With two weeks left until the deadline of nominations on Aug. 15, everyone is encouraged to submit their entries and to be part of one of the grandest business awards in the Philippines and the Asian Region, the Asia CEO Awards.
NOMINATE NOW: https://www.asia-ceo-awards.org/nominations.
For more than a decade, this most-awaited award-giving body has been recognizing pillars of industries like Ramon S. Ang of San Miguel Corp., Manuel V. Pangilinan of PLDT, Inc., as well as movers of the nation like former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos.
Big and small enterprises, local and international companies, and executives of different nationalities are welcome to join.
Asia CEO Awards Chairman Chris Mills said they also want to highlight young men, young women, young leaders, small companies, and start-ups. “In all cases, it’s to really show the best that the Philippines is doing,” said Mr. Mills who is also past president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines.
This year’s Asia CEO Awards is backed by Title Sponsor, PLDT Enterprise, a leading company that equips businesses with digital solutions fit for the changing times and expanding needs of customers.
“We call on all Filipinos especially those who are passionate about nurturing business excellence to help promote the Philippines as an important economic hub in Asia. Together, let us build this country as a first-world nation,” urged Rebecca Bustamante, Asia CEO Awards president.
Major Sponsors and Categories
This year’s Major Sponsors include Airspeed, Arthur Nowak CX, Insular Life, Kyani, LBC Business Solutions, Reed Elsevier, Regus, Smart Enterprise, TOA Global, United Neon. Official Knowledge Partner is PwC while the Official Venue is Manila Marriott.
Asia CEO Awards 2022 and its partners offer the following categories:
• Airspeed Service Excellence Company of the Year — The award is open to any Philippine-based organization that achieved important success in service excellence. The accomplishment(s) must demonstrate an organization providing high service level standards.
• Arthur Nowak Diversity Company of the Year — The award is open to organizations in the Philippines that demonstrated proactive acceptance and respect for human differences. Human differences may include, but are not limited to race, religion, gender, gender identity and physical ability.
• InLife Young SHERO of the Year — The award is open to Filipino women leaders who are under age 40 and who have achieved recognizable success, overseeing organizations in the Philippines that have advanced the nation’s economic and/or social standing in the eyes of the world.
• Kyani Wellness Company of the Year — The award is open to any Philippines-based organization that achieved important success at workplace health promotion activities or organizational policy designed to support healthy behavior in the workplace and to improve health outcomes of employees.
• LBC Business Solutions SME Company of the Year — The award is open to any Profit-Making Company that achieved important success. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are defined as non-subsidiary, independent firms employing between 10 and 500 employees.
• Reed Elsevier Top Employer of the Year — The award is open to any Philippines-based organization that achieved important employer success while overseeing a business enterprise either within Philippines or outside of it. The accomplishment(s) must demonstrate Filipino (or mixed Filipino/expatriate) management talent performing at the highest standards and be recognized as internationally significant.
• Regus Entrepreneur of the Year — The award is open to individuals who started enterprises from scratch and built them into larger organizations providing pioneering services and product, employment for Filipinos and expansion into multiple locations.
• Smart Enterprise Global Filipino Executive of the Year — The award is open to any Filipino citizen or person of Filipino descent who achieved recognizable success in Philippines or outside of it. Award candidates can be in any discipline but more attention is given to fields such as business, government and academics.
• TOA Global Young Leader of the Year — Candidates for this award are individual young leaders who have accomplished remarkable achievements that advance the nation’s economy or social standing in the eyes of the world. The young leaders should not be older than 35 years old during the year considered and have the title ranging from manager and up.
• United Neon Most Innovative Company of the Year — The award is open to any Philippines-based organization that achieved important success within Philippines or outside of it. The accomplishment(s) must demonstrate management talent performing at the highest standards and be recognized as internationally significant. The innovation must be meaningful to the organization and to society.
• Executive Leadership Team of the Year — The award is open to any Executive Management Team that achieved important success while overseeing a major organization. The team should have also demonstrated exceptional leadership skills resulting to the maximization of stakeholders values.
• CSR Company of the Year — The award is open to corporate and non-corporate organizations that highlight corporate social responsibility (CSR) in providing a social commitment to the Filipino people by promoting environmental protection & awareness, livelihood programs and youth development projects that contribute to the society.
• Technology Company of the Year — The award is open to corporate organizations, academe and startup companies that focuses on Information and Communications Technology, Bio Technology & Material Science, Sciences and Math & Engineering.
• Expatriate Executive of the Year — The award is open to any non-Filipino who achieved measurable success while overseeing an organization within Philippines. The accomplishment must have made a strong contribution to the development of the country’s economic capabilities.
• Sustainability Company of the Year — The award is open to any Philippines-based organization that achieved important success at environment progress and demonstrated leadership and commitment to sustainability. The accomplishment(s) must demonstrate specific initiative Filipino (or mixed Filipino/expatriate) managers have initiated to drive environmental progress and impact global sustainability.
To book tickets for the awards night of the Asia CEO Awards 2022 to be held on Oct. 11, 6:00 p.m. at the Manila Marriott Grand Ballroom, visit https://www.asia-ceo-awards.org/. Fo updates, follow them at https://www.facebook.com/AsiaCeoAwards.
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