PUBLIC SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD

JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA Former President and Manila Mayor

JOEY S. SALCEDA Albay 2nd District Representative

He is one of the best minds of his generation of political leaders and economic thinkers. He is one reason why Filipinos should be optimistic that life will be good, if not, better during the balance of the 21st century. “Joey’s thinking and planning are not just for today’s generation; they are good for ten generations,” says one analyst. “He put the Philippines on the global equities map,” says the CEO of a major fund. He was congressman for nine years, cabinet member for one year, and governor of Albay for nine years. FIDEL V. RAMOS Former President

LILIA B. DE LIMA Former PEZA Director-General

She helped improve the business and investment climate in the Philippines with her iron-clad guarantee of no corruption and no red tape, only red carpet treatment, in the country’s more than 343 economic zones, in the process boosting Philippine exports, job creation, manufacturing and technological capability tremendously, and bringing about unprecedented economic boom. Lilia is a veritable national treasure. During 21 years under her watch, PEZA has registered P3.157 trillion in investments, $607 billion in exports, 1.264 million in employment, in 343 industrial estates. That’s more investments, more exports, and more job creation than all previous years before her, combined. GLORIA M. ARROYO Former President and Pampanga 2nd District Representative

TERESITA J. HERBOSA Chairperson, SEC

As SEC CEO, she applies the experience she had gained from more than 30 years of private law practice to execute and administer policies, decisions, orders and resolutions of the SEC. In the Philippines, SEC implements two major laws, the Corporation Code and the Securities Regulation Code (SRC). As SEC chair since May 2011, Herbosa has implemented several significant projects at the agency.