Mr. Teodoro B. Padilla is the Executive Director of the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP), representing the research-based medicines and vaccines sector in the country. As executive director, he represents PHAP in high-level policy discussions and engagements to advance health, access to medicines and ethics. He is also a trustee of the PHAPCares Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of PHAP whose mandate is to make healthcare more accessible to the poor, sick and victims of disasters.
Prior to joining PHAP, Mr. Padilla was the Executive Director of the Congressional Oversight Committee on Official Development Assistance (COCODA) at the Senate of the Philippines, where he directed the operations of the committee in compliance with prescribed congressional procedures. He also served as the executive director of the Congressional Oversight Committee on Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (COCCTRP).
Mr. Padilla is a graduate of the University of the Philippines and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Kellogg School, Northwestern University.