A recognized force in the financial and consumer products industries, this marketing maven is an advocate of purpose-driven success based on ethical choices—maintaining balance between corporate goals and business gains.

This principle, along with advocating for what customers want through the use of data, has been the cornerstone of Ms. Huang’s leadership in driving business growth for global corporations.

Ms. Huang brings with her a breadth and depth of experiences in corporate marketing and brand management. She was formerly the Chief Marketing Officer at banking giant JPMorgan Chase. Before this, she held various executive roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Fidelity Investments, and American Express.

Prior to these leadership roles, Ms. Huang built her credentials as a growth expert for global consumer product companies—leading her brand and marketing teams at Wise Foods Inc., Haagen-Dazs, Cadbury, Schweppes, and Procter & Gamble. Ms. Huang also lends her wealth of industry knowledge as an Independent Board Member of Conquer Cancer Foundation, PODS, and Prosper Marketplace today. Ms. Huang has an Advanced Management Degree from the IESE Business School.

The depth of his finance and business ingenuity started in the advanced economy of the Americas, and when he decided to impart his business acumen to his motherland, Jonathan brought with him a leader’s vision to serve more communities—upholding the philosophy of developing and retaining talents among his Filipino colleagues.

For him, realizing this vision and its potential to magnify business growth and success is equally important to providing opportunities for his organization’s people.

An MBA from the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University, Mr. Gotianun was First Director & Senior Vice President at First Secure Bank & Trust Co. in Illinois. He has also driven East West Bank’s strong growth as Chairman since 2007; he was Vice Chairman and Director since he joined the bank in 1994.

He is also concurrently Chairman of Filinvest Development Corp., Filinvest Land, Inc., Cotabato Sugar Central Co., Inc., Davao Sugar Central Co., Inc., CountryWide Water Services, Inc., East West Rural Bank, Inc., East West Ageas Life Insurance Corp., and East West Leasing and Finance Corp.; Director of Filinvest Alabang, Inc., FDC Misamis Power Corp., FDC Utilities, Inc., and FDC Hotels Corp.; and Director and Vice President of Pacific Sugar Holdings Corp. On top of these, he sits on the Board of 13 other companies.

Forbes hails her as one of Asia’s most powerful businesswomen, a befitting recognition for this CEO in heels who, for the last two decades, has helped steer the success of one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines.

Taking stock of how she has maintained the strong growth of the family business this long gives one a view of her leadership values—that is, getting “consensus from 360-degree visibility” and intently listening to her people and customers on-the-ground for first-hand information, while taking predictive and prescriptive insights from research experts, and consulting with internal and external allies who have experiences in more advanced industries and markets—and then leveraging on all these for setting business directions.

Mrs. Gotianun-Yap’s business genius has been instrumental to the success of a great number of corporations. This University of Chicago MBA graduate has been at the helm of Filinvest Development Corp.; Filinvest Alabang, Inc.; Festival Supermall, Inc.; and Cyberzone Properties as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director.companies.

Concurrently, she is President & CEO at Filinvest Asia Corp.; Filinvest Hospitality Corp.; FDC Hotels Corp.; and Philippine Dcs Development Corp; as well as President, Chief Executive Officer & Vice Chairman at Filinvest Land, Inc.; President and Director at Timberland Sports & Nature Club, Mimosa Cityscapes, Inc.; and Director at Chroma Hospitality, Inc.; High Yield Sugar Farm Corp.; Cotabato Sugar Central Company Inc.; Davao Sugar Central Corp.; and Pacific Sugar Holdings Corp. On top of this, the Ateneo Business Management alumnae also serves as Board Member for 25 other companies.

Empowerment drives her self-motivation, taking inspiration from the first two generations of her family that have taken Filinvest to greater heights—with the unwavering pursuit of building the Filipino dream.

As a young leader, Isabelle’s take on empowerment is two-pronged: looking out for opportunities that can diversify her capabilities, and building on her strengths to create new ideas for helping build her countrymen’s new dreams. A digital native, she brings in new perspectives and new ways of engaging with customers.

Isabelle’s perspectives were strengthened by her stints with innovative multinationals. She was formerly a Consultant at McKinsey & Company—touted to be a “trusted advisor to the world’s most influential businesses”—which allowed her to practice her acumen in analyzing financial, marketing, and operational data for some of the firm’s global clients. She also had a Product Marketing stint with Asia’s leading telco, SingTel.

Prior to these, she developed strategies for global banking and wealth management firms, including HSBC and Credit Suisse, as well as for interactive marketing agency Razorfish. She is also currently a Director at East West Bank. Isabelle earned her Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Double Major Finance and Marketing from Singapore Management University; she also has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Having extensive experience in constantly evolving Technology-driven sectors—from Digital Media & Services, to Mobile and Fintech—combined with global startup M&A and emerging market CEO stints, has opened Xavier’s interests in the unknown and unfamiliar, pushing this digital industry veteran to always be on the lookout for building new things, with the goal of helping others, particularly the underserved sectors, with whatever he’s built.

Passionate about building organizations, this inspiring leader has built teams based on the cornerstones of entrepreneurship, customer-centricity, creativity, resilience, and trust among his people.

He leads the Digital Foundry Function Dev | f(dev), leveraging on his international experience, in-depth emerging market knowledge, and a unique perspective from both “high-tech” and “high-touch” environments to spot large-potential opportunities. He is also the Group Chief Digital Officer & Chief Innovation Officer at Filinvest Development Corp.

Previously, Mr. Marzan was the Founding CEO & President at TrueMoney Philippines, a Fintech company serving the true unbanked and financially underserved sectors and one of the most pervasive financial services networks in the country today. Prior to this, he was the CEO & COO at mobile wallet GCash, the Head of Strategy at Globe Telecom, a Director for Global Corporate Strategy at media giant AOL Time Warner in New York, and a Management Consultant at Accenture. He has an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BS Management Engineering Degree from Ateneo de Manila University.