1.Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics, cum laude, from Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.
2.Attended courses in Finance at Columbia Business School and in Marketing at Kellogg School of Management, United States of America.
Working Experience
He has over 35 years’ marketing and general management experience in the consumer goods, food service and business process outsourcing industries across Asia.
He began his career at Procter & Gamble Philippines in 1979, and has held positions of increasing responsibility in marketing and general management at the world’s largest consumer goods company. In the course of his career at P&G, he has lived and worked in India, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, as well as the Philippines. His last role at P&G was as Vice-President responsible for the Fabric & Home Care category in the ASEAN/Australasia/India region until October 2005.
He joined Jollibee Foods Corporation, the largest food service company in Southeast Asia in January 2006 as a member of its Corporate Management Committee. He took on leadership assignments for the next 5 years in Jollibee Foods’ subsidiary companies as the President & CEO of the Greenwich Pizza Company and Fresh N’ Famous Foods, Inc. (Chowking). He was also the Head of International Business Development of Jollibee Foods Corporation.
He is currently the Chairman of Assurant BPO Solutions, Inc., a Philippine business process outsourcing company. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of U-Bix Corporation, one of the Philippines’ largest integrated office systems and service providers; and of Alliance Select Foods International, Inc., a leading canned tuna and smoked salmon manufacturer.
