Jean Henri Lhuillier

Jean Henri Diago Lhuillier
Born (1969-03-24) March 24, 1969
Residence Manila, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Occupation Businessman
Known for President & CEO of PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies

Jean Henri Diago Lhuillier (born March 24, 1969) is a Filipino businessman, diplomat and sports patron. Jean Henri is the President and CEO of the PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies, which operates and manages Cebuana Lhuillier, the largest microfinancial institution in the Philippines. He is an Official Knight of the Equestrian Order of Saint Agatha conferred by Minister Pasquale Valentini of the Department of Foreign Affairs in San Marino. He is the son of the Philippine Ambassador to Spain Philippe Jones Lhuillier and Edna Diago Lhuillier.

Education

Jean Henri graduated from Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, California, United States with a degree in Economics and Business Administration in 1992. He has completed the short course for Owner/President Management in 2009 at Harvard Business School. He is also an alumnus of the Gemological Institute of America and has obtained an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 2013.

Career

He is the President and CEO of PJ Lhuillier, Inc., Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Solutions, Cebuana Lhuillier Services Corp., Cebuana Lhuillier Financial Corp., Cebuana Lhuillier Rural Bank, Inc., Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation, Inc., Cebuana Lhuillier Marketing Services, Inc., Cebuana Lhuillier Microbusiness, Inc., Cintrée Management Services, Inc., Just Jewels Diamonds Boutique Corporation, Le Soleil De Boracay Resort, Inc., Networld Capital Ventures, Inc., Pawncare Services, Corp., P & EL Realty Corp., P.J. Lhuillier Development Corp., PJL Corporate Centre, Inc., PJL Leisure, Inc., PJL Ventures, Inc., Riche Gould Real Estate, Inc., and Verité Pawn Corp..

He is the current Director and Chairman of the Board of Global Restaurant Concepts, the Philippine franchise holder of California Pizza Kitchen, Ihop Restaurant, Applebee’s, Morelli's Gelato, and Gyu-Kaku.

He is also the Director of Enderun Colleges, Inc., DFNN.com, Falcor Heli Solutions Philippines, Inc., Hatchasia.com, Intelligent Wave Philippines, and Next Ideas, Inc..

Jean Henri is the current President of the Chamber of Pawnbrokers of the Philippines, Inc. (CPPI)[1] and of the Board of Director of the Association of Philippine Private Remittance Service Companies, Inc. (APRISE). He is also an Advisory Board Member of the School of Economics and Business Administration of the St. Mary’s College of California.

He is also a commander of the 101st Auxiliary Squadron of the Philippine Coast Guard since 2005. He is also a member of the Young Presidents' Organization, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the American Management Association, the National Pawnbrokers' Association (USA), the Chain des Rotisseurs, the Green Hotels Association, the Project Management Institute (USA), the Institute for Supply Management (USA), the Public Relations Society of Americas, the St. Mary's College Alumni Association, the Direct Marketing Association (USA), and the International Association of Human Resource Information Management (USA).

He has recently become a member of the ASHOKA Innovators for the Public, the Paul Harris Society (Rotary Foundation of Rotary Int'l) and, a co-sponsor of the Lhuillier-Hess Scholarship, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Melvin Jones Fellow of the Lions Club International Foundation and a George F. Hixson Fellow of the Kiwanis Children’s Fund.

Involvement in Sports

Considered a patron of Philippine sports, Jean Henri helps athletes representing the country in international tournaments and supports programs that aim to develop the youth through sports particularly basketball, tennis, and softball.[2]

He is a co-founder of the Unified Tennis Philippines (UTP) and is the current Chairman of the Board of the Philippine Tennis Association (PhilTA), team manager of the Davis Cup Team Philippines, the team owner of Cebuana Lhuillier Gems, and the president of the Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines (ASAPHIL).[3]

He also serves as the current director of Philippine Tennis Academy, team manager of Philippine Men's Softball Team and Philippine Women Softball Team. He is a member of the Professional Tennis Registry (USA), the Softball Confederation Asia, and the United States Professional Tennis Association Inc.

In recent years, he has expanded Cebuana Lhuillier sports by engaging into international sports events such as the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures and the ATP Challenger Tour. He is co-owner of the Philippine Mavericks in the IPTL[4] which brought the world's best players such as Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal among others, to the Philippines last December 2015. He also sponsored the ATP Challenger Tour last January 2016 which featured the likes of former world number 8, Mikhail Youzhny. He also sponsored (via Cebuana Lhuillier) the 2016 and 2017 Philippine qualifying tournaments for the 16-under and 14-under WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Future Stars.

