Best practices of winners in focus at Franchise Asia

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Franchise Association (PFA) has assembled an elite cast of young executives who will share and impart the best business practices that propelled the growth of their enterprises during the Franchise Asia Philippines 2013 International Franchise conference on July 17 to 18 at the SMX Convention Center with the theme “Asia to the World, The World to Asia: Driving Growth Towards a Philippine Tiger Economy.”

Franchise Asia Philippines 2013 overall chairman Franklin Go (VP-Goldilocks Bakeshop, Inc) said the triumvirate of panelists for the conference’s CEO Forum include Jose Victor P. Paterno, president & CEO of 7-Eleven; Hans B. Sicat, president and CEO of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), and Ma. Fe P. Agudo, president of Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. (HARI).

Coming from diverse fields with their own wealth of experiences, Go said the speakers will share their organization’s best practices, challenges and opportunities that would surely benefit the conference delegates. 

“The CEO Leadership Forum: Thought and Action will be an insightful discussion on how leaders think and put into action their leadership skills.  Of particular interest in this forum is a group of renowned CEOs who are known for successfully leading their organizations to admirable status.  The session hopes to present and tackle how successful CEOs manage their organizations.  The discussion will touch on the CEO leadership fundamentals and building a winning team,” Go stressed.

The conference is one of several major components of this year’s 4-in-1 Franchise Asia Philippines, organized by the PFA and co- presented by BPI Family Ka- Negosyo, PLDT SME Nation and Sun- Cellular.  It features forums designed to address pressing concerns on Leadership, Building a Winning Franchisor-Franchisee Relationship and Bringing International Brands in the Philippines.

Paterno, who is “Master Entrepreneur for 2012 for Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year’s (EOY)” has truly inspired the industry for having steered 7-eleven to phenomenal success gaining its distinction as the biggest and fastest growing convenience store in the country today.

Sicat has led the Philippine Stock Exchange’s (PSE) in achieving third spot (outpaced only by the stock exchanges in Turkey and Thailand) among the top performing global markets that posted significant growth in domestic market capitalization based on the most recent 2012 Market Highlights report released by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

  Agudo, the 2013 Women Icons of Entrepreneurship Awardee (Go Negosyo), and 2011 Ernst and Young Women Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines, counts on over 20 years of experience and expertise in the automotive and real estate industries with proven and verifiable year-after-year success in business growth, revenue and profit gains under  various business environments and rapidly-changing market scenarios.

With the timeless relevance of Franchisor-Franchisee relationship, a forum on Building a Winning Franchise Relationship will be presented featuring Francis Glenn Yu, President & CEO, Seaoil Philippines, Inc. and Jerome Tuguin, General Manager of Mister Donut who are both experienced industry players in their own field. They are expected to share their relevant experiences in franchisor-franchisee relationships.

Online registration is now available at www.franchiseasiaphl2013.com.ph; www.pfa.org.ph.  Early bird for the conference (PFA member-Php 6,500.00; Non-PFA member-Php7,650.00; Int’l rate-USD 180) is on or before June 15, 2013. For inquiries, please call PFA at (632) 687-0365 to 67 or (63917) 832-0732, or e-mail [email protected]