BUSINESSMAN, public servant, and medical doctor by vocation, Amb. Jaime Cruz, M.D., was the appointed special envoy of the Philippine President to the People's Republic of China for Trade and Investments from 2019 through 2022.

A distinguished name in the business, health, and medical communities, Cruz is the director of the Philippine Chinese Charitable Association Inc. He serves as the director of the Filipino Chinese General Chamber of Commerce Inc.; president of the Philippine Airport Diagnostic Laboratory; and chairman of various corporations. He holds a rank of a commodore in the Philippine Coast Guard (Auxiliary Division) and a reserve force of the medical corps ranked as a major of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.