Asia CEO Forum
For
specific information about Asia CEO Forum:
Contact
Richard
Mills, Chairman
t:
+632 892 6703
e:
chairman@asia-ceo.org
PRINCIPAL
ORGANIZERS:
Rebecca
Bustamante
President
Rebecca Bustamante is the founder of
Chalre
Associates Executive Search and responsible for operations of the
company. She is considered one of the most accomplished female
entrepreneurs currently working in
Philippines.
Rebecca
Bustamante's business achievements have been the subject of articles in the
Philippine Enquirer, BusinessMirror, Manila Bulletin (Panorama), MOD magazine,
Woman’s magazine, Baby magazine, Philippine Mirror, He & She
magazine and TV4. She is a former Vice President of the Canadian
Club of the Philippines and has played a key role on the organizing
committee of the "Canadian Snow Ball," one of the largest annual
social events in Philippines.
Rebecca began her 20-year career in
Canada. Her most recent position was
Senior Sales Director for a large
international cosmetics organization. Some of the many awards she
received from the company over a period of years included: Top
Rookie Sales Director for
North America,
Top 10 Unit Sales Award Canada (for each year of service), Top 10
Personal Sales Award Canada (for each year of service). Because
of her success, Rebecca was regularly asked to provide training
presentations for up to 500 people at national company functions.
Click below for recent feature articles
quoting Rebecca:
BusinessMirror -
Working Abroad:
Are You Crazy?
BusinessWorld
- Reign of
the Filipino Manager
Financial Times -
The Sun Sets On a
Golden Era
GMA News - Pinoys
Move Up
Canadian Chamber Magazine (Chimo) -
Working Abroad
Taliba Canada -
Returning to Philippines: Is Now
the Right Time?
Taliba Canada -
Overseas Filpinos in Demand:
Philippines Booming Again
Mod Magazine -
Rebecca Bustamante Feature
Story
Manila Monitor - Go
Back, Help Rev Up Philippines
Richard Mills
Chairman
Richard is a
featured presenter for Asia region conferences and provided Keynote
Addresses for the following international expositions: HR Shared
Services & BPO (Singapore), Successful Shared Services (Singapore),
Executive Compensation & Benefits EXPO (Singapore).
He is a columnist
and thought leader for a host of international publications. Some
of these include: ComputerWorld, AsiaTimes, TelecomAsia, YahooNews,
AsiaMiner and IndiaDaily. He is an Expert Panelist for CIO magazine
(US) and the Offshore Offsourcing Best Practices association in New
York. He is co-founder and current chairman of the
International ICT Awards, one of the largest gala events in the
Asia Pacific region.
Richard's extensive
career in Executive Search & Management Consulting includes 6 years
working throughout Asia and 9 years in Toronto. His clients are
multinational corporations for senior management positions. Of the
many international recruitment projects he worked on in the Asia
Pacific region, one was particularly noteworthy as it was reported
on national Korean television as the largest technical recruiting
venture in Korean history. The project was also a cover story for
ComputerWorld magazine throughout North America.
Richard has an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Waterloo, Canada’s most prominent technical
post-secondary institution. He possesses the designation of
Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute with its world
head-quarters in Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Don Felbaum
Partner,
Strategic Initiatives
Don
has 30 years of senior Telecoms and IT experience working in
Philippines and throughout the Asia region.
His commercial experience extends to business development, joint ventures, feasibility studies,
technology transfers, project financing, equity investments and
strategic planning.
Don
has successfully concluded over 200 client engagements.
He has developed a reputation for
delivering results "on time and on budget" with major Fortune 500 companies and generated
region-wide vendor sales in Asia-Pacific exceeding US$100M.
Don
is Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce
of the Philippines and Chairman of its prominent Telecoms/IT Subcommittee.
He has lived and worked in Manila, Philippines for over twenty (20) years.
Bob
Bustamante
Vice President, Operations
Bob
Bustamante is responsible for all operational functions of Asia CEO Forum and Asia CEO
Awards.
Based in
Canada for 15 years, he
gained many years of sales experience in competitive environments.
In his previous organizations, Bob was consistently among the top 10 among 500 sales people
in the Greater Toronto area -- and often among the top 2 or
3.
He attended Ryerson University in Canada
for computer science and St. Joseph's College in Philippines for
accounting.
