Jaime Bautista

Jaime "Jimmy" Jimenez Bautista (born February 10, 1957) is a Filipino entrepreneur who is currently the Secretary of the Department of Transportation of the Philippines since June 30, 2022.

[1] He previously served as president and chief operating officer of Philippine Airlines from 2004 to 2012, and again from 2014 up to 2019.

[1] Bautista is an independent director of Premium Leisure Corp. and Nickel Asia Corp.

[2] Bautista graduated magna cum laude from the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in 1977, with a degree of Bachelor of Science in commerce, major in accounting.

In 2018, he was conferred an honorary Doctorate in Humanities (Honoris Causa) by Central Luzon State University in recognition of his contributions to the field.