President Ferdinand Marcos Occupation Banker
Businessman Preceded by Gerardo Sicat Name Placido Jr. | Succeeded by Cesar Virata Role Economist Nationality Filipino | |
Alma mater Harvard University
Ateneo de Manila University Education Harvard University, Ateneo de Manila University | ||
Placido Ledesma Mapa Jr. is a Filipino businessman, economist, and government official. He is the president of the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. and served as the second head of the country's highest economic and development planning body, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Mapa is also the chairperson of the Board of Advisers of the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank) and was once governor of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP). He also held the position of Alternate Executive Director for the Philippines of the International Monetary Fund.
Mapa obtained his A.B. from the Ateneo de Manila University, his M.A. from St. Louis University, and his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.