Jaime Augusto Zóbel de Ayala II PLH |
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Zóbel de Ayala at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in 2009.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ayala Corporation | |
Assumed office 2006 |
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Preceded by | Jaime Zóbel de Ayala |
Personal details | |
Born |
Manila, Philippines |
March 6, 1959
Nationality | Filipino |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Eder |
Relations |
Jaime Zóbel de Ayala (father) Fernando Zóbel de Ayala (brother) |
Children | Mariana (b.1988) Jaime Alfonso III (b.1990) Eugenia (b.1994) Mercedes (b.2004) |
Alma mater |
Ladycross School Worth School Harvard College Harvard Business School |
Profession | Businessman |
Jaime Augusto Zóbel de Ayala II, PLH (born March 6, 1959) is a Spanish Filipino businessman, from the prominent Zóbel de Ayala family. He currently serves as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Ayala Corporation. He succeeded his father Jaime Zóbel de Ayala, as the company's president and CEO in 1994 and as chairman and CEO in 2006.
In addition to his position in the Ayala Corporation, Zobel is chairman of the board of directors of Globe Telecom, Bank of the Philippine Islands, and Integrated Microelectronics Inc. (IMI); vice chairman of the board of directors and member of the Executive Committee of Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI); vice chairman of Manila Water Co.; and co-chairman and trustee of Ayala Foundation, Inc.
He also sits on the boards of various international and local business and socio-civic organizations.
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Honors include World Economic Forum Global Leader for Tomorrow in 1995; Emerging Markets CEO of the year in 1998 (sponsored by ING); Philippine TOYM (Ten Outstanding Young Men) Award in 1999 and Management Association of the Philippines Management Man of the Year Award in 2006.
On September 27, 2007, he was conferred Harvard Business School’s highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, by Dean Jay O. Light. The award was also given to: Donna Dubinsky, A. Malachi Mixon of Invacare, Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP Group and Hansjorg Wyss of Synthes. Zobel de Ayala received his MBA from HBS in 1987. Zobel de Ayala was cited for “his innovative, entrepreneurial style of management (that) has benefited both Ayala and an island nation that faces significant social and economic challenges.” He is the first Filipino to receive this prestigious award.