SENATOR MIGUEL ZUBIRI,KEVINTAN LEAD MEN OF EXTRAORDINARY INFLUENCE 2017
Business innovations and dynamos in public service compromise this year’s selection of The Men of Extraordinary Influence a project of the Philippine Cancer Society. The list was recently announced by Consul Agnes T. Huibonhoa, who heads the project.
Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri is a leading environmentalist and conservationist and champion of clean energy and agricultural development in the country. Kevin Tan is an innovator and trailblazer in the retail industry and heir to one of the country’s biggest real estate empires.
Dennis Uy is a Davao-home grown prodigy in forming a diversified, nationwide conglomerate consisting of oil distribution and retail in Phoenix Petroleum, logistics, real estate and education.
Design genius Fred Yuson is the man behind CWC International Corporation, the market leader in world-class interior finishing products like Herman Miller, Vitra, Walter, Jeb and other global brands, and with extensive interest in real estate developments in Davao.
Cebu’s landmaster Jose Soberano III believes in employee satisfaction and continuous training as he develops housing estates in key areas of Visayas and Mindanao like Cebu, Bacolod, Dumaguete, Cagayan de Oro and Davao.
Former broadcaster and TV host, now the dynamic and sometimes controversial head of President Duterte’s Communica- tions Office, Jose Martin Andanar supervises the entire network of the government’s news and information agencies, television and radio stations.
Alejandro “Kim” Atienza’s face and weather forecasts are familiar to each and every TV-watching audience.
Geoff Andres, the dream property president of the country’s leading gaming complex, rose from card dealer to managing entertainment estates such as Sands Macau as its SVP and GM as well as with Harrah’s gaming properties such as AkChin Casino Resort as its Vice President and General Manager and Harrah’s New Orleans and Harrah’s Shreveport’s vice president of casino operations.
Atty. Sal Panelo, the current Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, who was a student activist and later handled high-profile legal cases for Deniece Cornejo, Senator Bong Revilla, Benjamin Abalos, Senator Antonio Trillanes and the family of slain racing champion Enzo Pastor and the family of former President Ferdinand Marcos.
The yearly selection of The Men of Influence and Bestdressed Women of the Philippines is for the benefit of the Philippine Cancer Society, the foremost crusader in fighting cancer in the Philippines. Headed by Consul Helen Ong, as chairperson, the Philippine Cancer Society are Consul Betty Chua, Roselle Rebano, Mabel Abano, Marian Ong, Sandy Poblador, Elaine Rojas Villar, Mario Katigbak and Roy Gonzales.
The Philippine Cancer Society will hold its 14th Annual Awards Ball on Sept. 27, at the Grand Ballroom of Shangri-La at the Fort in Bonifacio Global City.