Ms. Ma. Flordeliza C. Leong is the Vice President for Advocacy, Communications and Special Concerns of the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. the country’s umbrella organization of exporters.

To help push the export and PHILEXPORT policy agenda, Ms. Leong sits as PHILEXPORT representative or alternate representative to the PHILEXPORT President in various government and private sector councils, committees and technical working groups, including as Co-Chair of the PCCI MSME Committee.

Ms. Leong is also a member of the Board of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA); the Executive Vice President of the United Portusers Confederation, Inc.; and was the main host of the TV show, Business & Beyond.

She also authored a number of policy and position papers and speeches, served as moderator in local and international policy- and market-related workshops, meetings and consultations and organized trade fairs and missions here and abroad.

A cum laude graduate of Journalism from the University of Santo Tomas, she has been involved in trade in the last 30 years, working with and in government and private sector doing advocacy, capacity building and corporate communications work.