Hon. CRESENTE C. PAEZ
Highlights of Curriculum Vitae


Professional Work and Experiences:

Representative, Coop-NATCCO Party-List
House of Representatives
11th Philiipine Congress (1998-2001)
14th Philippine Congress (2009-2010)

President and Chief Executive Officer
National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO), an apex cooperative organization with 650 member organizations, 1.2 million individual members, and combined network assets of Php 26 billion. NATCCO is engaged in banking, microfinance, training and consultancy, money remittance, and software development for coops.

Party President
COOP-NATCCO Party list, the political arm of the cooperative sector. The party is focused on policy and legislative advocacy for comprehensive agrarian reform, rural development, housing reforms, cooperative development and local government autonomy.

Sectoral Representive
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), Cooperative Sector. Was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as cooperative sector representative to NAPC.

Chairperson of Various NATCCO Subsidiaries
NATCCO Enterprise Development Center
NATCCO Funeral Company
NATCCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, Inc.

Board Director
United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB)
Institute of Cooperative Excellence
Child Savings International, The Netherlands

Chairperson
Kasangyangan Community Center for Development Foundation, Inc., a microfinance NGO

Vice-Chairperson
CODE-NGO, an umbrella organization of GO networks

Vice-Chairperson
Kasangyangan Foundation, Inc., an NGO engaged in agricultural enterprise development

Board Director
FARMCOOP, an NGO engaged in organic banana production and export

Assistant Secretary
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) (1990)

National Coordinator
Philippine Partnership for Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) (1991-1992)

Executive Director
KAKASAKA Foundation (1993-1997), an NGO engaged in rural enterprise development

Executive Director
Visayas Cooperative Development Center (VICTO) (1982-1989)

INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE

• Resource Speaker, Global Microcredit Summit, Halifax, Canada
• Resource Speaker, Asian Credit Unions, Singapore
• Resource Speaker, Global Summit on Information & Communication Technology, Tunisia, Africa
• Resource Speaker, Rural Savings & Credit, Nanjing, China
• Member of the Mission of NGO Leaders to the US & Australia
• Special Studies & Conferences
- Housing Cooperative, Sweden
- Funeral Cooperative, Sweden
- Cooperative Financial Intermediation (US, Guatemala & Bolivia)
- Child Savings International, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Cooperative Legislation (Italy, Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Israel, Hanoi)
- Cooperative Development, Bonn, Germany
- Microfinance Development, Quebec, Canada


EDUCATION & SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, major in agricultural engineering, University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan, Cotabato, (formerly Mindanao Institute of Technology), Graduated in 1969 (scholar: 1ST & 2ND Year).

Master in Business Management, University of San Jose Recoletos, Cebu City, 1978 – 1981 (candidate)

Basic Management Program (BMP), Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Makati, 1975.

Cooperative Leaders Course, German Cooperative Academy, Bonn, Germnay, 1977

Banking Course, SGV, 1978

Advanced Course on Community Organizing, sponsored by PBSP and CFPI, January 28 – February 1, 1991

Basic Course in Project Management, sponsored by Development Academy of the Philippines, July 9 – August 24, 1990

Project Monitoring and Evaluation, sponsored by USAID and PhilDHRRA, February 21 – 23, 1986

Business Consultancy, sponsored by Joaquin Cunanan & Co. and Price WaterHouse, Nov. 15 – 19, 1983


HONORS

• Graduated salutatorian, elementary (1961)
• Graduated salutatorian, high school (1965)
• Scholar, MIT for 1st & 2nd year

Personal Information

Born: July 31, 1946 in Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte
Married to: Priscilla Villanueva Paez of Baguio City