Alewijn Aidan K. Ong

Alewijn began his career in government service in 2013 and served as the Deputy Administrator for Operations of the Freeport Area of Bataan. He oversaw 7 divisions involved in business registration, tax incentives management, utilities infrastructure, environment regulation, logistics and trade, community and labor services. Quite recently, he moved to the National Development Company as the Assistant General Manager (AGM) for Business Development and is concurrently the supervising AGM for the Special Projects Group. Mr. Ong is likewise the Chairperson of the Investment Committee of the Philippine Startup Venture Fund and Chairperson of the Board of the LIDE Management Corporation, an NDC affiliate.

Alewijn obtained his degree in Economics from the Ateneo De Manila University in 1999 and earned his MBA in 2015 from the same institution under the AGSBRegis program. He is currently completing his research work to earn his Doctorate degree from the School of Urban and Regional Planning of the University of the Philippines and the Department of Spatial Planning of Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany.

He was the lead author for a manuscript that won Best Paper in the 2021 Asia Future Conference held in Taipei, Taiwan. During his free time, Alewijn enjoys being a numismatic hobbyist and gives back to the community by teaching college students.