Fernando Miranda Zóbel de Ayala (born March 14, 1960) is a Filipino businessman. He served as president (2006–2022) and

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(2021–2022) of

Ayala Corporation Ayala Corporation (, formerly ''Ayala y Compañía''; ) is the publicly listed holding company for the diversified interests of the Ayala Group. Founded in the Philippines by Domingo Róxas and Antonio de Ayala during Spanish colonial rule, ...

Education

Zóbel attended Ladycross School for his preparatory studies and graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982. He also completed a Certificate in International Management at

INSEAD INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

in France.

Career

Zóbel served as chairman of Ayala Land, Inc., Manila Water Company, Inc., AC International Finance Ltd., Ayala International Pte Ltd., Ayala DBS Holdings, Inc., Alabang Commercial Corporation, AC Energy Holdings, Inc., and Hero Foundation, Inc; co-chairman of the Ayala Foundation, Inc.; co-vice chairman of Mermac, Inc.; director of the

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Globe Telecom Globe Telecom, Inc., commonly shortened as Globe, is a major provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines. The company operates one of the largest mobile, fixed-line and broadband networks in the Philippines. As of November 2023, ...

, Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. (IMI), LiveIt Investments, Ltd., Asiacom Philippines, Inc., AG Holdings Limited, Ayala International Holdings Limited, AI North America, Inc., Vesta Property Holdings Inc., Honda Cars Philippines, Inc., Isuzu Philippines Corporation, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., and Manila Peninsula.

Other activities

He sits on the boards of various international and local business and socio-civic organizations:

International

*Chairman,

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Asia-Pacific Capital Campaign Steering Committee *Vice Chairman, Habitat for Humanity International *Member, The

Asia Society The Asia Society is a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States (Manhattan, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle) and around the world (Hong Ko ...

*Member,

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental organization, international advocacy non-governmental organization and think tank, based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German ...

*Member,

East Asia Council *Member, World Presidents' Organization

Local

*Chairman, HERO Foundation, Inc. *Trustee, Caritas Manila *Trustee, Pilipinas Shell Foundation *Trustee, Kapit Bisig para sa Ilog Pasig Advisory Board *Trustee,

National Museum of the Philippines The National Museum of the Philippines () is an umbrella government organization that oversees a number of national museums in the Philippines, including Ethnography, ethnographic, Anthropology, anthropological, Archaeology, archaeological, an ...

Personal life

Zóbel is married to Catherine Silverio, daughter of former PBA coach Dante Silverio. They have four children.

Honors

* Philippine Legion of Honor, Rank of Grand Commander (June 29, 2010).

References

External links

Ayala Corporation
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Living people People educated at Worth School Filipino business executives Harvard College alumni Chief operating officers INSEAD alumni 21st-century Filipino businesspeople