Majah-Leah Ravago

Majah-Leah Ravago currently serves as the Center Director at SEAMEO INNOTECH since February 2025 and has been a Professor at Ateneo de Manila University since August 2018, currently on leave. Previously, Majah-Leah held the position of President and CEO at the Development Academy of the Philippines from February 2024 to February 2025 and was a Congressional Research Fellow and Project Leader for the House of Representatives-Ateneo Research Partnership from February 2023 to February 2024. Additional roles include US-Philippines Alliance Research Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington in 2023, President of the Philippine Economic Society in 2018, and Program Director for the Energy Policy and Development Program from 2014 to 2018. Academic experience also includes serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines School of Economics from 2012 to 2018. Majah-Leah holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and multiple degrees in Economics and Business Economics from the University of the Philippines, along with a certificate from the Executive Leadership Programme at INSEAD.