Mapa is also the chairperson of the Board of Advisers of the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank) and was once governor of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).
Under his guidance RMN was able to secure a loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines to finance its massive expansion and development program.
After working as a senior loan officer at the World Bank, he was appointed chairman and CEO of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) in 1989.
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In 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed him as Secretary of Labor and Employment, a cabinet position vacated by Patricia Santo Tomas who was made Chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines.