As part of the year-round celebration of the School of Management’s 25th Anniversary, SMN successfully launched the UA&P Helm Awards 2022 — the first-ever Alumni Achievement Award that aims to recognize the alumni who have made important contributions to society and whose accomplishments, affiliations, and careers have upheld the institution’s tradition of excellence.
The winners of the Helm Awards were recognized alumna, who were recognized for their exceptional entrepreneurship and business innovations. The Alumni Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is given to forward thinkers and entrepreneurs. This award recognizes the efforts and accomplishments of remarkable entrepreneurs, who will serve as an inspiration and motivate others to become successful business owners.
The awardees this year include: Tony Ng, a graduate of BS Entrepreneurial Management in 2002, is the founder, chairman and CEO of NorthStar Meat Merchants Inc; Jas Nito, a graduate of Master of Science in Management in 2012, is the founder and president of Binhi Philippines, a social enterprise initiative for Philippine farmers and Agri Cooperatives focusing on two key services — Training and Stakeholder linkage toward sustainable and inclusive agribusiness for greater community impact; Ferdie Estrella, who graduated in 2003 under the Entrepreneurial Management Program, is currently the municipality mayor of Baliuag, Bulacan, and as mayor, he is responsible for supervising all programs, projects, services and activities of the municipal government; Nico Bambao, who graduated in 2004 with a Master of Science in Management Program, is currently the People Experience director of Globe Telecom; and David Leechiu, who graduated in 1994 from the Entrepreneurial Management Program, is the co-founder and CEO of Leechiu Property Consultants, Inc., a privately held professional real estate brokerage company in 2016, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the IT & Business Process Association of the Philippines (Ibpap), which has been instrumental in steering the Next Wave Cities initiative since its inception in 2009.