Judges and
Evaluation Criteria
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Meet the Judges
The board of judges of asia ceo awards includes some of the nation's most important leaders in their fields with many years of contributions to nation building. Judges with commercial involvement with any of the nominated organizations and individuals inhibit themselves from voting. The evaluation process is scrutinized by PwC.
Philippines
chairman emeritus
Pwc
Senior Partner at PwC Philippines, with deep experience in audit, governance, and corporate accountability. He leads PwC's ongoing review of all Asia CEO Awards submissions.
Philippines
CEO, Francorp
Francorp
Known as the Mother of Philippine Franchising. CEO of Francorp and Vice Chairman of the Philippine Franchise Association and the Philippine Retailers Association. Has developed franchise brands including Potato Corner, The Generics Pharmacy, Bench, and Penshoppe.
Philippines
Solicitor General
republic of the Philippines
Corporate governance specialist with extensive experience in board leadership and accountability standards. She evaluates nominees on how their organizations are structured and governed.
USA
Managing Director
OPTEL
Managing Director of OPTEL, a boutique advisory firm. Past President of the American Chamber of Commerce Philippines. Active in outsourcing, strategic planning, M&A, and government affairs.
Philippines
Economist & Educator
University of Asia and the Pacific
One of the country's most cited economic thinkers. He has advised multiple Philippine administrations on growth policy. On the panel, he evaluates nominees through a macro lens.
Philippines
Architect & Urban Planner
Palafox Associates
Award-winning architect and advocate for sustainable urban development. She brings a long view to the panel, pressing nominees on community impact and what their leadership will leave behind.
Philippines
President & CEO
IBPAP
President & CEO of IBPAP. 20+ years leading strategy, digital innovation, and business transformation. Past senior leadership roles at Dell, Yahoo Southeast Asia, MTV Asia, Naspers, and Ayala Corporation. Wharton graduate.
Canada
Chairman
Asia CEO Awards
Chairman of Asia CEO Awards and former President of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines.
Esteemed Emeritus Judges
Philippines
Head of International Cluster
San Miguel Purefoods
Japan
Vice President
Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of the Philippines
France
Vice President & General Manager
European Chamber of Commerce
Philippines
Former Managing Director, APAC
Convergys
Philippines
Former Ambassador & Central Bank Governor
Philippines
Philippines
President & CEO
Blue Cross Insurance
Philippines
Independent Director
Multiple PSE-listed firms
South Korea
Founder & CEO
APEX (Asia Pacific Express Corp)
Philippines
Director General
PEZA
Philippines
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Former Secretary of Finance
Philippines
Independently
Scrutinized by PwC
Every nomination first goes to a team of roughly 15 experts from PwC before it reaches the Board of judges. PwC verifies the accuracy and completeness of submitted materials.
Nominees may be contacted for additional documents during this stage to improve the quality of their submission. Nominees are evaluated on facts they provide.
PwC's role is operational. They review every submission.
Awarded for Merit and Contribution
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Buying fake awards and promoting yourself as “award winning”is unethical and fraudulent to your clients, employees and the nation.
Asia CEO Awards would never ask you to pay moneyto receive an award. It would be unethicaland deceptive to do so. Examples usually include: marketing expenses, useof logo, print advertising, social media announcements, trophy costs, listingcosts, etc. 2.
Nominations for Asia CEO Awards are submitted by nominees themselves. If someone contacts you to say you are an “award winner” and you didn’t know about the award. You are usually the target of a fake award scammer who wantsto con you out of your money.
Asia CEO Awards does not charge to nominate or win awards.
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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.