Engineer Lilian G. Salonga is the Director IV of the DTI-Bureau of Competitive Development, and the Acting Executive Director of the Philippine Creative Industries Development Council Secretariat.
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.
As a grantee of the Australian Awards, she earned her Certificate in Trade & Industry in Sydney, Australia, top of her class.
She also pursued post-graduate diploma in Good Governance and Public Management at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP).
In 2015, she was conferred a diploma in Development Management from the same institution and awarded the Most Outstanding Capstone Paper Award from DAP’s Management Development Program, belonging to the third batch of the Senior Executive Class – Sinagtala.
Director Salonga is a home-grown executive who rose from the ranks over her 40-year stint in DTI. Director Salonga now leads the Bureau of Competitive Development, formerly known as Competitiveness Bureau and Bureau of Industry Planning and Innovation, in promoting quality and organizational excellence thereby enabling innovation entrepreneurship, enhancing local and national competitiveness. She is also the Acting Executive Director of the Philippine Creative Industries Development Council Secretariat. 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.