Carlo Joaquin Tadeo Lopez Katigbak

Education

Katigbak entered Ateneo de Manila University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering degree in 1991. He later attended Harvard Business School where he accomplished an Advanced Management Program in 2009.

Career

Katigbak commenced his career as a financial analyst for First Pacific Capital Corporation in 1992. He entered SKY Cable Corporation in 1994. As served as Corporate Finance Manager and has held various positions in Corporate Planning, Provincial Operations and Finance at Sky Cable.

He was responsible for establishing the presence of the company"s services outside Metro Manila since the company"s television operation was predominantly in the metropolis.

Katigbak helped Sky Cable establish presence in key cities around the Philippines. He was appointed as first managing director of the Pilipino Cable Corporation in 1998.

In 1999, Katigbak moved to ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network where he was tasked to build an online business which led to the establishment of a company named ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network Interactive. Foreign six years served as the managing director of ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network Interactive Incorporated., which created and managed websites of ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network and its subsidiaries.

From 2005 to 2011, Katigbak served as chief operating officer of Sky Cable.

He was named president of Sky Cable in 2013. During his tenure the company released the Digibox and reintroduced Sky Cable"s broadband products, He is also the managing director of Bayan Holdings Corporation. Katigbak served as the head of ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network Access group, where he oversaw the strategy formulation and performance of Sky Cable Corporation, ABS-CBNmobile, and ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network television Plus.

He was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of the ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network Corporation in March 1, 2015.

On December 18, 2015, ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network announced that Katigbak would be the new president and Chief Executive Officer of the company starting on January 1, 2016 replacing Charo Santos-Concio who would retire from the position. Santos-Concio would still serve the company in other capacities as chief content officer, President of ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network University, and executive adviser to Chairman of the Board, Eugenio Lopez III.

Achievements

• He later attended Harvard Business School where he accomplished an Advanced Management Program in 2009.