Chairman Arsenio Balisacan currently serves as the Chairman of the Philippine Competition Commission.
Prior to his current post, he served as the Economic Planning Secretary in the Cabinet of President Benigno S Aquino III, and Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). He was also Dean and Professor of the University of the Philippines School of Economics and Executive Director of the Philippine Center for Economic Development.
Chairman Balisacan holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Hawaii and an MS degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of the Philippines Los Baños.