Lilia de Lima

Lilia Bagaporo de Lima is a lawyer from the Philippines and a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for work related to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
She was born in Iriga City, Camarines Sur, into a family of public servants. She was trained in law and followed a career in government until 1995. She was then invited to serve as PEZA's first Director-General, responsible for promoting and regulating foreign investments in the country's economic zones, a post she held until 2016.
In 2006 she was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun (2nd Class) by the Emperor of Japan for her work with PEZA.
In 2017 she was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award, considered the east's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.