Filipino, 66, is a member of the Board of Directors of BPI since March 1990 and Chairman since March 2004. He is currently the Chairman of the Bank’s Executive Committee, Personnel and Compensation Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. Mr. Zobel likewise served as the Vice Chairman of the Bank from 1995 to March 2004. Mr. Zobel serves as a Director of Ayala Corporation since May 1987 and its Chairman since April 2006. He is likewise the Chairman of AC Energy and Infrastructure Corporation (formerly AC Energy, Inc.) and Asiacom Philippines, Inc.
Outside the Ayala group, he is a member of various business and socio-civic organizations in the Philippines and abroad. He is a Director of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited and a member of JP Morgan International Council, JP Morgan Asia Pacific Council, and LeapFrog Investments Global Leadership Council. He sits on various advisory boards of Harvard University, including the Global Advisory Council, and he previously served as the Chair of the HBS Asia-Pacific Advisory Board. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Asia Business Council, a Trustee of Endeavor Philippines, the Philippine Representative to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council from 2010-2015, a Steering Committee Member and Steward of the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, and a Trustee Emeritus of Eisenhower Fellowships. He has been a director of the US-Philippines Society since 2012 and assumed the Co-Chair position in 2024. He is a Steering Committee member of the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Prosperity.
Mr. Zobel was awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit in 2009, the Philippine Legion of Honor with rank of Grand Commander in 2010, and the Order of Mabini with rank of Commander in 2015 by the President of the Philippines. In 2017, he was recognized as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 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 graduated with B.A. in Economics (Cum Laude) from Harvard University in 1981 and obtained an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1987.
Mr. Zobel is a director of the following publicly-listed companies: Ayala Corporation, Globe Telecom, Inc., and Ayala Land, Inc.
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