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This Women’s Month, we give our flowers to the women leaders who continue to pave the way forward. Leadership, after all, isn’t a title handed out freely. It is something earned through quiet self-doubt, resilience, difficult decisions, and the courage to trust one’s own capability. With conviction and clarity, leadership becomes greater than a role, but a way of being: uplifting others as you rise and paving the way for those who follow.
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Ivy Cuejilo, Chief of Commercials
As Chief of Commercials of Brave Connective Holdings, Ivy Cuejilo ensures that every company within the portfolio moves with purpose and shared direction. She leads with alignment and anchors the group on trust, clarity, and accountability. Her role transforms board and shareholder priorities into actionable strategies, sets performance goals, aligns go-to-market plans, and establishes check-ins and KPIs to keep the entire portfolio moving forward with measurable results.
Beyond the boardroom, Cuejilo leads with the same warmth that defines her life at home. She “runs a small nation” as a wife and mother to three kids and five furbabies, keeps her home whimsical as an avid collector of toys, watches, and little treasures, and expresses love through homecooked meals and life-changing conversations over good food. Connection and purpose, she shows, are at the heart of leadership.
Bianca Berbano, Head of Marketing & Partnerships
Living at the intersection of data, media, and creativity, Adspark’s Head of Marketing & Partnerships Bianca Berbano turns insight into impact—shaping a brand that resonates and forges partnerships to strengthen the company’s ecosystem. For her, marketing has evolved beyond guesswork into something intentional, guided by data and purpose. By shaping Adspark’s voice in the industry and nurturing strong relationships with platforms, data partners, and collaborators, she helps build an ecosystem rooted in visibility and credibility.
Berbano believes that strong brands are built on trust backed by real results. Brand building shapes perspection, but performance turns that trust into measurable results, creating enduring partnerships.
“It’s not just about being everywhere, but about being relevant, measurable, and human, striking the right balance between technology and authentic engagement.”
– Bianca Berbano, Head of Marketing & Partnerships, Adspark
Off the clock, Berbano channels the same curiosity into her personal passions as an outlet for her love of storytelling, such as discovering new restaurants and documenting her experiences in her secret food blog. She finds balance in small, thoughtful rituals—from intricate coloring books to volunteering in youth and couples seminars. In many ways, the same spirit that drives her to help others grow also shapes how she builds brands and communities—with intention and purpose.
Grace Calara, Head of Strategy & Finance
With a résumé that spans marketing strategy, problem-solving, and entrepreneurship, Grace Calara now leads both strategy and finance at M360, where she defines where the company is going and how it will get there. She treats strategy and finance as inseparable—where finance exists to support strategy rather than compete. Every choice is deliberate, balancing discipline and experience guided by long-term thinking for sustainable growth.
When finance and strategy clash, Calara revisits assumptions, timelines, and priorities to find smarter paths forward—whether addressing customer needs differently or identifying efficiencies that protect what matters most.
At home, she brings the same precision to her passions, from tending her green thumb to baking (sometimes frustratingly) and caring for her five furbabies.
“We have to be deliberate in every decision. The choices we make today will show up in the future, so I try to approach them with that mindset.”
– Grace Calara, Head of Strategy & Finance, M360
Jennielyn Libut, Head Data & Analytics
When numbers start to blur into noise, Jennielyn Libut brings clarity. As Head of Data & Analytics at Inquiro, she leads with precision, transforming data into insights that help clients better understand their audiences and grow their businesses. Every insight she delivers is grounded in strong data governance, firmly anchored in the Philippine Data Privacy Act, reinforcing trust and accountability. Leveraging advanced analytics, automation, and AI-driven intelligence, she guides organizations from raw information to insights that drive measurable impact.
Outside the world of data models, Libut finds joy in the simple things: dancing, reading, and the rare luxury of uninterrupted sleep. She channels the same care and thoughtfulness from work into home life, meticulously planning family trips and gatherings that turn ordinary moments into lasting memories.
Yrose Lacerna-Baguio, Senior Director of People and Governance
Yrose Lacerna-Baguio likens her role at RUSH to that of a choreographer—guiding a delicate dance between order and chaos in strategic workforce planning. While the company sets ambitious performance standards, she ensures the rhythm remains human: making space for honesty, psychological safety, and rest. In her eyes, high performance is meaningless without sustainability, and leadership is measured by how people are supported along the way.
People governance, she believes, goes far beyond systems and policies. It requires seeing employees not just for the roles they fill, but for their value as individuals. The result is influence earned through presence, consistency, and values.
“When people feel seen, supported, and valued, retention and performance become natural outcomes.”
– Yrose Lacerna-Baguio, Senior Director of People and Governance, Rush
When Lacerna-Baguio isn’t shaping workplace culture, she’s curating her own joy—exploring new brunch spots, snapping photos of food and travels she may never post, and indulging in a little retail therapy. Happily married for a decade and embracing the DINK lifestyle, she moves through life with contentment and zero FOMO.
Leadership is thoughtful, deliberate, and deeply human—much like the women who define this list. They lead with clarity and conviction, without sacrificing empathy along the way.
For this MEGA List, these women prove that finesse in leadership lies in presence: understanding not only the roles they hold, but the people, pressures, and possibilities they carry. This Women’s Month, we honor their quiet resolve, strategic minds, and steady grace as they continue to build paths forward—not just for themselves, but for the women who will follow.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The MEGA List serves as an authoritative editorial curation honoring exceptional Filipina corporate executives. It highlights leaders who combine financial precision, data governance, and strategic marketing with a deeply human approach to mentorship, workplace sustainability, and industry growth.
Modern business strategy relies heavily on data integrity. Leaders like Jennielyn Libut of Inquiro integrate predictive analytics and artificial intelligence with strict data governance, ensuring all organizational data tracking aligns completely with the legal requirements of the Philippine Data Privacy Act.
As outlined by Yrose Lacerna-Baguio of RUSH, sustainable corporate performance requires establishing operational systems that prioritize psychological safety and employee rest. Strategic workforce planning succeeds long-term when metrics are balanced with comprehensive internal support systems for individuals.
According to Adspark’s Bianca Berbano, contemporary marketing blends technical analytics with genuine narrative engagement. Building an enduring brand requires moving past traditional guesswork to create data-validated partnerships that deliver highly relevant, measurable, and human experiences.
M360’s Grace Calara notes that corporate finance must actively support long-term business strategy. When priorities clash, corporate leaders must methodically re-evaluate baseline operational assumptions and timelines to build efficient, alternative paths forward that protect core customer experiences.
