Engineer Lilian G. Salonga is the Director IV of the DTI-Bureau of Competitive Development, formerly the Competitiveness Bureau.
She leads the Bureau of Competitive Development in promoting quality and organizational excellence, thereby enabling innovation entrepreneurship and enhancing local and national competitiveness. She is the Officer-In-Charge for the Creative Industries Development Office for the implementation of the program management unit of the Philippine Creative Industries Development Council. Moreover, Director Salonga ensures that the programs and plans of DTI strengthen and improve the quality of industry outputs and services, as well as their productivity, all in pursuit of advancing Philippine enterprises in the global value chain and reinforcing global competitiveness.
Prior to her appointment as the Bureau Director, she was the Director III of the DTI Consumer Protection and Advocacy Bureau (CPAB), where she represented the country in various intergovernmental organizations and international cooperation intended to promote the interests of developing states in global trade such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). She was also the OIC-Executive Director of the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP), Construction Manpower Development Foundation (CMDF), and Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB).
Apart from her full-time government work, she is a part-time Graduate School Professor in Business at the College of Continuing, Advanced, and Professional Studies of the University of Makati.
She earned two undergraduate and two graduate degrees in Engineering, Management & Business.
