Family business forum on Nov. 7

Recognizing the contribution of family businesses in Cebu’s economic growth, Pages Holdings, Inc. (PHI) has partnered with the Ateneo Family Business Development Center to hold a forum on sustaining family business.

The forum will be on November 7 at Casino Español de Cebu.

Bunny Pages, PHI chairman and chief executive officer, said the forum will include topics on governance, family council and constitution that family businesses should learn to be able to ensure a bright future for the business.

200 participants
“We target to gather at least 200 participants to this event hopefully family members, owners, founders, entrepreneurs, students and professionals working in the family business,” said Pages.

Ricardo Hizon Mercado, director of the Ateneo Family Business Development Center of the John Gokongwei School of Management of the Ateneo de Manila University will be one of the speakers of the forum.

“This same forum was held in Manila in May this year for P11,900 fee, but in Cebu we want it to be a way to help family businesses for only P3,400,” Pages said.

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