Mr. de Ocampo served as the Secretary of Finance under the Ramos Administration, and his excellent performance earned him the title of “Finance Minister of the Year” by Euromoney magazine in 1996. Prior to that, he was the chairman and CEO of the Development Bank of the Philippines which garnered the recognition of being the “world’s second soundest bank” during his term. Mr. de Ocampo was conferred the Order of the British Empire.