FLERIDA ANN CAMILLE P. MAYO
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the Republic of the Philippines
to the Kingdom of Cambodia
ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR
Mrs. Mayo joined the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in April 1982 and rose from the ranks to her present position over the course of 42 years. She is a career diplomat, having passed the Foreign Service Officer (FSO) Examinations in 1997 and the Career Ministers examinations conducted by the DFA and Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in 2013.
Between 1982 and 2007, she served in various capacities in the Home Office covering ASEAN Affairs, Personnel Management and Administrative Services, and European Affairs. She was assigned to the Office of the Secretary as a Special Assistant from 2007 to 2010. She headed the External Relations Division of the Office of ASEAN Affairs during the Philippines' chairmanship of ASEAN in 2017 and, from February to November 2018, rejoined the Office of the Secretary as a Special Assistant dedicated to major bilateral projects. Thereafter, she acted as deputy to the Undersecretary for Administration from 2018 to 2020.
Mrs. Mayo has been assigned to six posts in five separate tours of duty. These include Athens (1990-1996), Hong Kong (2001-2004), Stockholm (2004-2007), Oslo (2007), Ottawa (2010-2016) and in Chongqing, China (2021-2024) where she headed the Philippine Consulate General. Phnom Penh is her seventh posting. She arrived in Cambodia on 29 May 2024 and will present her credentials to H.M. King Norodom Sihamoni on 17 June 2024 as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Mrs. Mayo graduated from De La Salle University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian Studies. She was trained in Commercial Diplomacy at the Foreign Service Institute and the UP School of Economics in· 1998-99. Mrs. Mayo earned certificates in Economic Development and Diplomacy - Strategic Management and Leadership Program for Career Ministers from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in 2013; Leadership Program in Advanced Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in 2019; and the International Policy, Management and Tradecraft from the Centre for Political and Diplomatic Studies/Foreign Service Institute in 2019.
Over the years, Mrs. Mayo participated in other seminars and training courses pertaining to Human Rights; Crisis and Suicide Counseling; Mental Health and Crisis Management, Anti-Trafficking in Persons, Influence for Women Diplomats, Gender Sensitivity, and Human Resources Management She was enrolled in various basic language courses in in the course of her cadetship and foreign assignments.
Early in her DFA service, Mrs. Mayo was given the Most Outstanding Employee award (1989). Thereafter, she was conferred two more awards, namely the Encomendero de Ia Orden Isabella Catolica by the Spanish Government in 2007 and the Gawad Mabini, Rank of Kasugo, by the President of the Philippines in 2010.
Mrs. Mayo is married to Porfirio Mayo, Jr., also a career diplomat They have two grown children, Joshua Andrew Jay, and Christiane Amelie Julienne.
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