOAO Forum for Asia and the Emerging Markets Forum.