Lawyer-accountant named MAP president

Bendicta Du-Baladad

Lawyer-accountant Benedicta Du-Baladad on Monday was announced as the new president of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), making her the 75th president of what is touted as the country’s largest business management group.

Du-Baladad, founding partner and CEO of Du-Baladad and Associates (BDB Law), will replace former Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson as chief of MAP.

“Her experience, expertise, determination and strong will all contributed to making BDB Law one of the leading tax and corporate law firms today leading to its consistent recognition as an outstanding tax law firm by international ranking bodies, including the Chambers and Partners, International Tax Review, Legal 500 and Asia Legal Business,” MAP said.

Du-Baladad was also previously named as National Leader for Southeast Asia-Corporate Tax in the 2022 edition of “Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders,” a publication by the independent London-based publishing group Law Business Research Ltd.

Top 100

She also consistently appeared for five years in the Asia Business Law Journal as one of the Philippines’ top 100 lawyers, receiving the distinction from 2018 to 2022.

Du-Baladad was also the president of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (Finex) in 2017, spearheading the creation of the Finex Academy as a center of learning and excellence on capital market development in the country.

She also served from 2019 to 2022 as co-chair of the Capital Market Development Council, a public-private initiative which lobbies for policies and legislation toward the reformation and development of the Philippine capital market.

She was a former official of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, having served in various posts in offices involved in operations, policy formulation and legal. INQ