Vice-Admiral Alexander P. Pama

He is a retired Vice Admiral of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and served as the 32nd Flag Officer-in-Command, Philippine Navy (Navy Chief) prior to his retirement from the Navy in December 2012.

 

He is currently the Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of ARISE-Philippines, a private sector alliance for DRR in support to the UNDRR advocacy for the attainment of the Goals of the Sendai Framework for Action and a Consultant to the National Resilience Council and Member of the Board of the Oscar M. Lopez Center.

 

He is also the Chairman of the Board of COCOGEN Insurance and a member of the Board of Directors of COCOLIFE Insurance Company.

 

He teaches as an Adjunct Professor at the Asian Institute of Management’s Executive Master in Disaster Risk and Crisis Management and a Lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University’s Master in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience.

 

Formerly, he was the Executive Director, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and concurrently the Administrator of the Office of Civil Defense, Department of National Defense where among his mandates was to integrate, supervise, coordinate, and harmonize government and multi-sectoral efforts in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System and Resilience. He introduced and institutionalized the Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment- Action Programs and Protocols (PDRA-APP), a system and a process that has improved the country’s approach to DRRM that has significantly reduced casualties and damages resulting from disasters.

 

He was also the pioneering Executive Director of the Secretariat of the National Coast Watch Council at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Office of the President of the Philippines. As the Executive Director, he was instrumental in the initial organizing and building up the Council and the National Coast Watch Center, the agency mandated to oversee the Philippine Maritime security and domain awareness.

 

VAdm PAMA is a member of the Philippine Military Academy (MATAPAT) Class of 1979 and a graduate of the Naval Command Course at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, and the post graduate Course in National Security at the Christian Albrechts University, Kiel Germany.