#TalkThursday: Brave new Philippines – JAZA

MANILA, Philippines – In this edition of Talk Thursday, Rappler talks to Ayala Corporation Chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala.

Ayala is also Chairman of Globe Telecom, Inc., Bank of the Philippines Islands and Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc.; Vice-Chairman of Ayala Land, Inc. and Manila Water Company, Inc.; Co-Vice Chairman of Mermac, Inc., and Ayala Foundation, Inc.; and Director of BPI PHILAM Life Assurance Corporation, Ayala International Pte. Ltd and Ayala Hotels Inc.

Jaime is a member of the Mitsubishi Corporation International Advisory Committee, JP Morgan International Council, and Toshiba International Advisory Group. He is a Philippine Representative to the Asia Pacific Economic Council. He is also Chairman of the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board; Vice Chairman of the Asia Business Council; Member of the Harvard University Asia Center Advisory Committee; Member of the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Management University, and Asian Institute of Management; Member of the Asia Society and the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum; Chairman of the World Wildlife Fund Philippine Advisory Council; Vice Chairman of the Asia Society Philippines Foundation, Inc.; Co-Vice Chair of the Makati Business Club; and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Hour Philippines, Inc. Jaime holds a B.A. degree in Economics (cum laude) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.- Rappler.com