ZAP is a mobile number-based loyalty and rewards system established in 2012 by Ateneo schoolmates Dustin Cheng, Terence Lok, Angelique Uy, and Justin Lim. With over 1,000 partner stores and more than 1,000,000 members on the platform, big brands such as McDonalds, KFC, Potato Corner, Generika Pharmacy and Chatime have come on board. Dustin shared the challenges of running a […]
Turnaround
Alvin So is Country Division Head of Bayer Consumer Health since July 2015. Previously, he was Head for South Asia, Bayer Consumer Health as a result of Bayer’s purchase of the Merck Consumer Care (MCC) Business last October 2014. In this role he was based in Singapore and led the Consumer Care/OTC division across 9 countries in South Asia namely: […]
PNB has its share of ups and downs – from being the de facto central bank before Central Bank was created in 1949 to losing P13 billion in 1999 and non-performing loans of P45 billion (51%) in 2002 to the takeover of Mr. Lucio Tan and repaying PDIC rehabilitation loan 4 years ahead of its due date, PNB is now […]
Reynaldo ‘Kakam’ Gabunada, Jr. is currently Assistant Vice President – Consumer Marketing Manager of Nestle Philippines assigned to handle BEAR BRAND Powdered Milk Drink, the biggest Nestle brand in the Philippines. Prior to this, he was Senior Brand Manager of Nestle Malaysia where he injected many initiatives to revitalize the growth of MAGGI 2-Minute Noodles. He is one of eleven recipients of the 11th MansmithYoung […]
Background: In July 2015, after 36 years in Philippine showbiz, Eat Bulaga ‘reinvented’ their TV show with the Aldub segment. Based on data provided by Kantar Media Philippines, Eat Bulaga was able to more than double the number of household viewers. From a base of 2.5 million households last July 2015, it went up to 6.2 million on October 24, […]
Q6: What have you done to grow the business since becoming the new owner of Kamuning Bakery? A: Although it was sad that Kamuning Bakery’s operation had gone down and was scaled down through the years, and a lot of people have already forgotten it, I saw potential in its past, in its unique “pugon” ovens which the former owners […]
Q1: You are known to be in real estate. How did you get into the bakery business? A: I started out in real estate sales due to lack of capital, I’m now still in the real estate business both as a licensed broker and now also as realty investor. Yes, it was through a December 2013 real estate deal that […]
Q1: When you took over the role of CEO for Sun Life Philippines in 2009, total premiums was declining from P13.1 billion in 2007 to P8.5 billion in 2008. By 2014, Sun Life has become the leading life insurance provider in the Philippines. What did you do to turnaround the business? A: It wasn’t just Sun Life whose premiums declined […]