Secretary Jaime Bautista is the current Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) of the Republic of the Philippines. He is a Filipino business executive and government official. He is currently serving as secretary of the Department of Transportation (DoTr). Previously, he was the president of Philippine Airlines (PAL), as well as a former Executive and Director in MacroAsia Corporation, Macroasia Airport Services Corporation, Macroasia Properties Development Corporation and ETON Properties Philippines, Inc. He was also a former Treasurer of Tan Yan Kee Foundation, Inc. He served in various executive capacities in the Lucio Tan group for 39 years, the last 24 years for Philippine Airlines and its subsidiaries.
He graduated magna cum laude from the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in 1977, with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce, majoring in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant. He received his Doctorate in Humanities (Honoris Causa) from Central Luzon State University in 2018.