Alfredo E. Pascual

Alfredo "Fred" Espinosa Pascual (born July 7, 1948) is a Filipino international development banker and finance expert who served as the Secretary of Trade and Industry under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos from June 30, 2022 to August 1, 2024. He also served as the 20th President of the University of the Philippines (U.P.) System, from 2011 to 2017. He was a member of the U.P. Board of Regents, the university's highest policy-making and governing body, representing the alumni, just before he was elected as U.P. President.

At the time of his appointment as Secretary of Trade and Industry, he was the President of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and an independent director of publicly-listed companies including SM Investments, Concepcion Industrial, and Megawide Construction. He was also a former chief executive officer of the Institute of Corporate Directors, a non-stock, non-profit organization established in 1999 to lead in the advocacy for good governance in the corporate sector of the Philippines. Provided by Wikipedia