Peter Leslie Wallace
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Peter Wallace | |
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 Peter Wallace (2014) | |
| Born | Peter Leslie Wallace June 3, 1939[1] |
| Citizenship | Australia (birthright), Philippines (naturalized, 2015) |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, columnist |
Peter Leslie Wallace is an Australian-born Filipino businessman and business columnist who started his professional career as an electrical engineer. He built a factory manufacturing maintenance products in the Philippines in 1975 for an American multi-national company. Subsequently, he accepted the position of Chairman of a conglomerate, Columbian Philippines, Inc., and later was CEO of Getz Corporation, the largest trading company at the time.
In 1982, he founded his own company, the Wallace Business Forum.[2][3] He became a Filipino citizen in 2015.[4][5] He is a regular opinion columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer since 2012.[6]
In 2019, Wallace was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as member of the Ease of Doing Business and Anti-Red Tape Council of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).[7]
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- ^ "Senate Bill No. s.500" (PDF). Philippine Senate. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "About Us". Wallace Business Forum. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Peter Wallace". Israel Chamber of Commerce, Philippines. 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Peter Wallace now a full-fledged Filipino". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Republic Act No. 10685". officialgazette.gov.ph. 28 September 2015.
- ^ Peter Wallace (14 June 2012). "Where I Stand". Philippine Daily Inquirer. (initial column)
- ^ "Peter Wallace named member of DTI's ease of doing biz body". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 29 October 2021.