Alfonso Yuchengco

Alfonso Yuchengco

Alfonso T. Yuchengco, popularly known as Ambassador Yuchengco, is a prominent industrialist, certified public accountant, educator, and diplomat in the Philippines.

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 the Mapua Institute of Technology, a leading engineering school in the country.

Education

Yuchengco holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, major in Accountancy, from the Far Eastern University. He took and passed the licensure examinations for certified public accountants in the Philippines. He attended graduate classes at the Columbia Business School of Columbia University in New York City.Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]

He received a Doctor of Business Administration from De La Salle University, and a Doctor of Laws, "honoris causa", from Waseda University in Japan.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-performing engineering 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 leading business schools 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 President Gloria 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 1987 Philippine 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.]

He is a member of the Board of Judges and a Principal Sponsor in the Mother Teresa Awards.Chairman's profile, Yuchengco Group of Companies. 2006.]

Awards

Yuchengco has received the following awards and citations:
*Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, from the Emperor of Japan, 2003.
*Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, from the Emperor of Japan.
*Order of Sikatuna, Rank of Datu, from then Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos.
*Knight Grand Officer of Rizal, Knights of Rizal.
*Order of Lakandula, Rank of Bayani (Grand Cross).
*Most Distinguished Alumnus and Hall of Fame Awardee, Far Eastern University, 1955 and 2003.

External links

* [http://www.ygc.com Yuchengco Group of Companies]
* [http://www.rcbc.com.ph Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation]
* [http://www.mapua.edu.ph Mapua Institute of Technology]
* [http://www.feu.edu.ph Far Eastern University]

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