Panelist
Rey Lugtu
Rey Lugtu is the Founder and CEO of Hungry Workhorse, a digital and culture transformation consulting firm. He is a Fellow of US-based Institute of Digital Transformation. He is also the Chairman of the ICT Committee of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, and Vice Chairman of the ICT Committee of the Management Association of the Philippines. He is Professorial Lecturer in the MBA program of De La Salle University and Lecturer on Digital Transformation in the Benilde - School of Professional and Continuing Education. He is a business columnist and writer for Manila Times, Manila Bulletin, and Business World.
Founder & CEO, Hungry Workhorse
Panelist for: Technological Disruptors to Asian Family Businesses
Marvin Tiu Lim
Marvin Tiu-Lim currently serves as Mega Global Corporation’s Chief Growth and Development Officer. With his strong background in marketing and entrepreneurial expertise, Marvin has been instrumental in the company’s growth and innovation for the past 6 years. From product and process development to distribution and marketing, Marvin successfully strengthened the company’s value chain which allowed Mega Global to become a market leader in the industry.
Chief Growth & Development Officer
Mega Global Corporation
Panelist for: Professionalizing the Family Business
Prof. Ricky de Vera
Ricky de Vera has over 18 years experience in corporate, 12 in the academe, and more than 20 years in public speaking, facilitating, training, consulting, coaching and mentoring. He took his MBA in Japan, and is a certified Behavioral and Emotional Intelligence Facilitator by New York author, Daniel Goleman. He is a Certified Training Faculty from the Singapore Training Institute and Certified Management and Leadership Facilitator from the European Training and Consultancy Center.
Lead Stratetic Facilitator
ASEAN Center of People Competency Excellence
Panelist for: Resilience in the New Economy: A SAP and Oxford Economics Study in SEA
Prof. Jeremy Cheng
Jeremy Cheng is a researcher at the Center of Family Business at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a case committee member of the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) Project; Founding Chair of the Family Firm Institute’s (FFI) Asian Circle; FFI Fellow; GEN faculty member; and member of the Research Applied Board of the Family Business Review. To inform his research, Jeremy advises a few ethnic Chinese families-in-business, family offices, and other professional firms in Asia. His research focuses on family business, family office, governance, and family advisory practices.
Researcher
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Panelist for: Family Business Roots & the Journey to Pursuing Creative Passions
Andrea L. Santiago
Dr. Ginny Santiago was a full professor at the Strategic Management Department of the Asian Institute of Management where she held the Basant and Sarala Birla Professorial Chair in Asian Family Corporations. She was also Professor at the Management and Organization Department at De La Salle University, where she founded the Family Business Studies Center. Besides her involvement in the family business field, Prof. Santiago has written cases and published journal articles in the fields corporate social responsibility, poverty alleviation, sustainable development, and management of educational institutions.
Visiting Researcher, University of St. La Salle
Panelist for: Successful Family Business Transition
Arch. Romolo V. Nati
He is the current Executive Chairman and CEO of Italpinas Development Corporation (IDC), an Italian-Filipino real estate development firm which held its initial public offering (IPO) on Monday, December 7, 2015, that specializes in the design and development of sustainable buildings. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Philippine renewable energy company Constellation Energy Corporation (CEC) that focuses on acquiring, financing and developing small to medium-scale renewable energy projects across the Philippines.
Executive Chairman & CEO
Italpinas Development Corporation
Panelist for: The Impact of Community Involvement in a Sustainable Family Firm
Lucien C. Dy Tioco
President, Philippine Marketing Association
Executive Vice President, Philstar Media Group
Panelist for: Scientific Breakthroughs to Covid-19
Franco Soberano
Franco Soberano joined Cebu Landmasters in 2010. In his capacity as EVP and COO, Franco directs the ground-up operations and leads the project delivery cycle from Acquisitions to Business Development, Construction, Sales, Documentation, Customer Care, and Property Management. Prior to joining the company, he worked for 4 years as a Project Manager at a multinational firm.
Director, EVP and COO, Cebu Landmasters
Panelist for: Successful Family Business Transition
Dr. Glenda Antonio
Founder, President and CEO, Spring Rain Global
Panelist for: The Impact of Community Involvement in a Sustainable Family Firm
Cynthia Lee
Cynthia is the Regional Head of Wealth Planning & Advisory, Asia Pacific. She is responsible for supporting the HSBC’s clients in their trust and estate planning, family governance, philanthropy and succession needs. Cynthia has over 24 years of experience in wealth advisory and trust planning, with a focus on private clients and families.
