Third Secretary and Vice Consul Mr. Winston Dean Siscon Almeda arrived in Riyadh on 19 June 2013.

A career officer, he is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Philippines and Masters in Business Administration from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Almeda worked in a private company as Manager, prior to his joining the Foreign Service.

He served as Desk Officer in the Office of Asia-Pacific Affairs in 2005-2006. Mr. Almeda was designated as Liaison Officer during the Philippine hosting of the ASEAN Summit in January 2007 and ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) in June 2007, after which he was designated as Principal Assistant and Acting Director of a Division in the DFA’s Office of Strategic Planning and Policy coordination.

From March 2008 to July 2009, Mr. Almeda was Special Assistant in the Office of the Undersecretary for Special and Ocean Concerns, handling issues relating to the peace processes, maritime security and anti-terrorism.

In 2007, Mr. Almeda was conferred the Gawad Mabini with the rank of Kasugo.  END