The long wait is over as the 15th Asia CEO Awards announces its Circle of Excellence.
Considered the largest event of its kind in the Southeast Asia, the Asia CEO Awards honors the most successful companies and individuals in terms of excellence in business achievements and positive impact to society.
View the list of 188 companies and executives who will be honored as Circle of Excellence here: https://www.asia-ceo-awards.org/.
Presented by Robinsons Land, a number of reputable partners collaborate to ensure everyone is given an opportunity to be recognized for their inspiring entrepreneurial spirit, which ultimately leads to making the Philippines a first world nation.
“Most categories received 40 and 60 submissions from which the Circle of Excellence awardees were chosen. These organizations and people are the best of these, chosen for their out-sized contributions to the nation’s progress,” shares Richard Mills, Chairman of the Asia CEO Awards.
He added that hundreds of submissions were received which showcases the amazing strength and diversity of the country’s economy.
Mr. Mills, who is also Chairman of the Board of Judges, said, “Our research experts at PwC spent weeks analyzing and confirming information for the Board of Judges who spent many intense hours to determine awardees.”
The Circle of Excellence are part of the following categories: Airspeed SME Company of the Year, Figari Entrepreneur of the Year, IBPAP IT-BPM TechBlazer of the Year, iCXeed Diversity Company of the Year, KMC Solutions Woman Leader of the Year, KonsultaMD Most Innovative Company of the Year, Maybank Sustainability Company of the Year, MicroSourcing Young Leader of the Year, Sante Wellness Company of the Year, Sprout Solutions Technology Company of the Year, and White & Case Governance Organization of the Year.
Other categories are Company of the Year, CSR Company of the Year, Service Excellence Company of the Year, Top Employer of the Year, and CEO of the Year.
White & Case Governance Organization of the Year
Cloudstaff
Immuni Global, Inc.
Land Bank of the Philippines
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Tech Mahindra Limited
Zenutna Holdings Corp. (ZHC)
KonsultaMD Most Innovative Company of the Year
Cloudstaff
Concentrix Philippines
Eastvantage
GoTyme Bank
Lexmark Research and Development Corp.
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
Pili AdheSeal, Inc.
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC)
RUSH Technologies, Inc.
Securities and Exchange Commission
TDCX (PH), Inc.
Teleperformance
UNO Digital Bank
Service Excellence Company of the Year
Airspeed
ASUS Phils. Corp.
CGI Phils, Inc.
ING Hubs BV Philippine Branch.
Inventi Intellectual Holdings Corp.
RELX Reed Elsevier Philippines
Seda Hotels
Sprout Solutions
SSS
Theos Cyber Solutions, Inc.
VXI Global Holdings BV Phils.
Wipro Phils, Inc.
Airspeed SME Company of the Year
Angkat PH
Aficionado-Central Affirmative Co., Inc.
Asialink Finance Corp.
Asian Consultancy Group
Devteam Outsourcing, Inc.
Ebizolution, Inc.
EdukSine Production Corp.
Motovita
Prometheus
PSO Manila | Pepper Money
Tent King
Sprout Solutions Technology Company of the Year
Aboitiz Land, Inc.
Ask Lex PH Academy
Citicore Renewable Energy Corp.
Concentrix Philippines
Datamatics Global Services Corp.
GoTyme Bank thru Frederick Blancas
Hytec Power, Inc.
Inventi Intellectual Holdings Corp.
KonsultaMD
Land Bank of the Philippines
Lenovo PCCW Solutions
Lexmark Research and Development Corp.
UNO Digital Bank
Top Employer of the Year
Ayala Land, Inc.
Bank of the Philippine Islands
Concentrix Philippines
Foundever Philippines
Gcash
Gardenia Bakeries (Philippines), Inc.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
HSBC Electronic Data Processing Philippines, Inc.
IBM in the Philippines — Consulting Client Innovation Center (CIC)
ING Hubs Philippines
Macquarie Group Services (Philippines), Inc.
Magsaysay Maritime Corp.
MicroSourcing Philippines, Inc.
RELX | Reed Elsevier Philippines
Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), Inc.
Wipro Philippines
Company of the Year
Clark Development Corp.
Concentrix Philippines
Filinvest Land, Inc.
Home Credit Philippines
IBM in the Philippines —Consulting Client Innovation Center (CIC)
MicroSourcing Philippines, Inc.
Pru Life UK
Santé International, Inc.
Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), Inc.
UHS Essential Health Philippines, Inc.
CSR Company of the Year
Amazon Operation Services Philippines, Inc.
Chevron Holdings, Inc.
IBM
Innodata Knowledge Services, Inc.
Maybank Philippines
Megaworld Foundation, Inc.
Merck Business Solutions Asia, Inc.
NEARSOL
Philippine Manufacturing Co. of Murata, Inc.
PJ Lhuillier, Inc.
Port Management Office of Surigao of the Philippine Ports Authority
SM Foundation
Teleperformance
The Medical City Clark
Tsuneishi Technical Services (Phils.), Inc.
Sustainability Company of the Year
Avida Land Corp.
Ayala Land, Inc.
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
Booth & Partners Philippines, Inc.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Philippines, Inc.
Genpact Philippines
Metro Pacific Tollways Corp.
Newport World Resorts
Personal Collection Direct Selling, Inc.
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC)
iCXeed Diversity Company of the Year
DDB Group Philippines
DXC Technology Philippines
Foundever Philippines
Genpact Philippines
Home Credit Philippines
Northern Trust
Shopee Philippines, Inc.
