Jaime I. Ayala
Infectious Diseases
First Gen
Philippines
Biography
JAIME I. AYALA, born March 24, 1962, Filipino, was elected Independent Director of the company in May 2013. He is the Founder and CEO of Hybrid Social Solutions, a social enterprise focused on empowering rural villages through solar energy. He was recognized as the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2013 and as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines in 2012. Mr. Ayala was President and CEO of publicly-listed Ayala Land, Inc. and Senior Managing Director of Ayala Corporation. Prior to that, he was a director (global senior partner) at McKinsey & Company, where he played a number of global and regional leadership roles, including head of the firm’s Asian Energy Practice, and President of McKinsey’s Manila office. Mr. Ayala sits as a trustee on the Princeton University Board of Trustees, Stiftung Solarenergie – Solar Energy Foundation, and Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School (honors, 1988) and completed his undergraduate work in Economics at Princeton University (magna cum laude, 1984).
Research Interest
Research on Infectious Diseases
