Jose Lampe Cuisia Jr. (born 16 July 1944) is a Filipino banker, business executive, and diplomat. He was the seventh Governor of the

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, serving from 1990 to 1993, and formerly the

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of the

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to the

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. He is vice-chairman in the Philippine American Life and General Insurance Co., in which he had been CEO for a decade until its American owners, AIG, went bankrupt and had to sell out to Asian investors. He is also vice chairman of SM Prime Holdings. He is also a director of the Ayalas' Manila Water Co., in cement conglomerate Holcim Philippines, in call-center firm Integra Business Processing Solutions, in property firm ICCP Holdings, and in Beacon Property Ventures. Likewise, Cuisia is chairman of The Covenant Car Co. Ambassador Cuisia is an alumnus of De La Salle University, where he graduated in 1967 with degrees in Bachelor of Arts in Social Science and Bachelor of Science in Commerce (magna cum laude). He also finished his Masters in Business Administration-Finance at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1970 as a University Scholar.

Awards and honors

: The

Order of the Knights of Rizal The Knights of Rizal (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Orden de Caballeros de Rizál''; Filipino language, Filipino: ''Mga Maginoo ni Rizal''; sometimes abbreviated as KOR) is an order of chivalry of the Philippines, created to honor and uphold the ...

- Knight Grand Cross of Rizal, KGCR (2015).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cuisia, Jose Governors of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Ambassadors of the Philippines to the United States Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1944 births People from Manila Ramos administration personnel Corazon Aquino administration personnel Filipino people of Spanish descent Filipino people of German descent