MANILA – ABS-CBN Corporation will be starting 2016 with Carlo Katigbak leading the media conglomerate as its new president and CEO.
In a statement, ABS-CBN said that they will expand Katigbak’s role starting January 1, 2016. The promotion came just months after he was appointed as COO in March this year.
He will replace Ma. Rosario “Charo” Santos-Concio who will retire by the end of December. She will continue to serve as ABS-CBN’s chief content officer as well as president of ABS-CBN University and executive adviser to company chair Eugenio Lopez III.
Katigbak was previously the Head of Access, where he led initiatives into new technologies and ventures. He began his career with ABS-CBN at SkyCable in 1994, handling various key positions which culminated with his appointment as VP for Provincial Operations of Sky in 1998.
He was then assigned to establish the internet business of ABS-CBN in 1999 where he served as Managing Director of ABS-CBN Interactive, which ventured into online and mobile businesses.
He returned to Sky Cable and served as its COO from 2005 to 2012, and then its president in 2013. Under his leadership, Sky launched the Digibox, which eventually staunched the number of illegal connections and allowed customers greater flexibility in customizing their subscriptions. Sky also re-launched its broadband products, which are now the fastest-growing segment of its business.
