award categories
Explore the Awards
Each category has its own criteria and eligibility requirements. Select any to read the details, see past winners, and start a nomination.
Service Excellence Company of the Year
The award is open to any Philippine-based organization that achieved important success in service excellence. The accomplishment(s) must demonstrate an organization providing high service level standards.
Entrepreneur of the Year
Open to individuals who started enterprises from scratch and built them into larger organizations providing pioneering services, employment for Filipinos, and expansion into multiple locations.
IT-BPM TechBlazer of the Year
Open to leaders of the IT and Business Process Management sector (3rd party BPO and shared services) who achieved remarkable success overseeing a Philippine organization.
Top Employer of the Year
Open to any Philippines-based organization that achieved important employer success while overseeing a business enterprise in or outside the Philippines.
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CSR Company of the Year
Open to organizations highlighting CSR through environmental protection, livelihood programs, and youth development projects that contribute to society.
Sustainability Company of the Year
Open to Philippines-based organizations that achieved important success in environmental progress and demonstrated leadership and commitment to sustainability.
Apex Company of the Year
Open to organizations that achieved important success considered significant to the development of the country's economy and society.
Most Innovative Company of the Year
Open to Philippines-based organizations whose innovations demonstrate management talent at the highest standards, recognized as internationally significant, and meaningful to society.
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Wellness Company of the Year
Open to Philippines-based organizations that achieved success at workplace health promotion or organizational policy supporting healthy behavior in the workplace.
CEO of the Year
Open to leaders who achieved remarkable success overseeing an organization within the Philippines, contributing to the country's economic capabilities and world-stage status.
Diversity Company of the Year
Open to organizations in the Philippines that demonstrated proactive acceptance and respect for human differences, including race, religion, gender, gender identity, and physical ability.
SME Company of the Year
Open to profit-making companies expanding their business and hiring employees. Preference is given to companies with home-grown concepts and Philippine cultural contributions.
Technology Company of the Year
Open to corporate organizations, academia, and startup companies focused on Information and Communications Technology, Bio Technology, Material Science, and Engineering.
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How Are Awardees Chosen?
Every step is fixed and documented. There is no discretion at the edges, no special handling for prominent names.
Nominations Open
The nomination portal opens. Free to submit across all 15 categories. You may nominate in as many categories as you like, provided you submit a separate form for each.
Nominations Close
All materials must be submitted by this date. The deadline is firm and late submissions are not reviewed.
PwC Review
PwC reviews and validates every submission. Nominees may be contacted for additional supporting documents.
judging panel
review
Independent judges score shortlisted nominees across five weighted criteria. No judge has a financial relationship to any nominee.
circle of excellence announced
10 to 14 finalists per category are publicly named as Circle of Excellence awardees. All receive a trophy and speaking invitations at Asia CEO forums.
awards night
Grand Winners announced live on stage. Circle of Excellence awardees recognized. Formal gala dinner for 500+ senior executives follows.
What Is the Circle of Excellence?
Circle of Excellence is a genuine credential on its own. From roughly 40-50 nominations per category, the board of judges select 10 to 14 to be the circle of excellence. Each awardee of the circle of excellence is announced and invited to receive a custom work-of-art trophy on the grand stage at the asia ceo awrds. they may also be asked for speaking engagements at regular Asia CEO Events across the Philippines.
The circle of excellence is a designation of excellence. awardees report the recognition has helped to to raise capital, close enterprise deals, attract senior talent and other benefits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Nominations are now open. Submit anytime until August 15, 2026
The Cut-Off for submissions is August 15 (Midnight), 2026. Extension are not possible because of thetime-consuming scrutinization and judging process.
Submissions are first viewed by PwC for scrutinization. They can check over your submission materialsand make suggestions for improvements and completeness. You are able to re-submit IF you submitearly.
Candidates for awards can be nominated by any person.Individuals and organizations can certainly nominate themselves for awards. Judgesassess for data and supporting documents which are often better available whenpeople and companies nominate themselves.
Members of the Board of Judges of Asia CEO Awards areexcluded from nominating candidates.
All awards are open to Philippines-based organizations andindividuals. In all cases, candidates must have made a positive contribution tothe development of the economic capabilities and international reputation ofPhilippines through their employment, business involvement or heritage.
Two awards, CEO of the Year and Company of the Year, areopen for nominations from the 10 member countries in the ASEAN region.
There is NO COST to submit nominations or to win anaward. Asia CEO Awards is not a fake or fraudulent awards program. Asia CEO Awards would never ask you to pay to receive an award. AsiaCEO Awards has a nomination process that is overseen by an esteemed Board ofJudges who are among the most prominent leaders of the nation and scrutinizedby global audit firm, PwC.
The judging process is scrutinized by PwC. Judges withcommercial involvements with any of the nominated organizations and individualsinhibit themselves from voting.
Real Awards Don’t Cost Money. Buying fake awards andpromoting yourself as “award winning” is unethical and deceptive to yourclients, staff and the nation.
[ 1 ] If you are required to pay money for anaward, then it is fraudulent. Examples include: marketing expenses, useof logo, print advertising, social media announcements, trophy costs, listingcosts, etc.
[ 2 ] If you are nominated by a “selection committee,” and didn’tknow about the nomination. This means you are a target of the fraudulentaward scam to get money out of you.
Hundreds of nominations are received from many of premierorganizations and people active in Southeast Asia. From this largenumber, an elite group of awardees called the Circle of Excellence is chosen for each award category. The announcement of the Circle of Excellence Awardeesare announced at an Official Media Launch well before the grand finale event. The judging process is often arduous andcontentious.
The Circle of Excellence Awardees and the Grand Winners willbe presented on-stage and receive acclaim on the night of Asia CEO Awards onTuesday, October 15, 2026 at the Grand Ballroom of the Manila Marriott – the largest 5-star facility in the nation and the only one able to hold the event.
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Be Recognized Among Elite Business Leaders
Asia CEO Awards, presented by SANTE, is the largest business awards event in the Philippines and considered the largest event of its kind in Southeast Asia. Its purpose is to promote the Philippines as the premier business destination for global enterprises. The event is considered a must-attend occasion for business leaders active across the region.