Leadership

Mr Jose Isidro Navato (Lito) Camacho, a Filipino aged 65. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in mathematics (cum laude) from De La Salle University in 1975. He received his MBA with concentration in Finance from Harvard University in 1979. In 2017, he obtained the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration at Eastern University, Thailand.

Mr Camacho is a Managing Director and Vice Chairman for Asia Pacific of Credit Suisse AG, based in Singapore. Mr Camacho joined Credit Suisse in March 2005 after a distinguished career in government and international banking. He was appointed Secretary of Finance for the Philippines in 2001, a position he held until November 2003. As Secretary of Finance, Mr Camacho led the country’s economic team and supervised the fiscal and financial sectors.

Prior to that, Mr Camacho was the Secretary of Energy for the Philippines where he was credited with the successful passage of the country's power sector reform legislation. He was also Chairman of Land Bank of the Philippines, Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, Trade Development and Investment Corporation (PhilExim), Home Guaranty Corporation, National Power Corporation (NPC), Power Sector Asset and Liability Management Corporation (PSALM), National Transmission Corporation (Transco), Privatization Council, Capital Market Development Council, and National Credit Council.

Prior to joining the government, Mr Camacho was a Managing Director and Chief Country Officer for the Philippines at Deutsche Bank, AG in Manila. Before Deutsche Bank, Mr Camacho worked for Bankers Trust Company for over twenty years in New York, Japan, Hong Kong, Philippines and Singapore. His last position at Bankers Trust was Head of Investment Banking for Southeast Asia. Mr Camacho became a Managing Director at Bankers Trust in 1990 and obtained Partner status in 1996.

Mr Camacho is currently a Director of SymAsia Foundation (Singapore), a board member of the National Gallery Singapore, a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and a Founding Member of Asia Peace and Reconciliation Council. He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Sun Life of Canada (Philippines). He was also a Board Director for Sun Life Malaysia Takaful Berhad from year 2013 to 2019. He was previously a board member of National Heritage Board (Singapore), a member of Securities Industry Council (Singapore) and a member of the Group of Experts of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum. He has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no prior convictions for any offences within the past ten years.