L-R: New ABS-CBN North and Latin America managing director Jun del Rosario and country manager for Canada Raymund Abog ABS-CBN Global has named Jun del Rosario as the new managing director for North and Latin America region and Raymund Abog as country manager for Canada.

Del Rosario succeeds Olivia de Jesus who took over the reins of ABS-CBN Global as the new chief operating officer this year.

He brings to his new post 25 years of experience in the media industry. Starting as an entrepreneur who built his own cable company in the Philippines, Del Rosario moved to holding senior management positions in the ABS-CBN group of companies, including a stint in SKYcable. When he migrated to the US, Del Rosario became part of a start-up video on demand venture in Silicon Valley.

He rejoined ABS-CBN as product manager for Cable in North America in 2004 and successively held positions of increasing responsibility. He became North America regional head of Marketing, then concurrent global head of Carriage and Canada country manager.

Del Rosario earned his BS in Business Management from Ateneo de Manila University and his executive education from the Asian Institute of Management.

Abog, on the other hand, succeeds Del Rosario as country manager for Canada reporting directly to Del Rosario.

Abog joined ABS-CBN Global in 2007 as general manager of E-Money Plus Inc. Before ABS-CBN Global, Abog held senior executive positions in the remittance businesses of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, Asiatrust Development Bank, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. and Solidbank Corp. Abog also served as managing editor of IBON Databank Phils. and as Information section chief of the Philippine National Nutrition Council.

Abog earned his BS in Applied Economics and MBA from De La Salle University.