ABS-CBN New Chief Operating Carlo Katigbak
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CARLO KATIGBAK APPOINTED PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ABS-CBN CORPORATION
ABS-CBN Corporation announced the appointment ofCarlo L. Katigbak as its new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective January 1, 2016.
Charo Santos-Concio will continue to serve the company as Chief Content Officer, President of ABS-CBN University, and Executive Adviser to the Chairman. Eugenio Lopez III remains theChairman of the Board of ABS-CBN.
Katigbak has 20 years combined experience in financial management and business operations, corporate planning, and general management.
Prior to his appointment as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in March 2015, Katigbak was the Head of Access. He helped pave the company’s forays into promising technologies and ventures and managed the operations of Sky Cable, ABS-CBNmobile, and ABS-CBN TVplus.
He began his career at Sky in 1994, handling various key positions which culminated with his appointment as VP for Provincial Operations of Sky in 1998.
Katigbak was then assigned to establish the internet business of ABS-CBN in 1999. He served as Managing Director of ABS-CBN Interactive, which ventured into online and mobile businesses.
He returned to Sky Cable and served as its COO from 2005 to 2012, and then its president in 2013. Under his leadership, Sky launched the Digibox, which eventually staunched the number of illegal connections and allowed customers greater flexibility in customizing their subscriptions. Sky also re-launched its broadband products, which are now the fastest growing segment of its business.
Katigbak completed an Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in 2009. He graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in Management Engineering in 1991. (Kane Choa/ABS-CBN Integrated Corporate Communication)
ABS-CBN NAMES CARLO KATIGBAK AS NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
ABS-CBN Corporation, the country’s largest multimedia conglomerate, today announced the appointment of Carlo Katigbak as chief operating officer effective March 1, 2015.
Prior to the appointment, Katigbak served as ABS-CBN’s head of Access, helping pave the company’s forays into promising technologies and ventures, as well as overseeing strategy formulation and performance of SKY Cable Corporation, ABS-CBNmobile, and the newly launched digital TV business now called ABS-CBN TVplus.
Katigbak is a member of the ABS-CBN Board of Advisors. He is also actively involved in the ABS-CBN Programming Committee, and is currently the president of SKY Cable and managing director of Bayan Holdings Corp.
Katigbak, who has 20 years of experience in financial management and business operations, corporate planning, and general management, played a crucial role in the turnaround of SKY Cable Inc. and ABS-CBN Interactive, transforming them into profitable enterprises for the Lopez Group.
He started his career at SKY in 1994, culminating with his appointment as managing director of Pilipino Cable Corporation and concurrent VP for Provincial Operations of SKY. After that, he became managing director of ABS-CBN Interactive, Inc., for six years and was later on appointed as chief operating officer of SKY from 2005 to 2011.
Katigbak completed an Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, and graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering degree. (Kane Errol Choa, OIC, ABS-CBN Corporation Integrated Corporate Communications)