About

Educational Background
  • ESADE Business School, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain

PhD in management sciences with concentration on strategy and corporate governance, 2017
– PhD thesis: Governing those who govern: Essays on the governance of intergovernmental organizations
– Advisor: Angel Saz-Carranza
– Committee: Ruth V. Aguilera, Axel Marx, Barbara Koremenos

Master of research in management sciences, 2014
– Master thesis: International governmental organizations: A strategic management approach

  • World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden

Master of science in maritime affairs specializing in maritime law and policy, 2012
– Master dissertation: Discordant regimes: The interplay between mortgage and bareboat charter registration

  • Lyceum Northwestern University, Dagupan City, Philippines

Bachelor of science in accountancy, 2001

  • John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Executive education, 2017
– Strategic management of regulatory and enforcement agencies

  • D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

Visiting scholar, 2017
International business and strategy department

Certification
  • Accredited profesor contratado doctor and profesor de universidad privada (associate professor), Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA), 2021
  • Accredited profesor contratado doctor (associate professor), Agència de Qualitat Universitària de les Illes Balears (AQUIB), 2021
  • Accredited profesor ayudante doctor (assistant professor), Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA), 2019
  • Accredited lecturer, Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalunya), 2019
  • Certified public accountant (CPA), Board of Accountancy, Professional Regulation Commission, Republic of the Philippines, 2002
Languages
  • Filipino (Native), Tagalog (Native), Ilocano (Native), Pangasinan (Native), English (Full Proficiency), Spanish (Working proficiency), Catalan (Basic)
Affiliations
  • Academy of Management (AOM): International Management Division (IM), Strategic Management Division (STR), and Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP)
  • Academy of International Business (AIB)
  • International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS)
  • International Studies Association (ISA)
  • Philippine Institute for Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
  • Strategic Management Society (SMS)