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Today on Forbes, the 8th Generation Air driving big changes at Philippines's oldest conglomerate Ayala.

Mariana Beatrice Zobel de Ayala was a 24-year-old equity analyst working on Wall Street over a decade ago when she got a call

from her father, Jaime Augusto. The chairman of the Philippines's oldest conglomerate Ayala Corp nudged

his eldest daughter to come home. Mariana recalls, quote, he hinted at opportunities in the Philippines.

However, there was never any pressure, she hastens to add,

with the option of returning to New York left on the table.

Her sense of duty went out and she quit her job at J.P. Morgan.

She says, quote, it was the right thing to do.

After spending 12 years learning the ropes in various roles

across the 191-year-old Banking to Property

Group, Mariana, who is 36 years old, was appointed this past March as a managing director

at Ayala Corp. She's tasked with sprucing up its vast leasing portfolio of aging malls, office

buildings, and hotels, a number of which sprung up

after Ayala Corp spun off its expanding real estate division in 1988, enlisted Ayala land three years

later. At the same time as her elevation, her brother Jaime Alfonso, who is 34 years old,

and cousin Jaime Urquillo, who is 37, were named executive

directors at the group. With these promotions, Ayala Corp said, the next generation of leaders was in

place to drive its future growth. From her top floor office at the 39-story Ayala Triangle Gardens

Tower 2 in Makati City, home to Ayala Corp and other

Philippine corporate giants, such as noodle maker Monday Nissen, and telecom's firm PLDT,

Mariana tells Forbes Asia, quote, we're firing on all cylinders in the next few years.

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