Mark Manantan

Mark Manantan has held various roles throughout their work experience. Mark is currently serving as the Director of Cybersecurity and Critical Technologies at Pacific Forum since July 2022. Prior to this, they were a Young Leader and Senior Research Fellow at the same organization. Mark was also a Lloyd and Lilian Vasey Fellow from June 2020 to June 2022. In 2018, Mark founded Bryman Media and served as its Founder. Mark also worked as a Research Fellow (Non-resident) at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies. From August 2018 to October 2022, they worked as a Project Manager at Ateneo School of Government. Mark has also worked as an AI Research Consultant at Asia Society from October 2021 to July 2022. Mark served as an Ambassador for the YAKSHA Project from July 2019 to July 2020. Additionally, they were a Visiting Fellow at East-West Center in Washington and the Center for Rule-making Strategies, Japan from February 2020 to June 2020. Mark also worked as a Research Affiliate at Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress from March 2018 to July 2019. Mark served as a Project Consultant at European Union in the Philippines from June 2018 to April 2019. Lastly, they worked as a Communications and Outreach Manager at USAID from May 2018 to July 2018.

Mark Manantan received their Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Communication from the University of the Philippines, where they studied from 2007 to 2011. In 2016, they pursued a Master of International Relations (Advanced) at The Australian National University, completing it in 2017. To further enhance their knowledge and skills, in 2020 they took a short course in Cybersecurity at Charles Sturt University, focusing on subjects such as Cybersecurity, Cyberwarfare, and Information Security.

In addition to their formal education, Mark also obtained certifications to expand their expertise. In November 2021, they completed the Indo-Pacific Orientation Course offered by the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies. In October 2021, they acquired certification in Intro to Cyber Threat Intelligence from Cybrary.