The BREW Excellence Awardees
JJ Atencio
President and CEO 8990 Holdings, Inc.
With his management and marketing savvy. JJ Atencio has built up 8990 into the largest mass housing developer thru precast construction, affordable amortization for buyers, and pro- active credit and collection thereby extending home ownership to more buyers on a scale never reached before.
Levy Espiritu
President and CEO DATEM Construction
He dep loyed considerable managerial skills, pre- fixed and precast technology for Datem Construction to establish leadership in vertical, horizontal, hotels, resorts and industrial construction, housing space, and bulk water.
His firm’s IPO will raise P4.65 billion for the expansion of its construction, housing, and bulk water activities.
Elizabeth Lee
President and CEO EMotors
She advocates green entrepreneur ship wit h her e- trikes, which when mass produced and sold to self- employed drivers and operators will solve three concerns – jobs, livelihood and environmental sustainability.
She believes fighting emission with zero emission vehicles will clean the environment, save and make money for tricycle operators, and make cities livable.
Marisa del Mar
President and CEO Sol Terra
This former movie actress turned businesswoman has an excellent life of entrepreneurship, TV production and hosting, promotion of OFW welfare, and leadership, first as president and now as chairman of the National Real Estate Association.
Jaime Bautista
President Philippine Airlines
He has turned around Philippine Airlines bringing it to record-breaking profitability—a comprehensive income of P6.546 billion in the first nine months of 2015, alone, and which is nearly 39 times or 3,773 percent up from P169.1 million income in January-September 2014.
PAL has reestablished its leadership. It has become more competitive and profitable. PAL flies to more routes and flies more passengers, up 30 percent, mainly to the Americas, Australia, Japan, and the Middle East.
Loren Legarda
Senator
She is global green advocate and senator with sterling legislative She is a global green advocate and senator with sterling legislative record that pioneered Asia’s pathbreaking environmental laws and promoted environmental responsibility, culture and heritage preservation, women empowerment, and national unity.
A former broadcaster, she brings to public service a sense of purpose, vision of the future, and determined advocacy.
Felix Ang
President and CEO Auto Nation Group (Mercedes Benz)
His Auto Nation Group is the fastest-growing premium car manufacturer/distributor in the Philippines. This year alone, sales increased by a whopping 76 percent, while market share expanded by a huge 47 percent, thanks to quality, range, and solid reputation of his cars, and a focus on customer satisfaction.
Welington Soong
Chair-CEO Frigate Holdings and Management Corp.
He brought to the Philippines the world’s best and most exclusive products— cars, sound systems, watches, and other high- end consumer products, thus enhancing the lifestyle of the aspirational and elite classes. Such products— Bose, Monster Cable, Ferretti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Ferrari, and Masera ti—enabled a growing number of families to enjoy life’s fine rewards.
Ferdinand Constantino
Chief Financial Officer San Miguel Corp.
Fe rd inand K . Constantino’s creative and innovative financing and is creative and innovative financing and capital-raising efforts enabled SMC to generate optimum gains from its cash and revenue potential and undertake huge expansion and diversification projects that better the life of the Filipino.
He is a veteran at San Miguel Corp. having joined as a young man and as an economist.
Edgar Saavedra
President Megawide Construction Corp.
His company, co-founded with two other partners, excels in construction thru quality work, competitive pricing, and use of technology such as precast concrete and formwork systems, enabling Megawide to become a significant player almost overnight.
With a P16- billion bid, Megawide will develop and manage of the Cebu International Airport. Already, Cebu is one of Asia’s best airports and is suddenly in the radar of international carriers and travellers.
Toti Cariño
President CREBA PhilRealm Devt. Corp.
He is the president of CREBA, the largest developers association, and which advocates rationalized housing policies and better deals for home buyers.
He co-founded and leads Fil Estate Realty Corp., which became one of the biggest real estate developers with projects like Fairways & Bluewater, Camp John Hay, MRT3, Southwoods, The Reinaissance, and Hillsborough, and which developed and sold over 5,000 hectares of property.
After their Fairways Boracay and Tagaytay properties were sold to Andrew Tan, the partners have gone their separate ways, trailblazing new frontiers.
Rose Marie Basa
Chairman PhilRealm Development Corp.
She is an industry leader in a male-dominated and fast growing sector of the economy, real estate and development. She has many advocacies and projects in real estate, business consulting, events management, designing, and joint ventures.
Isac David
President-CEO MTD Philippines, Inc.
He envisions to build government centers and satellite cities, employing awesome managerial skills and leading edge technology to seize leadership in tollways construction, maintenance, and management.
His Malaysian- owned MTD Philippines, Inc. funded and initially managed the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), the Philippines’ most modern tollway.
Rodolfo G. Valencia
Chairman RGV Real Estate
His advocacy and enviable track record as legislator and governor that gave rise to PagIBIG, rationalized housing regulations, made housing affordable, modernized Mindoro and saved it for better master- planning and the future.
He was exposed to the real estate industry at an early age of 16 as a clerk at his father’s company. At 24, he organized his own real estate marketing company.
He is a legislator and a developer with a conscience.
Joey Leviste Jr.
Chairman Oceana Gold Phils., Inc.
Joey Leviste is an advocate of sustainable mining thru OceanaGold, sustainable energy thru Constellation, green design thru Italpinas, and modular construction thru AG&P.
With its commitment to responsible mining, OceanaGold has been conferred various accolades inc lud ing the 2013 Environment Most Compliant from DENR, while its Didipio Mine emergency response team has been recognized for assisting in the rescue and relief operations during the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda and Bohol earthquake
Arnel Paciano Casanova
President BCDA
He has brought in more money to the government by selling or leasing more land at far better terms. He also collected more money, P5.6 billion, from those who owed Bases Conversion Development Authority. BCDA is the Philippines’ biggest prime land owner— 41,500 hectares, including 35,000 hectares at Clark the former air base. Of that, 4,500 hectares have been built up— 2,000 hectares for the Clark airport, and 2,500 hectares as industrial zones.