Carlo Joaquin Tadeo López Katigbak (born April 24, 1970) is a Filipino executive and the current president and

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of Philippine entertainment and giant media conglomerate,

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Education

Katigbak attended Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated with a

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degree in 1991. He later completed

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in 2009.

Career

Katigbak commenced his career as a financial analyst for First Pacific Capital Corporation in 1992. He entered

SKY Cable Corporation Sky Cable Corporation, doing business as Sky, is a Telecommunications in the Philippines, Filipino telecommunications company based in Diliman, Quezon City. A subsidiary of the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation, the company offers broadba ...

in 1994. He 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 TV 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-CBN where he was tasked to build an online business which led to the establishment of a company named ABS-CBN Interactive. For six years served as the managing director of ABS-CBN Interactive Inc., which created and managed websites of ABS-CBN 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-CBN Access group, where he oversaw the strategy formulation and performance of Sky Cable Corporation, ABS-CBNmobile, and

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. He was appointed as

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of the

on March 1, 2015. On December 18, 2015, ABS-CBN Corporation announced that Katigbak would be the new

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and

of the company starting on January 1, 2016, replacing

Charo Santos-Concio María Rosario "Charo" Navarro Santos-Concio (; born October 27, 1955) is a Filipino actress and former media executive. She is the host of , the longest running television drama anthology in the Philippines. From 2012 to 2016, she was the ch ...

, who would retire from the position. Santos-Concio would still serve the company in other capacities as chief content officer, president of ABS-CBN University, and executive adviser to chairman of the board, Eugenio López III.

Personal life

Katigbak is married to Charisse, whom he met in his job at Sky Cable. He pursued her when she quit after a year of working with the company. He and his wife have a son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Katigbak, Carlo L. ABS-CBN executives Living people López family (Iloilo) Filipino chief executives Place of birth missing (living people) Ateneo de Manila University alumni 1970 births