ATP Challenger Tour

Awards and recognition

In 2017, Jean Henri was awarded with a gold and silver trophy by the CEO World Awards for the CEO of the Year and the CEO Excellence of the Year categories, respectively. In the same year, the Golden Bridge Awards gave him a bronze award for the Executive of the Year category.

He also won a total of six awards from the 2017 International Business Awards, two of which were gold Stevie trophies for the Executive of the Year for Insurance and Executive of the Year for Diversified Services categories, and four bronze Stevie trophies for Executive of the Year for Conglomerates, Executive of the Year for Financial Services, Innovator of the Year, and Maverick of the Year categories.

From the previous year, he won the silver award for Executive of the Year for Diversified Services and for Insurance categories and received the bronze award for the Executive of the Year for Financial Services and for the Maverick of the Year categories from the same award giving body.

The Golden Bridge Awards 2016 also gave him a gold award for the CEO of the Year category.

He also won big at the 2015 International Business Awards, bagging a total of seven awards. He was the gold awardee for the Executive of the Year for Diversified Services and for Financial Services categories. He got the silver recognition for Executive of the Year for Conglomerates, Maverick of the Year, and Chairman of the Year. He also won the bronze award for Executive of the Year for Insurance and for Innovator of the Year categories.

In the same year, he won a gold award for the CEO of the Year category at the Golden Bridge Awards. In 2014, he won a bronze award for the Executive Leader of the Year category from the Golden Bridge Awards. In the same year, the CEO World Awards also recognized Jean Henri as gold awardee for the CEO of the year.

He was the recipient of the Gold Stevie Awards for the Executive of the Year for Insurance from the 2014 International Business Awards. He is also recognized with the Silver Stevie Awards for the Executive of the Year for Financial Services and for the Innovator of the Year from the same awards-giving body. He also received the Bronze Stevie Award for the Executive of the Year for Diversified Services.[5]

In June 2014, Jean Henri Lhuillier was conferred the rank of Official Knight of the Equestrian Order of Saint Agatha[6] by Minister Pasquale Valentini of the Department of Foreign Affairs in San Marino on July 29, 2014 at the Palazzo Begni, Contrada Omerelli, San Marino due to his seven years of active and consistent efforts to strengthen the bilateral relationship between San Marino and the Philippines.

He was also given the Sales Individual of the Year award from the 2014 Customer Service and Sales World Awards of the Silicon Valley Communications.[7]

He is the recipient of the 2013 Juran Medal Award[8] of the Philippine Society for Quality, Inc.

He also received the Gold Stevie Award from the International Business Awards for Executive of the Year for Financial Services and for Diversified Services.He also received a Silver Stevie and Bronze Stevie Award for the Senior Sales Executive of the Year and the Customer Service Leader of the Year categories, respectively.[9]

He was also hailed the Pawnbroker of the Year[10] in 2011 by the Chamber of Pawnbrokers of the Philippines, Inc.

He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humanities[11] from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 2013.

Personal life

Jean Henri is married to Beatriz Lucero Lhuillier, a bronze medalist in Taekwondo at the 1992 Olympics and an award-winning gymnast. They have three sons and one daughter.

References

  1. ↑ "Officers and Board of Directors". www.cppi.ph. Chamber of Pawnbrokers of the Philippines. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cebuana Lhuillier Sports Advocacy". Cebuana Lhuillier. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Board of Directors". Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 26 November 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Co-owner & Team Manager of Mavericks". The Philippine Mavericks.
  5. ↑ International Business Awards. "2014 Stevie Award Winners". Stevie Awards, Inc. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Filipino diplomat conferred knighthood". Manila Standard Today. August 31, 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Winners of the Annual 2014 Customer Sales and Service World Awards". Customer Sales and Service World Awards. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  8. ↑ PRO. "Mr. Jean Henri Diago Lhuillier is the JURAN MEDAL Awardee for 2013!". Philippine Society for Quality, Inc. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Cebuana Lhuillier, Manila, Philippines: Jean Henri Lhuillier, CEO and President". Stevie Awards, Inc. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Jean Henri Lhuillier named Pawnbroker of the Year". Cebuana Lhuillier. December 4, 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Dalac, Dan Esponilla. "PUP Confers Doctor of Humanities Degree on Consul General Lhuillier". Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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