Globe Telecom President and CEO Ernest Cu won the lifetime achievement award for “exemplary leadership and transformative impact” during the Twimbit Telecom Awards 2024.
Cu, who has led Globe for the past 16 years, was recognized for his pivotal role in maintaining the company’s position as the country’s mobile market leader for the past seven consecutive years.
“When I embarked on this journey years ago, my vision was to revolutionize the telecommunications landscape in the Philippines,” Cu said during the award ceremonies held in Singapore.
“Amidst the disruptions of that era, we adopted a challenger mindset. By embracing disruption, we transformed crises into opportunities and delivered one innovation after another to create wonderful experiences for our customers,” he added.
The Twimbit awards celebrate excellence in the telecom industry. The research and advisory firm evaluated over 100 companies across 23 categories this year.
Cu’s contributions extend to Globe’s investments in financial technology through GCash, the country’s largest mobile wallet.
“By focusing on providing access, we’ve helped increase the banked population from 29 percent pre-pandemic to 56 percent. We now have six million merchants and social sellers on the app, and we’ve expanded access to financial services to 13 countries with large populations of Filipinos overseas,” Cu said.
Miguel R. Camus has been a reporter covering various domestic business topics since 2009.
