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Are Leaders Born or Made?
The key thing to note here is that a great leader, whether one is born to do it or not, isn’t something that simply happens.
To help shed more light into this topic of building or developing leaders, we are hosting Globe Telecom President and CEO Ernest Cu in a fireside chat where he will share his leadership perspectives on "Starting and Scaling.”
Joining Ernest in the fireside chat is Kickstart Ventures President Minette Navarrete.
Why attend?
Ernest’s leadership as an entrepreneur is widely-recognized; in Globe, his corporate leadership style has developed a cadre of leaders who embraced the mission and the ambition, thereby creating a diverse team serving customers and building the next Globe.
It is our hope that startup founders/CEOs can learn leadership lessons from Ernest through the fireside chat, and seek practical advice on growing strong, mission-driven leadership teams during the Q&A portion.
Please join us: this month’s Raid The Fridge marks Kickstart’s 10th year in investing in entrepreneurs and innovation, and we’d love to celebrate this milestone with the startup community.
See you on March 25!
ABOUT OUR PANELISTS
ERNEST L. CU | President and CEO, Globe Telecom
Ernest Cu is the President and CEO of Globe Telecom, Inc., the leading telecommunications company in the Philippines. Under his visionary leadership, Globe has outperformed industry growth with the company breaking records across all key product groups, brands and market segments, catapulting Globe as the number 1 mobile brand in the country.
Prior to Globe, Ernest was President and CEO of SPi Technologies. At the cusp of the new millennium, he spurred the beginning of the BPO business model for the Philippines, earning him the recognition as one of the founding fathers of BPO in the country. Lauding his pioneering spirit, Ernst & Young named him ICT Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003.
Ernest was recently hailed as the Best Telecommunications CEO at the 2021 International Finance Awards. Definitely not a first for Cu, who was also named as Asia’s Best CEO by Corporate Governance Asia at their 10th Asian Excellence Awards in 2020, and CEO of the Year at the Asia Communications Awards in 2017. Also in 2017, Cu was hailed as the Philippines’ Best CEO by Finance Asia; this is a second for Cu, who first received the award in 2010. For five straight years (2013 to 2017), Cu was included in the list of 100 most influential telecom leaders worldwide by London-based Global-Telecoms Business Magazine Power 100. Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific has also named him CEO of the Year twice, first in 2012, and again in 2017.
He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Management Engineering from De La Salle University in Manila, and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.
MINETTE B. NAVARRETE | Vice-Chairman and President, Kickstart Ventures
Minette Navarrete is Vice-Chairman and President of Kickstart Ventures, Inc. She is a member of the Ayala Corporation’s Innovation Advisory Council, and of Globe’s Innovation Advisory Board. She is a Senior Vice President at Globe Telecom, focusing on New Business, and a member of the Board of Directors of AdSpark, Globe’s digital advertising subsidiary.
Kickstart Ventures is the wholly-owned corporate venture capital firm of Globe Telecom, the Philippines’ leading mobile operator. Kickstart invests in early- to early-growth stage tech startups glo...
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