Aboitiz named MAP Management Man of the Year

Erramon I. Aboitiz, president and CEO of Aboitiz Equity Ventures and Aboitiz Power Corp., is this year’s “MAP Management Man of the Year.”

Aboitiz was given the prestigious award by the Management Association of the Philippines for “being a model of management excellence and dedication in the transformation of a regional business group into a geographically and technologically diversified conglomerate with operations in power, banking, food, transportation, property development and construction.”

Aboitiz was also recognized for his role in the formulation and implementation of professional management practices in the context of a family-owned enterprise, showing an example for other families and entrepreneurs; and for “serving as an exemplary practitioner of good corporate governance, characterized by integrity, honesty, fairness, transparency, and accountability in his management career.”

The “MAP Management Man of the Year” is an annual award that MAP bestows on individuals in the business community or government for attaining “unquestioned distinction” in the practice of management and for contributing to the country’s progress.

The distinction of “MAP Management Man of the Year” has only been conferred 35 times in the 44-year history of the award.