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'''Alan T. Ortiz''' (1953 - March 23, 2020<ref name="HowieSeverino20200504">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>) was a [[Filipino people|Filipino]] foreign policy and energy sector expert who was held key positions in the Philippines' government and business sectors, as well as civil society organizations such as the [[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]].<ref name="Paddock20200411">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="Lirio20200323">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
At different points in his career, he was assistant director-general of the Philippines' National Security Council, Undersecretary to the President for the build-operate-transfer projects, president and chief operating officer of the power company SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation (SMC Power), and president of the non-profit Philippine Council for Foreign Relations.<ref name="UPMPR20200506"></ref><ref name="PSHS"></ref>
== Education ==
Ortiz earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University and obtained a master's degree from the University of the Philippines. He placed first in the Philippine Foreign Service Officer examinations in 1981.<ref name="Paddock20200411"/><ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
He then earned a doctorate in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School,<ref name="Paddock20200411"/> writing his doctoral dissertation under the title: “The Political Economy of Ethnicity: A Case Study of Muslims in the Philippines”.<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
==Career==
=== Early career ===
During the late 1980s, Ortiz worked as a journalist for the [[Manila Chronicle]], where he was considered the chronicle's resident expert on international relations.
=== Government ===
Ortiz' career in government began with various roles under the administration of President [[Corazon Aquino]], where he eventually became assistant director-general of the National Security Council.<ref name="PSHS"/> In the administration of President [[Fidel Ramos]], he became undersecretary to the President for the build-operate-transfer projects (later renamed public private partnership projects).<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
=== Government-owned corporations and the private sector ===
Concurrent to his service as undersecretary to the President for the build-operate-transfer projects, he was assigned to be vice-chairman and chief operating officer of the government-owned [[Development Bank of the Philippines]].<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
After this, he held key positions in various government-owned corporations within the energy sector, including the National Transmission Corporation,<ref name="Lirio20200323"/> and the PNOC Energy Development Corporation.<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
Later entering the private sector, became an executive in the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO),<ref name="Lirio20200323"/> and became president and chief operating officer of the power company SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation (SMC Power).<ref name="PSHS"/><ref name="Oplas20170308">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Later, he became president of the non-profit Philippine Council for Foreign Relations.<ref name="PSHS"/><ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
=== Civil society roles===
Ortiz also active roles in the Board of Trustees of the [[Philippine Science High School]],<ref name="PSHS"/> and of the [[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]], which honors the martyrs and heroes of the struggle against the [[Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos|21-year dictatorship]] of former President [[Ferdinand Marcos]].<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
== Public image ==
Ortiz was popular and well respected in government and corporate circles as well as by the media, who regularly came to him as a source of information and as a commentator on complex policy issues on the energy sector and in Philippine foreign policy.<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
John Forbes of the United States Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines described ortiz as “a game changer in both his public and private sector careers” and a “larger-than-life hero of our times,”<ref name="UPMPR20200506"/> while Ramos administration Finance Secretary [[Roberto de Ocampo]] remarked on his reliable "ability to make things happen, and happen well."<ref name="UPMPR20200506"/>
=== Among media practitioners ===
Media practitioners have turned to Ortiz over the course of the Corazon Aquino, Ramos, Estrada, Arroyo, Benigno Aquino Jr., and Duterte administrations, either as a key as a key news source explaining the details of government policy when he was serving in the administration, or as a knowledgeable commentator on issues ranging from national security to energy stability after he had moved on to the private sector.<ref name="Lirio20200323"/> The Philippine media particularly relied on him during his time as a senior official of the National Security Council, when his explanations of government policy were typically anonymous, and he was typically cited only as "the source."<ref name="Lirio20200323"/> Media practitioners of the time recall that they trusted Ortiz' explanations "because he didn’t have any political agenda.”<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
==Personal life==
Ortiz was a self-described "avid shooter, a rescue diver, a biking enthusiast, and an amateur photographer", with his August 2014 Philippine Daily Inquirer article "Why do we ride?" considered a manifesto of sorts among the Philippines' big bike enthusiast community.<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
== References ==
[[Category:Bantayog ng mga Bayani]]
At different points in his career, he was assistant director-general of the Philippines' National Security Council, Undersecretary to the President for the build-operate-transfer projects, president and chief operating officer of the power company SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation (SMC Power), and president of the non-profit Philippine Council for Foreign Relations.<ref name="UPMPR20200506"></ref><ref name="PSHS"></ref>
== Education ==
Ortiz earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University and obtained a master's degree from the University of the Philippines. He placed first in the Philippine Foreign Service Officer examinations in 1981.<ref name="Paddock20200411"/><ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
He then earned a doctorate in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School,<ref name="Paddock20200411"/> writing his doctoral dissertation under the title: “The Political Economy of Ethnicity: A Case Study of Muslims in the Philippines”.<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
==Career==
=== Early career ===
During the late 1980s, Ortiz worked as a journalist for the [[Manila Chronicle]], where he was considered the chronicle's resident expert on international relations.
