Winston Garcia
| Winston Garcia | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 21, 1958 |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party |
United Nationalist Alliance (2016) PDP-Laban (2016-Present) One Cebu (local) |
| Profession | Politician |
Winston Fiel Garcia (born May 21, 1958) is a Filipino politician and attorney who was the General Manager and President of Government Service Insurance System from January 25, 2001 to September 2010. He has also served as the director and board member of several of the biggest institutions in the Philippines such as the , San Miguel Corporation, Meralco and many more.
Garcia was born and raised in Cebu, Philippines, to a family of lawyers. He is the son of former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Pablo P. Garcia and Cebu CFI Community Founder retired Judge [Esperanza “Inday” Fiel Garcia, younger brother of Cebu's First Woman Governor Gwendolyn Garcia and the older brother of former Cebu 4th District Congressman Pablo John Garcia. Garcia is married to Isabel, an architect & President of the Zonta Club International Cebu Chapter with 4 children.
Garcia attended law school at the San Beda College of Law, while also taking up Associate in Arts at the Southwestern University in Cebu City and Bachelor of Philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas-Central Seminary.
Garcia’s track record as a public servant includes his position as chairman of Cebu Provincial Committee on Good Government, Committee on Laws and Ordinances and Executive Committee on Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices.
Garcia was conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Public Administration by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
Garcia overhauled the near-bankrupt GSIS into the most profitable government enterprise in the Philippines. He intensified collection, eliminated fraud, launched aggressive marketing of new products and services to members, and instituted practical reforms in GSIS investment activities. He also purged entries of members and those who have died long ago but remain alive in the GSIS rolls.
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