26 Mar 2018
Dr. Aladdin D. Rillo took office on 26 March 2018 as the new Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) for ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) from 2018 to 2021. Guided by the ASEAN Charter, DSG Rillo will support the Secretary-General of ASEAN by providing leadership in the implementation of the AEC Blueprint 2025 and will lead the AEC Department of the ASEAN Secretariat. DSG Rillo is from the Philippines and he succeeded DSG Lim Hong Hin from Brunei Darussalam. Prior to assuming the position, DSG Rillo worked as a Senior Economist at the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo, Japan. This is the second time that DSG Rillo will work at ASEAN Secretariat. From 2008 to 2013, Dr. Rillo served at the ASEAN Secretariat as Head of Finance Integration Division (2008-2010) and Director and Chief Economist, ASEAN Integration Monitoring Office (2010-2013). Read more here.
