JP Orbeta

John Philip "JP" S. Orbeta is a Filipino business executive currently a member of the senior leadership team of Ayala Corporation, the oldest conglomerate in the Philippines. He also holds the position of chairman and president of Ayala Automotive Holdings Corporation.
As managing director of Ayala Corporation and member of its senior management committees, Mr. Orbeta founded and established HRMall, the conglomerate’s human resources shared services center and now a fully fledged business process outsourcing company. He created and has led the Ayala Group HR Council, composed of key HR decision makers and policy makers, to harness and foster synergy among Ayala companies to realize cost efficiencies, improve overall quality of HR services, and create innovative programs that add value to business. Mr. Orbeta also directs the Ayala Business Club, a conduit for capturing business opportunities and exchanging ideas in the different geographic regions around the country, as well as manages the Ayala Young Leaders Congress, a program which aims to hone college students’ leadership potential in the service of community and nation.
On January 1, 2013, Mr. Orbeta assumed the role of chairman & president of Ayala Automotive Holdings Corporation. In this role, he takes on as well the role of chairman & CEO of Honda Cars Makati, Inc. and Isuzu Automotive Dealership, Inc.
Prior to joining Ayala in 2005, Mr. Orbeta led Watson Wyatt’s Human Capital Consulting Group, one of the firm’s three global consulting businesses, overseeing operations in the United States and Canada, United Kingdom and Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. He was made a Vice President of the firm in 1999 and continued on these concurrent roles until his retirement in May 2005. Mr. Orbeta also served as a member of the main Board of Directors of Watson Wyatt & Company, the NYSE-listed parent company from 2000 - 2003.
In 2009, Mr. Orbeta was awarded the People Manager of the Year by the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP). He also received the Global HR Excellence Award for HR Leadership in the Philippines from the World HRD Congress. His program, “Reinventing HR at Ayala,” was awarded People Program of the Year by the PMAP in 2008.

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