Jaime Augusto ZOBEL de AYALA
Mr Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala has served on the Board of Temasek Holdings as a Director since January 2022.
He is the Chairman of Ayala Corporation, one of the largest business groups in the Philippines with interests in real estate, banking, telecommunications, energy and infrastructure, industrial and technologies, healthcare, and education. He most recently served as CEO of Ayala Corporation from 2006 to 2021. Throughout his tenure, the Ayala Corporation has achieved renown for its unwavering commitment to upholding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards, positioning it as a paragon of professionalism with a steadfast emphasis on sustainability and exemplary governance practices.
Outside the Ayala group, Mr Zobel de Ayala is a member of various business and socio-civic organisations in the Philippines and abroad, including the JP Morgan International Council and LeapFrog Investment’s Global Leadership Council. He currently sits on the Board of Endeavor Philippines and is member of the International Advisory Council of the Singapore Management University. He was a former Trustee of the Board of the Singapore Management University.
He is a three-time Philippine Presidential Awardee: Medal of Merit (2009), Legion of Honor (2010), and Order of Mabini (2015). In 2017, he was recognised as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Pioneer for his work in sustainable business strategy and operations. The first SDG Pioneer from the Philippines, he was one of 10 individuals recognized for championing sustainability and the pursuit of the 17 SDGs in business.
Mr Zobel de Ayala received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics (with honors) from Harvard University in 1981 and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1987.