Romulo Neri

Romulo Neri is a Filipino educator and public servant. He has held several high-ranking government positions, including:

• Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and concurrently Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
• Acting Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
• Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education.
• President of the Social Security System
• Secretary-General of the Congressional Planning and Budget Office

Neri has taught corporate financial management at the Asian Institute of Management and previously held an instructor position at the University of the Philippines College of Business Administration

His academic background includes a B.S. in business administration (magna cum laude and class valedictorian) from the University of the Philippines Diliman and an MBA degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he majored in finance and international management.