Atty. Celeste Lauta has been with the Philippine National Railways (PNR) since 2014. She has served in various capacities before becoming an executive of the PNR in 2021. She was a consultant for the Real Estate Committee based in Naga City. She later on joined PNR Legal Division as Chief Corporate Attorney. She serves as the PNR Board Assistant Corporate Secretary since May 6, 2015 up to present. She served as OIC-Manager of the Legal Division and she also served as the OIC-Manager of the Corporate Planning Division in 2017 where the five-year plan of PNR was approved with Revitalization, Transformation, Digitalization, Recovery and Expansion as the major direction of PNR. Atty. Lauta also became the Acting Assistant General Manager. She also led the Civil Security Office from 2020 up to 2022. She has served in various committees including the Appraisal and Disposal Committee, Bids and Awards Committee, Committee on Effective Discipline, Committee on Decorum and Investigation and many others. Atty. Lauta is also the PNR representative to the International Union of Railways. She is also a speaker to various railways conferences in the Philippines, Spain, Poland, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand.

Atty. Lauta received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in Bicol University, Legazpi City where she graduated cum laude in 2002 and later on obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Nueva Caceres in Naga City in 2006. She was admitted to the Bar in 2007. She also pursued a master’s degree in public administration in the University of Nueva Caceres.