Vicente Jayme

Vicente "Ting" R. Jayme (born October 27, 1928 in Manila , † April 3, 2013 in the Philippines ) was a Filipino economic manager and politician who served as Secretary of Public Works and Highways during the presidency of Corazon Aquino and Highways ) and Finance Secretary , and served as Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank from 1990 to 1997 .

Life

Studies, Vice President of the PNB and President of the PDCP

After attending school, Jayme, descendant of the revolutionary Antonio Ledesma Jayme , studied economics at the Ateneo de Manila University , graduating with a master's (MA in Economics) and then worked as a director of Benpres Holdings Corporation.

He was then Vice President of the Philippine National Bank (PNB) before he succeeded James K. Paulding as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Private Development Corporation of the Philippines (PDCP) founded in August 1963 in March 1965. At the general assembly of the PDCP in 1976 he was elected President, before he was President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the PDCP between 1984 and 1986 . During this time he was founding president of the World Federation of Development Financing Institutions (WFDFI ) in 1979 and was replaced in this role in 1980 by René Amichia from Ivory Coast . Between 1978 and 1980 he was a member, vice-chairman and chairman of the PSSC (Philippine Social Science Council).

Minister and Executive Director of the ADB

After the overthrow of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos , Jayme, who was co-founder of the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) with Jose S. Concepcion Jr. and an active supporter of the anti-Marcos EDSA revolution , became President Corazon in February 1986 Aquino was initially appointed Secretary of Public Works and Highways in their cabinet. After a cabinet reshuffle, he became Finance Secretary in 1987 and held this position until 1990. During this time, an honorary doctorate ( Hon. Doctor of Humane Letters ) was awarded in 1987 by the Ateneo de Manila University .

After resigning from the government, Jayme became Executive Director of the Manila- based Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1990 and served until 1997. He was also intermittently director of the Management Association of the Philippines, director of the Philippine Chamber of Industries, director of Philippine Economic Society and Vice Chairman of the Asian Social Institute. For a time he was also honorary chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Bishops-Entrepreneur Conference for Human Development and a Fellow of the International Development Organization (IDA) of the World Bank .

Jayme, who in the course of his professional career was CEO or board member of around four companies in various industries such as banking, financial services, shipping companies, insurance, consulting, chemicals, steel and construction, was among other things a board member of Philequity, Inc. Vice President of The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement and member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Banking and Finance of the Asian Institute of Management.

Publications

• Economic Planning for Development in the Philippines , Philippine National Bank, Department of Economics, Research and Statistics, 1960
• The Mindanao Development Authority: a new concept in Philippine economic development . In: Philippine journal of public administration 1961, 5
• Investment banking in RP economic development . In: Philippine Economy and Industrial Journal 1965, 12
• The Role of Multilateral and Multinational Corporations in Accelerating International Trade and Economic Development , Private Development Corporation of the Philippines, 1970
• The challenge of social justice and economic development , Private Development Corporation of the Philippines, 1970
• The outlook: for business and industry in 1970 , Private Development Corporation, 1970
• Prospects and problems of the Philippines in the 1970s , Private Development Corporation, 1970
• Outlook for industry and the economy for 1973 . In: Philippine Business Review 1972, 5
• The Philippine economy: an evolving economic structure . In: Trens in the Philippines 1978, 2
• Economic outlook for the eighties . In: Philippine Business Review 1981, 14
• Credit management in times of uncertainty . In: Philippine Business Review 1982, 15
• Industrial restructuring and new instrument opportunities in Asia and the Pacific . In: Philippine Business Review 1984, 17
• A season of change, a vision of hope , Manila, 1986

Web links

• Cory-era Finance chief passes away . In: Business World Online of April 4, 2013
• Ex-finance chief Vicente Jayme dies . In: rappler.com of April 4, 2013
• Entry on the homepage of the Spirit of EDSA Foundation (page accessed on April 8, 2013)
• Entry on the homepage of Philequity, Inc. (accessed April 8, 2013)
• Proof of publication (Econbiz)
• Proof of publication in Google Books

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Dähne: Development banks in the Philippines as development policy institutions. A contribution to assessing the possibilities and limits of the instrumental use of national development banks , 1980, ISBN 3428046269 , p. 153
2. ↑ History (homepage of the WFDFI)
3. ↑ PSSC Governing Council ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 52 kB) 
4. ↑ Namfrel Officers (homepage of NAMFREL)
5. ↑ Jeffrey M. Riedinger: Agrarian Reforms in the Philippines. Democratic Transitions and Redistributive Reform , 1995, ISBN 0804725306 , p. 110
6. ^ Board of Trustees (Asian Social Institute, accessed April 8, 2013)
7. ↑ BISHOPS - BUSINESSMEN's CONFERENCE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed April 8, 2013)  
8. ^ Eva-Lotta Hedman: In the name of civil society: from free election movements to people power in the Philippines , 2006, ISBN 0824829212 , p. 120.
9. ↑ Entry ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (accessed April 8, 2013) 
10. ↑ Center for Banking and Finance of the Asian Institute of Management  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.