Patrick T. Aquino currently the Director of the Energy Utilization Management Bureau under the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE). His engagement in the DOE spans over a decade, initially serving as part of the Office of the Secretary. From there, he held several key positions within the Department - in 2013, he became the Director for the Information Technology Management Service where he initiated the modernization of the Information Technology Framework of the DOE. A year after, he was appointed as the Director for the Energy Utilization Management Bureau (EUMB), and pushed for the institutionalization of energy efficiency and conservation in the country. Issuances such as the Philippine Energy Standards and Labelling Program (PESLP) along with the Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) were created during his tenure at the EUMB in 2016, which are among the essential components of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Act that was enacted in 2019, after more than three decades of its initial draft in 1988 – now Director Aquino with the support of the DOE, stands at the forefront of the implementation of EE&C in the country.

He is a Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) III, a distinction exclusive to civil servants who have exceptional performance and have undergone stringent screening processes which is finalized by a Presidential Appointment.