ROMULO L. NERI
President and Chief Executive Officer
Social Security System
 

               Mr Romulo L. Neri, the 15th person to head the private sector's pension fund, took over the leadership of SSS on August 1, 2008 and is the first SSS administrator to be given Cabinet Secretary ranking by virtue of Administrative Order 232, issued by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, which also designated him as head of the National Social Welfare Program (NSWP).

               As head of the NSWP, he is given the responsibility to consolidate and harmonize the social welfare activities of government agencies such as the Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, the Government Service Insurance System, and the SSS.

               Mr Neri holds a degree in business administration, major in marketing, from the University of the Philippines, graduating magna cum laude and class valedictorian. He also holds a Master in Business Administration degree, major in finance, from the University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to joining government, he was associate professor at the Asian Institute of Management, and corporate planning and finance officer of several private companies, such as Canlubang Sugar Estate, Canlubang Pulp and Manufacturing Corp., C-J Yulo and Sons, Philippine National Oil Company, Luzon Stevedoring Corp., and Mobil Oil Philippines. His first government position was as director of the Congressional Planning and Budget Office of the House of Representatives in 1990. President Arroyo appointed him as secretary of Budget and Management in 2005, then as director general of the National Economic Development Authority, and later as CHED Chairman.

 

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

 

President and CEO,   Social Security System

    August 2008 to present

Chairman , Commission on Higher Education

    August 2007 to July 2008

Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and
Director-General
,  National Economic and
Development Authority

    February 2006 to August 2007
    December 2002 to July 2005

Secretary , Department of Budget and Management

    July 2005 to February 2006

Director-General , Congressional Planning and Budget, House of Representatives.

    1990 to December 2002

Associate Professor , Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Eugenio Lopez Foundation

    December 2002

Associate Professor for Corporate Financial Management , AIM, Eugenio Lopez Foundation

    1986 to 1990

Corporate Planning Manager , Canlubang Sugar Estate, Canlubang Pulp and Manufacturing Corp., C-J Yulo and Sons, Inc.

    1980 to 1985

Assistant Finance Manager , Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)

    1979 to 1980

Planning Coordinator , PNOC

    1976 to 1977

Planning Coordinator , Luzon Stevedoring Corp. (then affliated with PNOC)

    1975 to 1976

Financial Analyst , Mobile Oil Philippines, Inc.

    1973 to 1975

Assistant to the President , Riverside Mills Corp.

    1971 to 1973

Instructor , College of Business Administration, University of the Philippines

    1970 to 1971

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Master in Business Administration , Graduate School of Management, Major in Finance and International Management, University of California,Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

    1979

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration , Major in Marketing, University of the Philippines, Magna Cum Laude and Class Valedictorian; University Scholar for 8 semesters; and Most Outstanding Senior and Junior Student

    1970

Joaquin Pleno Scholar

    1968

Southeast Asian Trade Organization (SEATO) Scholar

    1969

 

ACADEMIC / PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

President,

Junior Executive Circle

    1969

Editor-in-Chief,

Business Viewpoint

    1968

Manager,

University of the Philippines College of Business Administration Book Exchange Center

    1968

 
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