PUBLICATION: WOMEN'S GUIDE TO BUSINESS
PUBLISHING DATE: MARCH 2017FILIPINA CEO CIRCLE: SHATTERING THE GLASS CEILING
How many women are CEOs of top Philippine corporations? It’s a question several Filipina leaders like BPOI President & CEO Cristina Concepcion, KPMG Vice Chair Sharon Dayoan, and John Clements Consultant President & CEO Maria Carolina Dominguez posed. And the answer, only 68 companies with female heads out of 770, propelled them to organize the Filipina CEO Circle (FCC). Unlike other similar organizations, FCC’s core advocacy “is to advance the status of women in corporations and shepherding the next generation of leaders to top posts,” says FCC President Concepcion.
Formalized at 2015, FCC now has 43 members from leading domestic and multinational companies. Concepcion infers how meritocracy isn’t just a question of skill but of desire, and through mentoring programs and a support system FCC sets to shatter the glass ceiling that keep women from advancing.
FCC’s focus is clearcut. They hold forums in schools and in companies, and along with their grand launch in September 2016, these center on Inspired Conversations. The talks revolve on female CEOs, what FCC calls the NOW generation, who interact with future leaders, the NEXT generation.
The well attended September 2016 FCC launch and half-day forum ‘Inspired Conversations: From the NOW Gen to the NEXT Gen’, where they also introduced their coffee table book ‘Inspired’, answered the fundamental questions of middle to upper managers that no one addresses. Talks from networking, executive presence, to work-life balance were headed by names like Santiago Gaspar Caneba Franco Law Firm’s Joy Caneba, John Clements Consultants Inc.’s Carol Dominguez, Insular Life Assurance Co.’s Nina Aguas, Microsoft Philippines’ Karrie Ilagan, and BPI Family Savings Bank’s Natividad Alejo, with introductions from Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, Womensphere’s Analisa Balares, Congresswoman Vilma Santos-Recto, and many more. “It was an afternoon where you can wake up to the thought that I’m not alone in this journey. And there are paths to this journey,” adds Concepcion.
FCC will hold another similar event by the end of 2017. They continue to be active in ASEAN, national events, and forums in schools and corporations they’re invited in. Visitfacebook.com/FilipinaCEOCircle or contact fcc_secretariat@bposerve.com and (02) 286 6726 for updates.
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