Asia CEO Awards
Asia CEO Awards
identifies and recognizes leadership excellence by internationally
focused individuals and organizations in Philippines.
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American
Express Sponsors Asia CEO Awards
Manila, Philippines - American Express today announced its title sponsorship of the Asia CEO Awards 2011 in the
Philippines.
The Asia CEO Awards is a prestigious annual program comprised of 10
awards given to many of the most accomplished and successful leadership
teams and individuals currently operating in the Philippines. The
awards recognize extraordinary leaders who have demonstrated
outstanding achievement for their organizations, and contributions to
others in the corporate community. An eminent and respected board of
judges selects the award winners.
At the press conference formally launching the event, Ophelia Camina,
senior vice president, Cards Issuing Business
head, BDO, the sole merchant acquirer and issuer of American Express
Cards in the Philippines, said, “The Philippine market has demonstrated
robust economic growth and the outlook continues to be positive. As the
corporate sector grows rapidly, recognizing leadership excellence
becomes key to its future success. We believe American Express’
sponsorship of the Awards will help in the development of the corporate
sector by giving recognition to corporate leaders and acknowledging
their entrepreneurial and leadership skills. The title sponsorship of
the awards will
contribute further to the success of our partnership with American
Express in growing the cards business in this
market.”
Commenting on the announcement, Rebecca Bustamante, president of the Asia CEO Awards, said, “We welcome the
support from American Express as the title sponsor for the Asia CEO
Awards. We feel strongly that superb Philippine
leadership talent is a key factor behind the success of the corporate
sector. We thank American Express for placing
substantial resources behind Asia CEO Awards to recognize this
leadership talent and the increasing economic strength
of the nation as a whole.”
Ashutosh
Agrawal, vice president, head of Commercial Card, Japan, Asia Pacific,
Australia, Global Network Services at American Express, said, “American
Express is delighted to be the title sponsor of the Asia CEO Awards.
This is an important market for us and we offer corporations
comprehensive solutions to help them better control their indirect
expenses and generate savings. The sponsorship demonstrates our
long-term commitment to increasing American Express’ brand presence and
growing our commercial cards business in partnership with BDO in the
Philippines. The awards exemplify American Express corporate values
such as leadership, quality, innovation and integrity. We are confident
the corporate community in the Philippines will benefit from this
initiative.”
American
Express has had a strong presence in the Philippines for many years.
Their brand presence has been further strengthened in recent years
through its partnership with Philippines’ leading bank, BDO, the sole
issuer of American Express Cards in the market, both to individuals and
corporations. American Express Cards are well-regarded for their
prestige, exclusivity and superior value.
The 2011 Asia CEO Awards, presented by American Express, will recognize a new batch of business leaders and
corporate groups for their leadership excellence.
Because of its mission, the awards has attracted major support from many of the country’s industry-dominant
companies including KPMG, Jones Lang Lasalle, NorthgateArinso, PLDT
Alpha Enterprise, and GetCre8ive, the Philippine representatives of
Getty Images.
The official start of the nominations for the 2011 Asia CEO Awards will be July 2011. The winners will be announced at
a gala event in November.
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