Joey has been conducting social audits and assessments for more than 10 years. He leads VSEA’s Audits and Supplier Engagement team and is responsible for organizing regional audits and other social responsibility engagements in the region.

He is a trained Social Auditor under the RAISE 1000 Program and has undertaken numerous social audits in the Southeast Asian region as a Verite Network Partner since 2007. He has likewise served as audit team member for social audit engagements in the US since 2008. As Social Auditor, Joey is knowledgeable in assessing various Code of Conduct elements such as the RBA (formerly EICC) and similar codes of conduct, and in workplace health and safety requirements. He possesses strong investigative skills in the conduct of audit interviews and documents review.

Joey is a graduate of Industrial Management Engineering from the De la Salle University in Manila, Philippines. His 22 years of work experience crosses diverse industry sectors such as automotive, semiconductor electronics, plastics packaging, cement and construction with both local and foreign companies in the Philippines. His competencies include supply chain management, production operations and management, systems analysis and process improvement.