Jerome Montemayor

Dr. Jerome L. Montemayor is the current Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB). In this role, he leads the Centre in facilitating regional cooperation and coordination on biodiversity conservation, ensuring the sustainable management, use, and equitable sharing of benefits for the well-being of people.

With over thirty years of experience as a development professional, Dr. Montemayor has been actively involved in social development work, improving the quality of public education, sustainable development, conservation management, and climate action initiatives in the Philippines and Asia.

Before joining the ACB, he served as the Executive Director of the Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE), the first grant-making organisation for civil society environmental initiatives in the Philippines. Dr. Montemayor was also the lead facilitator in drafting the Philippine National Action Plan on Peatlands 2025-2040. He also served as the Country Coordinator for the Philippines for People for Peat or the EU Sustainable Use of Peatland and Haze Mitigation in ASEAN (SUPA) Component 2. In this capacity, he oversaw the implementation of the People for Peat Business Hub and the Peat Ranger Program in the Philippines.