ASEAN HR Launches the First Ever Successful CEO Summit 2019 in Manila

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The CEO Summit 2019 is a two-day event, that aims to develop principled and innovative leaders as well as to generate ideas that advance management practice in an environment designed to foster extensive peer-to-peer interaction focusing on a 5-point agenda. The CEO Summit is a gathering of entrepreneurs and executives both here and abroad and will discuss topics focused on a 4-point agenda: Leadership Legacy and Strategy, Value Chain, Risk and Crisis, and Mergers and Acquisitions.

The two-day summit was the first ever CEO Summit hosted by Aseanhr.org which its primary goal was to gather world class Executives and successful Entrepreneurs to develop principled, innovative leaders and to generate ideas that advance management practice in an environment designed to foster extensive peer-to-peer interaction focusing on a 5-point agenda provided insights by the dynamic group of speakers and panelists.

The Program started off this morning with an Opening Address by President and CEO of Clean Fuel and Basic Taxi, Hon. Bong Suntay.

Jamie Getgood, the Managing Director of Getgood Consulting, Australia on “Delivering Leadership from a Closure of an Industry”; Nikki Tang, CEO of Dmark and DermAsia on “Positioning from SME to an Enterprise Legacy Corporation”; John Aguilar, the Creator & Host of the Final Pitch of CNN Philippines on “Integrating Singularity Business Principles in Emerging Markets”, and Gregory Kittelson, the Chairman of KMC Solutions on “Integrative Leadership Partnership in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship”, covered the Leadership Legacy. 

The first set of Panelists are Jamie Getgood, Nikki Tang, John Aguilar, Gregory Kittelson and Sriram Jambunathan, the President and General Manager of GlaxoSmithKline Philippines and was moderated by Atty. Anthony Abad, the name partner of Trade Lawyers. Followed by a Feature Resource and Perspective Speaker, Glenn Estrella, the Senior Vice President for Digital Ventures of Globe, speakes of “Leadership Legacy: The Success Story of Digital Acceleration in the Telco Industry”.

Mergers and Acquisitions started with Joseph de Leon, the Strategy Partner of Gravitas Prime, on “Due Diligence: Avoiding M&A Killers (Seller Side)” and Matthew Kolling, Portfolio Manager of LLK Partners speaks of “Strategic StartUp Mergers of Equals, Trade Sale and Special Carve Outs in Mergers and Acquisitions (Buyer Side)” 

The second set of panelists are Richard de Lima, the President & Chief Investment Officer of Leaf Capital Partners; Jonathan Jaranilla, the Co-Founder & Board of Directors of Ledger Atlas; Kieran Martin, Director of Index Asia Philippines, with Matthew Kolling and Joseph de Leon. The whole Panel discussed about the “Deal Dynamics and Packaging your Company for Selling” and was moderated by Cybill Juarez, IM&A, the Vice President of Operations of Golden One Ventures. Followed by a Feature Resource and Perspective speaker, My Holland, the CEO of EQUEST Asia LTD, Australia and Vietnam, on “Organizational Diagnosis: Measuring Fatigue in High Performance Workplace and Introduction to the New AI (Automated Ignorance)”

Amor Maclang, the Founding Director of Geisermaclang Marketing Communications, Inc, was the Welcoming Speaker for the afternoon program and covered the case study on “Risk Issues and Crisis Management at CEO Level”. The third set of panelist are George Royeca, the Head of Regulatory and Public Affairs of Angkas and Edison Tsai, the Executive Director of SeedIn Technology, and was also moderated by Amor Maclang.

Jay Fajardo, the Chief Strategy Officer of Jojo Crowdshipping was the Opening Keynote for the fourth panel, Value Chain and talked about the “Technology Innovations: Future Proofing Legacy Enterprise Companies”. Followed by Judah Hirsch, the Chief Executive Officer of Salarium speaks of “Using Technology to Improve the HR Value Chain”.

CEO of Gaspar Cañeba Franco Advisor, Inc, Joy Cañeba was the welcoming speaker for the next agenda, Government Regulatory, speaks of “Managing Operations for Multi-National Companies with Regional Government Regulatory”. Prior to the next agenda, Andrei Palamariu conducted a question and answer segment regarding the topic of Joy Cañeba. 

The Strategy Agenda was welcomed by Robin Bradshaw, the Philippine’ Country Head of Cathay Pacific, speaks of “Exploring Collaborative Models in Corporate Expansion”, Dannah Majarocon, the Managing Director of Lalamove, on “Pedagogical Approach in Traditional and Innovative Business: Complimentary Upgrade from Traditional Business Models”, followed by Paul Harris, the Chief Executive and Technology Officer of ClinkIT Solutions.

The final set of Panelists and Closing panel for the day discussing “Strategic Milestone Maneuver in Turn Around Management” and Nailing the 5 Point Agenda, were Jamie Getgood, Joseph de Leon, Robin Bradshaw, Paul Harris, Dannah Majarocon, Sreejith Narayanan, Head of Customer Success of Netcore Solutions and Peter Angelo Rodriguez the EVP of Air Taxi.

The Exhibit area was also an attraction, where our partners showcased their Products and Services Like 2GO Logistics, Globe, Globe Labs, Epson, Salarium, Minicooper, Alveo Land, Just Payroll, Avida, SkyBIZ, Bossjob, Perapay, Yellowdot, Savoy and Printers2Go.

Before the day 1 ends, 2 raffle winners were announced. Each winner received 1 overnight stay gift certificate from Anya Resorts namely Kerwin Legarde and Earlvin Paolo Yumang, awarded by Abigail Galgeurra, Director for sales and marketing.

The event resumed on May 30, at 9:30 am (GMT+8) Day 2.

Familiarize oneself with industry cutting-edge expertise on the CEO Summit 2019 Masterclass

The much-anticipated Masterclass comes after the successful Day 1 of the prestigious CEO Summit 2019. Three Industry Experts managed to give significant insights to the attendees of the 2nd day.

The highly regarded masterclass was initiated and spearheaded by Radu Palamariu, APAC Managing Director of Alcott Global, in the morning. With his presentation titled “Leadership in Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity Time. Theory and Application.,” he was able to give superb understanding about VUCA and how to steer one’s business venture.

In the afternoon, Geisermaclang Marketing Communications Inc. Pioneers-slash-Founders, Brad Geiser & Amor Maclang, concluded the event by sharing their cutting-edge expertise to those who attended their lecture and discussion titled “Dangerous Trends in the Practice of Crisis Management.”

CEO Summit 2019 was a hit to all those who attended and is expected to get a follow-up next year! The goal this time is to double the head count because the more the merrier, right?

The Team behind the CEO Summit 2019 would like to thank all the speakers, exhibitors, attendees, and participating companies for blessing the event with their presence – hoping they will also partake in the next CEO Summit. The team would like to extend their gratitude to all and an invitation to future events.

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