To : All RCMers'

Subject : ZOOM Membership Meeting on Thursday, May 28, 2020, 12:30PM with Representative JOSE MARIA CLEMENTE "Joey" SALCEDA, Republic of the Guest of Honor and Speaker, Topic ; "Legislative Agenda in the face of the Pandemic, among other issues hugging the limelight"

Hon. Jose Maria Clemente “Joey” Salceda District Representative , 2nd District Chairperson, House Committee on Ways & Means José María Clemente "Joey" Salceda (born October 26, 1961) is a Filipino politician and the current Representative of Albay's 2nd District in the Philippine House of Representatives. He previously served as governor of Albay province in the Philippines. Prior to that, he was a three- year term representative of the Third District of Albay and was appointed as Presidential Chief of Staff on February 10, 2007 after the resignation of Michael Defensor before he himself resigned on March 29, 2007 to pursue his gubernatorial bid in his province. He was member of the one of two dominant parties known as the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), although it was known that he ran for governor and won as an independent in the 2007 elections. In 2010, he left Lakas-Kampi-CMD and joined the Liberal Party and became the party's Bicol regional chair. In 2016, Salceda, who will run as Representative of the 2nd District of Albay in the elections, has decided to bolt out of the Liberal Party and resigned as the party's chairman for Bicol to support the presidential candidacy of . He later defects to PDP-Laban. Rep. “Joey” Salceda is the son of former , Albay Mayor Jesus Salceda, Sr. He has a brother named Jesus "Jesap" S. Salceda, Jr., who is the incumbent Board Member of the Provincial Government of Albay. He is single and he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering from the Ateneo de University in 1982 and received his master's degree in Business Management at the Asian Institute of Management. At the Ateneo de Manila University, former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was his economics professor, where another former president, Benigno Aquino III, was his classmate. Prior to his stint in the House of Representatives, Salceda was a Congressional Fellow to the late Speaker Ramon Mitra and Chief of Staff to the late Senator . He was voted by foreign fund managers in Asiamoney's Annual Survey as "Best Analyst" in 1995 and "Best Economist" for four consecutive years from 1993 to 1996. Salceda brought to Congress a wealth of experience from the financial markets and the field of economics. During his term of office, he was able to enact three important measures. He was the principal sponsor and co- author, respectively, of Republic Act No. 8751 or the Countervailing Duty Act, Republic Act No. 8752 or the Anti-Dumping Duty Act, and Republic Act No. 8800 or the Safeguard Measures Act. These measures are critical in allowing the country realize the full benefits of its membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and at the same time protect domestic farmers. Salceda was also fondly regarded as the "Founding Father of City" after his successful sponsorship of the measure converting the municipality of Ligao into a component city under Republic Act No. 9008. In recognition of his economic expertise, he held several key positions in the 11th Congress, a rare feat for a neophyte congressman. He served as Chairman of the Committee on Trade and Industry and vice chair of the Committees on Ways and Means and Economic Affairs. He was the lone Lower House representative to the Coordinating Council for Private Sector Participation or CCPSP (formerly the Coordinating Council of the Philippines Assistance Program or CCPAP). Before joining the legislature, Salceda was the Research Director of UBS Warburg (a division of Swiss Bank Corporation). While with UBS, he was voted among the top five analysts in a 1996 survey of Philippine fund managers. He also served as Research Director of Barings Securities Phils. (now ING Group) for five years. During his term, the Barings research team was voted number one in 12 international surveys of fund managers. He also garnered several awards for his distinguished performance in the field of financial markets research. On January 18, 2008, Salceda and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Estrella Alabastro relaunched one of the country's four P 18-million upper-air receiving equipment in Albay. The other upper-air receiving stations are in City, , and Tanay, .

The ZOOM Details will be posted in due time in the RCM Attendance/Announcement Group Viber, for Members' access to the meeting this Thursday.

See you.

Thank you.

"Jimmie"

PP JOSE JAIME C. POLICARPIO, JR.

Chairman, Program Committee

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