ZENAIDA Y.

MONSADA
OIC-Undersecretary, Department of Energy
Director, Oil Industry Management Bureau, Department of Energy
(Licensed Chemist and Career Executive Service Eligible)

Education/ Special Studies

Development Academy of the Philippines, Master in Public Management (for thesis)

University of the Philippines, Master of Science in Chemistry (units)

University of San Carlos, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Stavanger, Norway, Management of Petroleum Operations

Arthur D. Little School of Management (Boston USA), Petroleum Management Program

Past Job History

Director, Energy Industry Administration Bureau (EIAB), DOE

Assistant Branch Chief, Energy Regulatory Board

Acting Division Chief, Technical Assistance Division, Bureau of Energy Utilization, DOE

Project Chemist, Dept of Environment & Natural Resources-Bureau of Mines Special Project

Chemistry Lab Assistant University of San Carlos, Cebu City

Others

Chair, Technical Committee on Petroleum Products and Additives and Facilities which
sets/reviews quality standards for fuels (including bio-fuels), facilities and practices/processes
for the oil and natural gas downstream sector, Philippines

Member, Committee on the Harmonization of Vehicle Standards and Regulations (CHVSR);

Co-Chair, Sub-Committee on Standards Development, Philippines

Member, Working Group on the Benchmarking of Biodiesel Fuel Standardization in

East Asia of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Member (representing DOE), Partnership for Clean Air (Phils) and Clean Air Asia Initiative

Member/Secretariat of various inter-agency committees/task forces, latest are the

Inter-Agency Energy Contingency Committee and the Pantawid Pasada Program of Pres Noy

Speaker/Resource Person in Various International Forum:

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Asian Petroleum Technology Symposium (Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia,

Vietnam, Japan)

World LPG Association Brazil, Singapore

ASEAN Energy Business Forum Thailand

World Oil Stockpiling Conference US

Joint Oil Data Initiative of the Intl Energy Agency Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador

Better Air Quality (BAQ) Conference India, Hongkong, Singapore

EAS-Europe Forum on Biomass Japan

International Energy Association (Energy Security) Thailand, Paris

International Institute for Sustainable Development Indonesia

Various Conferences - Philippines

2014

She led the setting up of the national petroleum testing facility at the DOE , and is now
embarking on the setting up of mobile monitoring and testing facility

DOE spokesperson on oil, gas (LPG, natural gas), alternative fuels covering fuel quality,
refining/marketing processes, supply/demand, pricing, taxation/incentives/subsidies, fair trade..

Outstanding Alumni (Public Service) awardee by the University of San Carlos (2011)

2014