Ateneo, Metrobank Foundation recognize Zobel de Ayala for championing health care

Ayala Corporation Chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala will be awarded the 2018 Metrobank Foundation Professorial Chair for Public Service and Governance by the Ateneo Professional Schools (APS) and Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI). Mr. Zobel has been chosen for his commitment in providing quality health care solutions which promote the government’s universal health care programs.
 
The awarding ceremony will be held at the Ateneo Professional Schools Auditorium in Rockwell, Makati City on February 27, 2018. After receiving the award, Mr. Zobel will deliver a lecture titled “Improving Healthcare for All: Strategies and Innovations at the Ayala Group”.
 
Created in 1999, the Professorial Chair program is an annual award given to distinguished servant leaders for their exceptional contributions and achievements in the public and private sectors. This joint partnership between Ateneo de Manila University through APS and MBFI finds its roots in the common vision of encouraging Filipinos to contribute to national development by providing a platform for sharing cutting edge research and innovations.
 
Notable professorial chairholders include Vice President  Maria Leonor  Robredo (2017), Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales (2016), former Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Soliman (2015), former Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario (2014), former Department of Budget Management Secretary Florencio Abad (2013), and former Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos- Deles (2012).

The lecture will be live streamed at http://www.ateneo.edu/livestream.