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Luis Angelo Sevilla
President at Junior Chamber International (JCI) Manila- Boards: Setting up, Managing and Moving New Ideas Forward
- PANEL DISCUSSION: How Can Association Leaders Head the Change?
Engr. Luis Angelo Sevilla or L.A. is a licensed mechanical engineer. He graduated BS Mechanical Engineering at the Mapua Institute of Technology now Mapua University in 2011. During his time in the University, he co-founded the Mapua Debate Corps and have competed in tournaments locally and abroad
He is currently the President of JCI Manila, formerly known as the Manila Jaycees. He served as director in 2015 and VP in 2016. He won the JCI World Debate Championship in the JCI Asian Conference back in 2014 and 2016.
He is now also the President of F.R. Sevilla Industrial and Development Corporation, a family owned business that has been running for 41 years. It is a specialty contractor for centralized airconditioning systems.
Some professional organizations that he’s part of are the Philippine Society for Ventilating and Refrigerating Engineers (PSVARE), American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Airconditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Philippine Society for Mechanical Engineers (PSME).
Despite all of his commitments, he is a hands on dad to their 4 month old baby.
Octavio (Bobby) Peralta
CEO & Founder of Philippine Council of Associations and Association Executives- KEYNOTE: Bobby Peralta reveals life lessons that transformed his leadership style
- PANEL DISCUSSION: How Can Association Leaders Head the Change?
As Secretary General of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia & the Pacific (ADFIAP), Octavio B. Peralta – better known as Bobby in association community here and abroad – has developed over a course of 28 years a network of friends and allies in the association and MICE world. Bobby has been instrumental in creating and sustaining PCAAE and APFAO, the Asia- Pacific Federation of Association Organizations. For these efforts, Bobby is affectionately called the “Association Man” by his colleagues and peers.
Jesse Francis Rebustillo
National President at Philippine Association of Professional SpeakersJesse has extensive exposure in the field of Human Resource Management.
He earned his MBA degree at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business (sans thesis) and BSBA Management course, magna cum laude, from the Aquinas University, Legazpi City. He has a Diploma in Human Resource Development, Compensation Management, Labor Relations, and HR Planning and Acquisition from the Jose Rizal University.
He is a Management and Human Resource Consultant, Training Consultant, Seminar Facilitator and Speaker as he conducts programs on values, leadership, emotional intelligence, work life integration, team alignment, career development, job hunting as well as sales and customer service.
Jesse was the Corporate Human Resources Head of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
He shifted career to become the Inquirer’s AVP for Sales - Classified Advertising and then was promoted as AVP for Industry Relations.
Jesse was the Editor of the Inquirer’s Working People Section and the Chairman / Editor of ECOP’s Philippine Employer Magazine.
He was the 2011 President of the Philippine Society for Training and Development (PSTD) and the 2016, President of the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP), currently the President-Elect of the Philippine Association of Professional Speakers (PAPS), the 2019 PSTD Vice Chairman, and a member of the Board of Trustee of the Philippine Council of Associations and Association Executives (PCAAE).
Ritzi Villarico Ronquillo
Vice Chair, Awards Committee for the Global Gold Quill Awards at International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)Ritzi is the Vice Chair, Awards Committee of the Global Gold Quill Awards of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). She has nearly 40 years of experience in the profession spans being:
A corporate executive in the energy and in the manufacturing industries for both internal and external communication; reputation management, stakeholder management including community relations and CSR, sustainability, media relations, writing, editing and publication management; stage and video production management, issue and crisis management, advertising and special events, and public relations.
An association executive and senior leader of global, regional and country professional associations; campus, alumni associations, barangay and parish.
A consultant faculty member for public relations, multimedia writing and event management.
A speaker, consultant, trainer and coach in communication and public relations for academe and professionals.
Nico Serrano
National President at Life Underwriters AssociationNico Serrano has been in the life insurance industry for seven years as a unit manager of Philam Life. He’s a graduate of Integrated Marketing Communications from University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P). He recently finished his MBA program from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business (AGSB) in 2018 where he was a consistent student leader and a dean's lister. He served as the AGSB Student Council President for S.Y. 2017-2018. In 2019, he is elected as the National President of Life Underwriters Association of the Philippines. He is the Philippine representative for the Asia Pacific Life Insurance Congress (APLIC) 2019 in Asia World Expo, Hong Kong.
Among his achievements were a 2-time MDRT qualifier, GAMA Frontline Leadership consistent awardee, Registered Financial Planner (RFP), Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) where he was a Cum Laude graduate, and a Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioners Graduate (FChFP)."
Eric L. Schmidt
CEO & Founder of EventBankAs CEO of EventBank, Eric Schmidt is focused on delivering cloud solutions that transform the way professional communities enable and enrich relationships. EventBank has clients in over 40 countries and continues to expand in emerging and developing markets. Over the last 15 years, Eric has founded and incubated several companies from the ground up. He maintains substantial experience with venture capital and private equity investments. He also founded China Entrepreneurs — a community he built into a 20,000+ member network.
Eric is an elected member of the American Chamber of Commerce in China's Board of Governors (2017, 2018, 2019) and is recognized as an authority on digital technologies and business in Asia. He has been featured in media such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Baron’s, BBC, CCTV, China Daily, and numerous other outlets.
Eric once traced Marco Polo’s route from Beijing, China to Venice, Italy, 100 days by bicycle – he was appreciatively sponsored by Nike and Philips.