- Alfonso Yuchengco
Alfonso T. Yuchengco, popularly known as Ambassador Yuchengco, is a prominent
industrialist ,certified public accountant ,educator , anddiplomat in thePhilippines .He heads the Yuchengco Group of Companies, one of the largest family-owned business conglomerates in the
Philippines . He is the Chairman of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, one of the largest commercial banks in the Philippines. He is also the Chairman of theMapua Institute of Technology , a leadingengineering school in the country.Education
Yuchengco holds a
Bachelor of Science inCommerce , major inAccountancy , from theFar Eastern University . He took and passed the licensure examinations forcertified public accountant s in the Philippines. He attended graduate classes at theColumbia Business School ofColumbia University inNew York City .Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]He received a
Doctor of Business Administration fromDe La Salle University , and aDoctor of Laws , "honoris causa", fromWaseda University inJapan .Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]Business interests
Yuchengco is the Chairman of the Yuchengco Group of Companies. He is also concurrently the Chairman of the Board of MICO Equities, Inc. (holding company of the Malayan Group of Insurance Companies); Pan Malayan Management and Investment Corporation; Mapua Institute of Technology; Nippon Life Insurance Company; and the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]
He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of GPL Holdings; House of Investments, Inc.; BA Savings Bank; Dole Philippines;
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company ; Benguet Corporation; and the Philippine Fuji Xerox Corporation.Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]Academe
Yuchengco is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
Mapua Institute of Technology , a top-performingengineering school in the country. He is also the Chairman of the Malayan High School of Science, an innovative science high school.Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]He has been a member of the Board of Advisors of the
Columbia Business School , one of the leadingbusiness school s in the world.Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]Diplomacy
Yuchengco has been the Philippine Permanent Representative to the
United Nations , with the rank of Ambassador Extraodinary and Plenipotentiary (A.E.P.).Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]He has also served as the Presidential Adviser on Foreign Affairs in 2004; Presidential Assistant on
APEC Matters in 1998; Philippine Ambassador to Japan in 1995; Philippine Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1986 to 1988; and Presidential Special Envoy to Greater China, Japan and Korea.Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]In
2005 , Philippine PresidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed Yuchengco as one of the members of the Consultative Commission for Charter Change, a special body tasked to study and recommend changes in the 1987Philippine Constitution .Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]ociocivic affairs
Yuchengco is the Chairman of the Board of "Bantayog ng mga Bayani" Foundation. He is also the Chairman Emeritus and Member of the Board of Governors of the Philippine Ambassadors Foundation; and Chairman Emeritus and Past President of the Philippine Ambassadors Association.Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]
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