Jose Isidro Camacho
Jose Isidro Camacho | |
|---|---|
 Jose Isidro Camacho at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in 2010 | |
| Philippine Secretary of Finance | |
| In office June 15, 2001 – November 30, 2003 | |
| President | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Alberto Romulo |
| Succeeded by | Juanita Amatong |
| Philippine Secretary of Energy | |
| In office March 1, 2001 – June 15, 2001 | |
| President | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Mario Tiaoqui |
| Succeeded by | Vincent S. Perez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 20, 1955 Balanga, Bataan |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Spouse | Kim Acuña |
| Children | Bea, Lorenzo, Carlos, Anuncia, Joaquin and Simon[1] |
| Residence | Singapore |
| Alma mater | De La Salle University, Harvard University |
Jose Isidro "Lito" Navato Camacho is a Filipino banker who served as the Philippines' Secretary of Energy and later on as Finance under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
After his short service in the government, he returned to the private sector, and now serves as Vice-Chairman of Credit Suisse of Asia–Pacific and its Singapore Country Chief Executive Officer; Non-Executive Chairman of Sun Life of Canada (Philippines); director of SymAsia Foundation (Singapore), and member of the board of National Gallery Singapore. He's also a member of the Group of Experts of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum, Singapore's Securities Industry Council, and the International Advisory Panel of the Securities Commission of Malaysia.[2]
Personal life
Camacho was born in Balanga, Bataan to Teodoro Camacho, Jr. and Leonarda Navato. His grandfather, Teodoro Camacho, Sr. was congressman and governor of Bataan.[1]
He finished high school Don Bosco Technical Institute in Mandaluyong in 1972,[3] and in 1975 he graduated as A.B. Mathematics cum laude from De La Salle University in Manila. He studied and took up an MBA with a concentration on Finance from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in the United States in 1979.[2]
Professional career
After college, Camacho worked at Banco Filipino, before he left to pursue graduate studies in the United States. Upon his return to the Philippines, he went back to the banking industry, and in 1995 became Senior Managing Director and Country Head of Bankers Trust New York. Later on, he became Managing Director and Chief Country Officer ng Deutsche Bank in the Philippines. From 1999 to 2000, he was Managing Director and chief of Country Coverage for Investment Banking for the Asian Region of Deutsche Bank based in Singapore.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Who's Who in Bataan – Jose Isidro Navato Camacho". 1Bataan. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ^ a b "Jose Isidro Camacho" (in Ingles). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "History of DBTC" (PDF) (in Ingles). Don Bosco Technical College. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
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