CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD

JJ B. ATENCIO III President & CEO, 8990 Holdings, Inc.

The share price of listed 8990 Holdings this year has gyrated from a high of P8.50 a share to P6.99 currently, valuing the company at between P47 billion and P38.56 billion. The company was formed in 2003 by three partners, JJ (Atencio’s nickname), Mariano Martinez, and Luis N. Yu Jr. and named after a Nokia cellular phone model. In less than 10 years, 8990 left their much older and much bigger rivals eating dust. 8990 is today’s biggest mass housing developer. It builds 30 homes a day or 30,000 units a year. It has completed 49 mass housing projects and delivered 50,306 units.

JAIME J. BAUTISTA President & COO, PAL Holdings, Inc.

As PAL president, he has instituted reforms, policies and programs, all focused on one overriding objective — bring the airline to five-star status, beloved by Filipinos, balikbayans and foreigners alike, and with service, fleet, on-time performance, and amenities and management team that are world-class and second to none. PAL is focusing on three key areas: fleet modernization, international and domestic expansion, and the building of the PAL brand, what Bautista calls “innovations to build brand equity and deliver the desired customer experience.” “The heart of the Filipino is happy, generous, welcoming, enduring, resilient, believing, beautiful,” Jimmy gushes.

BANSAN C. CHOA Chairman & CEO, I-Remit, Inc.

His I-Remit is the largest Filipino owned form non-bank publicly listed remittance company with annual volume of about $1.8 billion and presence in 26 countries with more than 1,400 remittance outlets thru tie-ups with among the largest real estate companies in the Philippines and among the largest banks in the Middle East and the most reputable names in the region. I-Remit is an affiliate of Sterling Bank for fulfilling bank accounts and cash pickups from its more than 17,000 integrated payout centers.