Jose Isidro Camacho | |
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Jose Isidro Camacho at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in 2010
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Philippine Secretary of Finance | |
In office June 15, 2001 – November 30, 2003 |
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President | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
Preceded by | Alberto Romulo |
Succeeded by | Juanita Amatong |
Philippine Secretary of Energy | |
In office March 1, 2001 – June 15, 2001 |
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President | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
Preceded by | Mario Tiaoqui |
Succeeded by | Vincent S. Perez |
Personal details | |
Born |
Balanga, Bataan |
July 20, 1955
Nationality | Filipino |
Spouse(s) | Ma. Clara "Kim" Acuña |
Children | Bea, Lorenzo, Carlos, Anuncia, Joaquin and Simon |
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 stint 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.
Camacho was born in Balanga, Bataan to Teodoro Camacho, Jr. and Leonarda Navato. His grandfather, Teodoro Camacho, Sr. was congressman and governor of Bataan.
He finished high school Don Bosco Technical Institute in Mandaluyong in 1972, and in 1975 he graduated cum laude with an A.B. Mathematics degree from De La Salle University in Manila. He studied and obtained an MBA with a concentration on Finance from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in the United States in 1979.