Ernest Cu - Globe Telecom CEO

Mr. Ernest Lawrence Cu was President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Globe Telecom, Inc. . He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Globe Telecom, Inc. Mr. Cu joined Globe in October 2008 as Deputy CEO, and was officially appointed President and CEO on 2 April 2009. Since then, Mr. Cu was passionately driving a sweeping transformation across the company, including modernizing its network and IT infrastructure, developing a strong collaborative and serviceoriented culture, and creating product innovations in its core business segments. Globe has since outperformed industry growth, with the company breaking records across all key product groups, brands and market segments, catapulting Globe as the number 1 mobile brand in the country. In 2016, under Mr. Cu visionary leadership, Globe embarked on a purposeled transformation to create a more sustainable organization. With its renewed mission, vision, and core values, collectively embodied in the new Globe Purpose, the company is now setting its sights on serving as a catalyst in driving the nation forward. Prior to Globe, Mr. Cu was President and CEO of SPi Technologies from 1997 to 2008. At the cusp of the new millennium, he spurred the beginning of the BPO business model for the Philippines, earning him the recognition as one of the founding fathers of BPO in the country. Lauding his pioneering spirit, Ernst Young named him ICT Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003. In 2017, Mr. Cu was again hailed as the Philippines Best CEO by Finance Asia. Recognized as one of the most influential leaders worldwide, Mr. Cu was included in the Power 100 list of Londonbased Global Telecoms Business Magazine for five straight years . Frost Sullivan Asia Pacific also named him CEO of the Year twice since 2009.