Neil P. Catajay

Neil P. Catajay has dedicated over 20 years at DTI starting in 1999 as a TIDA. He held leadership roles in DTI Employees Union, serving as VP from 2005 to 2007 and later as President. In January 2015, he became Division Chief at BPS, ensuring standards compliance. He briefly served as BPS Officer in-Charge before becoming BPS Director in December 2019. He achieved CESO III Rank in January 2022, showcasing his expertise in trade and industry governance.

Perpetua Werlina R. Lim

Ms. Perpetua Werlina Reyes Lim is currently the Officer in Charge, Assistant Director of the Consumer Protection and Advocacy Bureau (CPAB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). She is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies at the University of Santo Tomas and has pursued her Bachelor of Laws at the San Sebastian College of Law.

She has worked with the Department since 1995 and has established her presence through her exposure to various offices of the agency, namely, the Legal Service (LS) as a Legal/Adjudication Officer as well as the Secretariat to the Appeals Committee, the Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB) as the Chief of the Mediation/Enforcement/Product Standards Monitoring Division and lastly, the Consumer Policy and Advocacy Bureau (CPAB) as the Chief of the Consumer Policy Division, Price and Supply Division and the International Relations Division (IRD).

During her incumbency as Chief in the different Divisions of the Consumer Protection Group (CPG), now, the Fair Trade Group (FTG), she has served as a resource person in various Consumer Protection and Fair Trade Laws endeavors both in person or in television/radio programs, or capacity building seminars mostly initiated by, and conducted in, the DTI Regional/Provincial Offices whether for the benefit of DTI Adjudication, Mediation and Enforcement Officers, or for other public or private stakeholders. Furthermore, she has been a delegate to some ASEAN conferences/seminars.

Atty. Marimel Dancel Porciuncula

Atty. Marimel Dancel Porciuncula spent more than half of her age as a public servant. She joined the DTI in 1992 and it is her wish to retire in the agency she considers her home. Currently, she serves as Director III or Assistant Director of the Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB) of the DTI-Consumer Protection Group (CPG).

She assists the FTEB Director, the CPG Assistant Secretaries and Undersecretary in the review and effective and efficient implementation of consumer protection, business regulation, and fair trade laws and policies, including technical regulations, and of the Quality Management System (QMS) initiatives of the functional group.

From March 12, 1992 to September 5, 1995, she served as Atty. I, Principal Trademark Examiner II of the DTI-Bureau of Patent Trademarks and Technology Transfer (BPTTT), now known as Intellectual Property Office. She served as Atty. IV and Atty. V of the DTI-Office of Legal Affairs, now known as Legal Service from September 6, 1995 to June 9, 1998 and from June 10, 1998 to January 31, 2016,respectively. From February 1, 2016 to present, she serves as CPG Director III/Assistant Director.

In the interest of the service, sometime between 2017 and 2020, she was designated as Officer-in-Charge-Director for the Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS), Consumer Policy and Advocacy Bureau (CPAB) and the FTEB in a temporary capacity.

For her, DTI’s Core Values of Passion, Integrity, Competence, Creativity, Synergy and Love of Country are things she wanted to bring in her post DTI journey.

Assistant Director, Atty. Marimel Dancel Porciuncula obtained her Bachelor of Science in Zoology Degree at the University of Santo Tomas and her Bachelor of Laws Degree from the Far Eastern University. She is a product of retired public servants, married to her first and only boyfriend and a mother of four.