=== Government ===
Ortiz' career in government began with various roles under the administration of President [[Corazon Aquino]], where he eventually became assistant director-general of the National Security Council.<ref name="PSHS"/> In the administration of President [[Fidel Ramos]], he became undersecretary to the President for the build-operate-transfer projects (later renamed public private partnership projects).<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
=== Government-owned corporations and the private sector ===
Concurrent to his service as undersecretary to the President for the build-operate-transfer projects, he was assigned to be vice-chairman and chief operating officer of the government-owned [[Development Bank of the Philippines]].<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
After this, he held key positions in various government-owned corporations within the energy sector, including the National Transmission Corporation,<ref name="Lirio20200323"/> and the PNOC Energy Development Corporation.<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
Later entering the private sector, became an executive in the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO),<ref name="Lirio20200323"/> and became president and chief operating officer of the power company SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation (SMC Power).<ref name="PSHS"/><ref name="Oplas20170308">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Later, he became president of the non-profit Philippine Council for Foreign Relations.<ref name="PSHS"/><ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
=== Civil society roles===
Ortiz also active roles in the Board of Trustees of the [[Philippine Science High School]],<ref name="PSHS"/> and of the [[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]], which honors the martyrs and heroes of the struggle against the [[Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos|21-year dictatorship]] of former President [[Ferdinand Marcos]].<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
== Public image ==
Ortiz was popular and well respected in government and corporate circles as well as by the media, who regularly came to him as a source of information and as a commentator on complex policy issues on the energy sector and in Philippine foreign policy.<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
John Forbes of the United States Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines described ortiz as “a game changer in both his public and private sector careers” and a “larger-than-life hero of our times,”<ref name="UPMPR20200506"/> while Ramos administration Finance Secretary [[Roberto de Ocampo]] remarked on his reliable "ability to make things happen, and happen well."<ref name="UPMPR20200506"/>
=== Among media practitioners ===
Media practitioners have turned to Ortiz over the course of the Corazon Aquino, Ramos, Estrada, Arroyo, Benigno Aquino Jr., and Duterte administrations, either as a key as a key news source explaining the details of government policy when he was serving in the administration, or as a knowledgeable commentator on issues ranging from national security to energy stability after he had moved on to the private sector.<ref name="Lirio20200323"/> The Philippine media particularly relied on him during his time as a senior official of the National Security Council, when his explanations of government policy were typically anonymous, and he was typically cited only as "the source."<ref name="Lirio20200323"/> Media practitioners of the time recall that they trusted Ortiz' explanations "because he didn’t have any political agenda.”<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
==Personal life==
Ortiz was a self-described "avid shooter, a rescue diver, a biking enthusiast, and an amateur photographer", with his August 2014 Philippine Daily Inquirer article "Why do we ride?" considered a manifesto of sorts among the Philippines' big bike enthusiast community.<ref name="Lirio20200323"/>
== References ==
[[Category:Bantayog ng mga Bayani]]
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