Dean's Rountable: How is the Philippines Coping with Globalization?

Dr. Jaime Laya, Pacific Leadership Fellow

November 18, 2008

8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Location: UC San Diego Faculty Club
Open to: Invited Guest, DRT Member

The Center on Pacific Economies presents a Dean's Rountable event with Dr. Jaime Laya, who is in residence as a Pacific Leadership Fellow at the Center from November 17 - 21.

Jaime C. Laya graduated magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines with a degree in business administration. He received a Ph.D. from Stanford University in financial management and an M.S. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Laya is a certified public accountant. He was governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines from 1981 to 1984 and serves as chairman of Philtrust Bank (formerly Philippine Trust Co.). Laya served as minister of the budget from 1975 to 1981, chairman of the monetary board of the Central Bank of the Philippines from 1981 to 1984, and as minister of education, culture and sports from 1984 to 1986.

After retiring from government service in 1986, Laya founded J.C. Laya & Co., Ltd. The firm was later renamed Laya Mananghaya & Co. He served as chairman of the firm until his retirement in 2004. Laya served as chairman of the National Commission for Culture and Arts from 1996 to 2001. Laya was chairman and president of the Association of Certified Public Accountants in Public Practice in 2003 and of the ACPAPP Foundation, Inc. in 2004. He serves as treasurer for the Opera Guild of the Philippines. He is a recipient of the Association of Certified Public Accountants in Public Practice Lifetime Achievement Award (2007).

Please click here for the event flyer.