Filipino, 65, has been 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 served as vice chairman from 1995 to March 2004.
Mr. Zobel serves as a director of Ayala Corporation since May 1987 and its chairman since April 2006. He holds the following positions in other publicly listed companies: Chairman of Globe Telecom, Inc., Ayala Land, Inc. He is the Chairman of AC Energy and Infrastructure Corporation (formerly AC Energy, Inc.) and Asiacom Philippines, Inc. Mr. Zobel is also a Director of AC Ventures Holding Corp.
Outside the Ayala group, he is a director of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited and a member of various business and socio-civic organizations in the Philippines and abroad, including the JP Morgan International Council, JP Morgan Asia Pacific Council, and Mitsubishi Corporation International Advisory Council. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Asian Institute of Management, the Advisory Board of Asia Global Institute (University of Hong Kong) and of various advisory boards of Harvard University, including the Global Advisory Council, Asia Center Advisory Committee and HBS Asia Advisory Committee. He sits as Chairman of the Board of SMU International Advisory Council in the Philippines. He is a member of the Asia Business Council, Asean Business Club Advisory Council, Leapfrog Investment Global Leadership Council, The Council for Inclusive Capitalism, and World Wildlife Funds Philippines National Advisory Council. He is the Co-Vice chairman of the Makati Business Club, the Chairman of Endeavor Philippines, and a Trustee Emeritus of Eisenhower Fellowships.
He 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 recognition of his outstanding public service. In 2017, he was recognized as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Pioneer by the UN Global Compact for his work in sustainable business strategy and operations. The first recipient of the award 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.
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