Sun Life Global Solutions Philippines
Sutherland Global Services Philippines, Inc.
Synchrony Global Services, Inc.
Tech Mahindra Limited
Teleperformance Philippines
Ubisoft Philippines
Sante Wellness Company of the Year
Bank of the Philippine Islands
Cognizant Technology Solutions Philippines, Inc.
Fluor Daniel, Inc. — Philippines
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
IBM in the Philippines
KonsultaMD
Quantrics
Shopee Philippines, Inc.
Tech Mahindra Limited
Ubisoft Philippines
VXI Global Holdings B.V. (Philippines)
Zenutna Holdings Corp. (ZHC)
Figari Entrepreneur of the Year
Chino San Diego, What’s Your Flan International
Eric Peter Roxas, Pure Energy
Felix Veroya, Ask Lex PH Academy
Jason Romeo Valderrama, JCV & Associates Project Management & Development, Inc.
Jettson Yu, PRIME Philippines
Jonathan So / Carlito Macadangdang, JC Premiere
Karen Jane Salutan-Krukover, EdukSine Production Corp.
Marydae Hannah Ramos, Chizmozza
Nathaniel Marquez, MNSA, Ebizolution, Inc.
Raemin Reyes, Motovita
Regieno G. Valencia, Interior Construction Services
Ricardo Cuna, Kurimi Milk Tea Bar
Robert Jordan, Jr., Asialink Finance Corp.
MicroSourcing Young Leader of the Year
Cindy Burdette, Chief Commercial Officer, KonsultaMD
Felix Concepcion Veroya, Founder and CEO, Ask Lex PH Academy
Jettson P. Yu, Founder and CEO PRIME Philippines
Lenard G. Jabolin, President, Casapa Livestock Raisers Association, Inc.
Lcid Crescent Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer, Prometheus Productions OPC
Maria Isabela Blancas, Owner and Founder, One Closet
Ralph Ray Dacay Chua, President and Chairman of the Board, Immuni Global Inc. and Shireli Manufacturing Company
Regieno G. Valencia, Owner, Interior Construction Services
KMC Solutions Woman Leader of the Year
Abigail Tina M. Del Rosario, Country Director for Philippines and President & CEO, Maybank Philippines
Aleli Arcilla, Vice-President & Managing Director, Mondelez Philippines, Inc.
Alex Gentry, Co-Founder, Sprout Solutions
Agnes Vicenta Salayo Torres Devanadera, President and CEO, Clark Development Corp.
Beatriz Latay, Chief Executive Officer, KonsultaMD
Cherrie De Erit Atilano, Founding Farmer, CEO and President, AGREA Agricultural System International, Inc.
Coy Ordonez, Country Executive, Northern Trust
Elizabeth Digna Ventura, President, Anchor Land Holdings
Maria Catalina Estamo Cabral, Undersecretary for Planning and PPP Services, Department of Public Works and Highways
Jemima Villa, Country Head, Innodata Knowledge Services, Inc.
Lourdes T. Gutierrez-Alfonso, President, Megaworld Corp.
Ma. Gilda “Gigi” Alcantara, President, PH1 World Developers, Inc.
Martha Sazon, President and CEO, GCash
Mel Migriño, Country Head and Southeast Asia Regional Director, Gogolook Co. Ltd.
Rosemarie P. Rafael, Chairperson and President Airspeed
Vivian Que-Azcona, President, Mercury Drug Corp.
CEO of the Year
Alan Jones, CEO, Asia Energy Company (AECO) Pte. Ltd.
Anand Achuthan, Global Head,Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Aseem Roy, Country Head, Wipro Phils., Inc.
Cesar L Wee Jr., President & CEO, Wee Community Developers, Inc.
David L. Rafael, President & CEO, Aboitiz Land, Inc.
Ivy Ledres, GM, Insight Direct Phils. LLC
Jaeger Tanco, President & CEO, Phil Care
Jennire S. Torres, Country Head & CEO, Atos
Jesus Joey Marcelo, CEO, Sante International, Inc.
Lars Wittig, Country Manager, International Workplace Group
Patrick Gentry, CEO, Sprout Solutions
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, President & Country Head, IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
IBPAP IT-BPM Techblazer
Elias Patrick Salazar, Delivery Head, Tech Mahindra Limited
Jacob Catayoc, Chief Technology Officer, EdukSine Production Corp.
Kamal Asarpota, CEO, Eastvantage
Lloyd Ernst, Founder and CEO, Cloudstaff
Macario Solis Fojas, Founder and President, Seven Seven Global Services, Inc.
Praveer Chadha, Senior Vice-President of Customer Management Solutions, Datamatics Global Services Corp.
Rosette Carrao, Managing Director, delaware Philippines
Shiju Varghese, Country Head, Tata Consultancy Services (Philippines), Inc.
The 15th Asia CEO Awards, the largest business awards event in the Philippines, is supported by PwC as the Official Knowledge Partner. Official Event Venue is Manila Marriott. Official Cocktail Sponsor is PSG Global Solutions. Technology Partners are DOOH and Globaltronics. Supporters include Admall and 1Sycamore Food Ventures, Inc.
Media Partners are BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, NET25, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and THEPHILBIZNEWS.
Experience how the Asia CEO Awards and their partners promote leadership excellence and highlight Filipino business accomplishments to the world’s business leaders. Book your seats and join the grand awards night happening on Tuesday, Oct. 8 (starting 5:00 p.m.) at the Grand Ballroom of the fabulous Manila Marriott, Pasay City.
REGISTER: https://www.asia-ceo-awards.org/registrations.
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