Courses & Events
Business and Career Opportunities in Emerging SE Asia
Monday, Mar 10, 2014
04:15 pm - 05:30 pm
Business and Career Opportunities in Emerging Southeast Asia
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Join us on Monday, March 10th, as we hear from CEOs of some of the largest telecommunication and infrastructure companies in the Philippines who will provide us with an overview on career and business opportunities available in the region.
Questions to be addressed by the panel include:
1. What are the high growth opportunities in the region?
2. Should I start my career or start-up in an emerging market?
3. What social or technology innovations are needed to spur faster economic development in this market?
4. How can I partner with a large conglomerate in Asia?
Program Schedule:
5:30-6:00PM Registration
6:00-6:10PM Welcome Remarks, Richard Dasher, Ph.D., Director, US Asia Technology Management Center
6:10-6:20PM The State of the Philippine Economy, Representative from the Philippine Consulate
6:20-6:30PM Introduction of Speaker, Colonel Joe Felter, Stanford Hoover Institute
6:30-7:00PM Keynote Presentation, Manuel V. Pangilinan, Managing Director, First Pacific Group
7:00-8:00PM CEO Panel Discussion on Opportunities in Emerging Southeast Asia
Joining us for the panel discussion on March 10th will be the following executives:
- Moderator: Christina Laskowski, President, Science & Technology Advisory Council of the Philippines – Silicon Valley
- Manuel Pangilinan, Managing Director, First Pacific
- Edward Tortorici, Executive Director, First Pacific
- Napoleon Nazareno, CEO, PLDT-SMART (the largest telecom operator in the Philippines with 70% mobile market share)
- Orlando Vea, Chief Wireless Adviser and Founder, SMART Communications
- Joey Lim, CEO, Metro Pacific Investments (one of the largest infrastructure funds in the Philippines with investments in toll roads, water utilities and hospitals)
- Oscar Reyes, CEO, MERALCO (Manila Electric Company), the largest electric utility in the Philippines
Manuel V. Pangilinan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, First Pacific
Age 66, born in the Philippines. Mr. Pangilinan graduated cum laude from the Ateneo de Manila University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He received his MBA degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. In Manila, he worked for Philippine Investment Management Consultants Inc. (PHINMA) in the Philippines, and in Hong Kong with Bancom International Limited and American Express Bank. Thereafter he founded First Pacific in May 1981.
Mr. Pangilinan served as Managing Director of First Pacific since its founding in 1981 until 1999. He was appointed Executive Chairman until June 2003, after which he was named Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. He holds the positions of President Commissioner of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk in Indonesia. In the Philippines, Mr. Pangilinan is the Chairman of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), Manila Electric Company (Meralco), ePLDT, Inc., Smart Communications, Inc., PLDT Communications and Energy Ventures, Inc. (formerly named Pilipino Telephone Corporation), Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc., Maynilad Water Services, Inc., Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, Manila North Tollways Corporation, Philex Mining Corporation, Philex Petroleum Corporation, Landco Pacific Corporation, Medical Doctors, Inc. (Makati Medical Center), Davao Doctors, Inc. and Colinas Verdes Corporation (Cardinal Santos Medical Center), Mediaquest Holdings, Inc., and Associated Broadcasting Corporation (TV 5).
In civic duties, Mr. Pangilinan sits as Chairman of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), PLDT-Smart Foundation Inc., One Meralco Foundation, Inc., Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF), and is a director of the Philippine Business for Education (PBED). He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of San Beda College and of the Holy Angel University in Pampanga.
In sports, Mr. Pangilinan is Chairman of the MVP Sports Foundation Inc., President of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and Chairman of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP).
**Complimentary admission, however, advance registration is required via the following link.
** Pre-registered guests will receive a separate e-mail with information about the exact location of the event.
