Career
He was elected by the committee in 1985, filling a post left vacant by the death of Jorge V. Vargas in 1980. Elizalde held positions in the following corporations:
1955-1983
Vice-President and Director of Elizalde & Company
Incorporated. Elizalde International (Philosophy) Incorporated
Elizalde Paint & Oil Factory Incorporated.
Elizalde Rope Factory Incorporated.
Elizalde Security Equipment Manufacturing
Corporation
Tanduay Distillery Incorporated.
Director of Johnson-Pickett Rope Company
Incorporated.
Mineral Exploration & Development Company
1983-1996
Chairman of Elro Commercial and Industrial Corporation
Director of Bais & Tanjay Sugar Planters’ Association
Currently
Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Nominations Commission (2003–present)
Formerly
Marketing (1989–1999),
Enquiry for the Games of the XXVII Olympics in 2000 (1993),
Cultural (1995),
Evaluation for the Games of the XXVIII Olympics in 2004 (1996–1997),
Coordination for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens in 2004 (1998–2004),
“International Olympic Committee 2000” (1999),
Nominations (2000–2002),
Evaluation for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008 (2000–2001).