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Globe 2012 annual report
corporate governance
Ernest L. Cu
Fernando Zobel de Ayala Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala Hui Weng Cheong Gerardo C. Ablaza, Jr.
Gerardo C. Ablaza, Jr.
Mr. Ablaza, 59, Filipino, has served as Director since June
1997. He is a Senior Managing Director of Ayala Corporation
and a member of the Ayala Group Management Committee,
a post he has held since 1998. He also serves as director for
Azalea International Ventures Partners, AsiaCom Philippines,
Inc., LiveIt Investment Ltd. and AC Energy Holdings, Inc.
Mr. Ablaza is currently the President and CEO of Manila
Water Company where he is responsible for overseeing
the financial and operational growth within Manila Water’s
service areas in the Metro Manila east zone and in its
expansion areas. He was also the former President and
CEO of Globe Telecom, Inc. from 1998 to April 2009 during
which he was recognized by CNBC as the Asia Business
Leader of the Year, making him the first Filipino CEO to
win the award. In the same year, he was also awarded by
Telecom Asia as the Best Asian Telecom CEO. Prior to
joining the Ayala Group, he was Vice-President and Country
Business Manager for the Philippines and Guam of Citibank,
N.A. for its Global Consumer Banking Business after heading
the Credit Payments Products Division of Citibank, N.A.
Singapore. Mr. Ablaza graduated summa cum laude from
De La Salle University in 1974 with a degree in Liberal Arts,
Major in Mathematics (Honors Program).
Ernest L. Cu.
Mr. Cu, 52, Filipino, is currently the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Globe Telecom, Inc. Mr. Cu has served
as Director since April 2009. He joined the Company
on 1 October 2008 as Deputy CEO. He brings with him
over two decades of general management and business
development experience spanning multi-country operations.
In 2010, he was adjudged Best CEO by Finance Asia and
was moreover conferred the International Association of
Business Communicators (IABC) CEO EXCEL award for
communication excellence in telecom and IT. In 2012, Mr. Cu
earned international accolade as CEO of the Year by Frost
& Sullivan Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Globe, he was the
President and Chief Executive Officer of SPI Technologies,
Inc., where he received the Ernst & Young ICT Entrepreneur
of the Year award in 2003. Mr. Cu earned his Bachelor of
Science in Industrial Management Engineering from De
La Salle University in Manila, and his Master of Business
Administration from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of
Management, Northwestern University.
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala.
Mr. Zobel, 53, Filipino, has served as Chairman of the
Board since December 1996 and a Director since March
1989. He is the Chairman and CEO of Ayala Corporation.
He also holds the following positions: Chairman of Globe
Telecom, Inc., Bank of the Philippine Islands, and Integrated
Micro-Electronics, Inc.; Co-Chairman of Ayala Foundation,
Inc.; Vice Chairman of Ayala Land, Inc. and Manila Water
Company, Inc.; Co-Vice Chairman of Mermac, Inc.; Director
of Alabang Commercial Corporation, Ayala International Pte
Ltd. and AC Energy Holdings, Inc.; Chairman of Harvard
Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board, Children’s
Hour Philippines, Inc.; Vice Chairman of the Asia Business
Council, Makati Business Club, and Asia Society Philippine
Foundation, Inc.; Member of The Asia Society, Eisenhower
Fellowships, Harvard University Asia Advisory Committee,
Harvard Business School Social Enterprises Initiative
Advisory Board, Harvard Global Advisory Council, Harvard
Global Advisory Council, Mitsubishi Corporation International
Advisory Committee, JP Morgan International Council,
International Business Council of the World Economic
Forum, Asia Pacific Basin Economic Council, Philippine
Economic Society, World Wildlife Fund Philippine Advisory
Council, Pacific Basin Economic Council and Toshiba
International Advisory Group; and Philippine Representative
for APEC Business Advisory Council.
Hui Weng Cheong.
Mr Hui, 58, Singaporean, has served as Director since
October 2010. Mr. Hui is currently the Chief Operating
Officer with the SingTel Group’s Thai associate, Advanced
Info Service (AIS), and is responsible for sales and
marketing, network operations, IT solutions, and customer
and services management. He has held this position
prior to his return to SingTel in 2010 as CEO International,
responsible for growing the Group's overseas investment
and strengthening its relationships with overseas partners.
Mr. Hui started his SingTel career as an engineer and worked
in various management roles within the Group. In 1995,
he was posted to Thailand as the Managing Director of
Shinawatra Paging, before returning to Singapore in 1999
to take on the role of Vice President (Consumer Products)
to manage the product development of all new mobile,
paging, internet, broadband and telephone business. Mr. Hui
graduated with First Class Honors in Electrical Engineering
from the National University of Singapore in 1980, and
obtained his Master in Business Administration from the
International Business Education and Research Program at
the University of Southern California, USA in 1992.
Fernando Zobel de Ayala.
Mr. Zobel, 52, Filipino, has served as Director since October
1995. He is the President and Chief Operating Officer of
Ayala Corporation. He is also: Chairman of Ayala Land,
Inc., Manila Water Company, Inc., AC International Finance
Ltd., Ayala International Pte Ltd., Ayala DBS Holdings, Inc.,
Alabang Commercial Corporation, AC Energy Holdings,
Inc., and Hero Foundation, Inc.; Co-Chairman of Ayala
Foundation, Inc.; Co-Vice Chairman of Mermac, Inc.;
Director of Bank of The Philippine Islands, Globe Telecom,
Inc., Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc., LiveIt Investments,
Ltd., Asiacom Philippines, Inc., AG Holdings Limited, Ayala
International Holdings Limited, AI North America, Inc., Vesta
Property Holdings Inc., Honda Cars Philippines, Inc., Isuzu
Philippines Corporation and Manila Peninsula; Member
of The Asia Society, World Economic Forum, INSEAD
East Asia Council, and World Presidents’ Organization;
Chairman of Habitat for Humanity’s Asia-Pacific Capital
Campaign Steering Committee; Vice Chairman of Habitat
for Humanity International; and Member of the Board of
Trustees of Caritas Manila, Pilipinas Shell Foundation,
Kapit Bisig para sa Ilog Pasig Advisory Board and National
Museum.
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