Jay Tumanda: Engineered for successHERE is the story of one of PhilAsia Assistance Foundation Inc.’s (PAAFI) successful scholars, engineer/professor Jay Tumanda. It took weeks to get hold of him as he was quite busy. Finally, when he responded to our email, he was on his way abroad for a seminar. PAAFI, one of Lopez Group Foundation Inc.’s member foundations, was started by the late Roby M. Lopez, then continued by the late Presy Lopez Psinakis with the support of friends in the Philippines and abroad. PAAFI is now chaired by Maritess L. Lopez, wife of Lopez Group chairman Manuel M. Lopez.

Dado Banatao’s PhilDev accelerating PeoplePods growth: How to access more resourcesThe pioneering entrepreneurial spirit entails not only thinking of creative ways to leverage a department’s existing assets, but also being opportunistic in gathering more resources/expertise and building networks and brand identity to access future resources.

Irene Garcia Opeña says being a Lopez scholar changed her life in many waysTwenty years ago, Irene Garcia Opeña became a First Philippine Industrial Park(FPIP) scholar. Today, she is back a sa First Industrial Science and Technology(FIRST) School industry program coach or mentor. She is one of the individuals who planted a seed of hope to achieve her goal. Here is another impact story of the good that aL opez Group company has done.

Dan Layug receives the very first INSEAD Young Alumni Achievement Award from INSEAD dean Ilian Mihov and alumni association president Sadia KhanDuring my MBA at INSEAD in 2017, I learned that collaboration among individuals can produce more results than the sum of the parts of individual contributions. In the business world, this means that no organization can enact large-scale sustainable change alone.