Thomas Orbos

Thomas Orbos
Orbos in 2016
Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
Incumbent
Assumed office August 22, 2016
President	Rodrigo Duterte
Preceded by	Emerson Carlos
Assistant General Manager for Planning of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
In office June 9, 2014 – August 19, 2016
President	Benigno Aquino III
Preceded by	Tina Velasco
Succeeded by	Maria Josefina Faulan

Thomas "Tim" Muñoz Orbos is a Filipino businessman and government administrator who is the current acting Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte following the resignation of Emerson Carlos on August 19, 2016. Orbos, who concurrently serves as the agency's general manager, previously held the position of MMDA Assistant General Manager for Planning under then President Benigno Aquino III.

Orbos hails from the province of Pangasinan and is the brother of former Executive Secretary and Congressman Oscar Orbos, as well as popular priest and Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Fr. Jerry Orbos. He has also previously worked as Undersecretary for the Office of the President and owned several businesses in the past including the Pangasinan Presidents (later renamed Pangasinan Waves) franchise team in the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association.