Today is the birthday of my better half, Chiqui Escareal-Go who always makes me “want to be a better man”. I am sharing the speech she delivered during the 13th Commencement Exercises of Malayan Colleges Laguna, May 24, 2017 at the Philippine International Convention Center, Manila. What she shared here is really how she lives her life and how she […]
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In a soon-to-be launched book I authored entitled ‘The Rainmakers’, I interviewed 25 Top Filipino CEOs such as Lance Gokongwei of Cebu Pacific Air, Victor Paterno of 7-Eleven, Injap Sia of Double Dragon and Joey Concepcion of RFM, among others, who shared their views on how their strategies addressed the opportunities or challenges of their industries at a particular time […]
Last May 5-6, 2017, Rex Book Store organized a seminar allowing me to help a group of marketing professors from 5 schools improve their mastery on marketing strategy. In our session on assembling value proposition, I used Safeguard, the dominant brand of germicidal soap in the Philippines, as an example and asked users of Safeguard to comment about their usage […]
Benjie Yap, fresh from an industrial engineering degree from De La Salle University, started in Unilever PH’s factory team and later its R&D department before becoming Marketing Director of Home Care and 5 years later as Managing Director of Foods. He was later assigned in Unilever Thailand and returned to the Philippines to assume the role as Vice President for […]
Dr. Dory Poa is the President of Chiang Kai Shek College, the largest Chinese Filipino school in the Philippines, with successful alumni like SM’s Henry Sy, PNB’s Lucio Tan, Jollibee’s Tony Tan Caktiong, among others. A language expert, Dr. Poa obtained her doctoral degree at Stanford University and taught in the Philippines, the USA, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia prior […]
Bea Teh-Tan was appointed Consumer Business Manager for Citi Philippines in March 2013 & has just been appointed as Consumer Business Manager for Citi Indonesia upon regulatory approval. Prior to this role, Tan was Credit Payment Products Head managing the consumer finance portfolio, including credit cards and personal loans of Citi Philippines. Bea was earlier recognized as one of the […]
Stuart Jamieson leads Nielsen’s Watch and Buy growth strategy in the Philippines as managing director since 2012. Concurrent to this role, Stuart is the cluster lead in the Emerging Markets group, overseeing the business performance of Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar. He held various leadership roles in Nielsen’s businesses in Australia and New Zealand prior to his appointment to the Philippines. […]
Joy Santos is currently the Head of Strategy for Leo Burnett Manila. She joined the agency in 2005 and transformed the Planning department into a key revenue stream by leading brand and communication initiatives for clients like McDonald’s and The Coca-Cola Company. Her strong strategic leadership propelled the agency to win major pieces of new business – Cebu Pacific, Fortune […]
Harvard and IMD-trained Ric Abadesco is senior consultant of Corporate Achievers Institute (Coach). He was formerly SVP of San Miguel Corporation and Organizational Effectiveness and Total Quality Manager of Exxon Chemical (USA). He shares his insights about the importance of creating a company vision. Q1 : Why should a company create a vision? A: A company needs a vision: 1) […]
Since June 30, 2016, General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has been spearheading what President Duterte called a war against illegal drugs. Then, he was unexpectedly seen in Las Vegas watching Pacquiao – Vargas fight on November 6, 2016. Not that he got a free travel gift from Senator Manny Pacquiao to fly and watch the fight for free, which many […]