COMCO Mundo Appoints Homegrown Leaders to Associate Directors, the 1st Graduates of its Camp COMCO Mentorship Program in 2016

 

AC Recio and Harvey Llamosa join the ranks of COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises Directors: COMCOffee Club Shared Services and Enterprise Community Corporate Services Director and Comptroller / Partner Joan Icotanim-Maslang; TARO AOX Inc. Managing Director and Business Administrator / Partner Rachel Syfargo; COMCO Southeast Asia Managing Director and Business Administrator Joyce Yu; COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises Group Chief Executive Director and Lead Strategic Communications Counsel / Partner and Co-Founder Ferdinand L. Bondoy; COMCO Middle East & Africa Managing Director and Head of Strategy / Partner and Co-Founder Tricia Cusi-Jimenea; and COMCO Middle East & Africa Director and Head of Hospitality / Partner Josie Delfin.

From pioneer hires to company trailblazers — the first batch of graduates from Camp COMCO Mentorship Program Cycle 1 in 2016, AC Recio and Harvey Llamosa, have been appointed as Associate Directors of COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises, marking a pivotal moment for the group and its homegrown talents. The promotion was announced at the first-ever Purple Ball, which also commemorated COMCO Mundo's big wins at the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) 2024 Global Gold Quill Awards including the highly coveted Agency of the Year Award.

Harvey Llamosa, from Camp COMCO Cycle 1 under House Bearcat, has been appointed to the role of Chief of Staff to the Group Chief Executive Director and Associate Director for Executive Initiatives and Communications / Partner. He helped organize and grow the group’s work for the agency’s MARCOMAX (Marketing, Communications, Advocacy and Excellence) and GBX (Growth of Brand Partnerships), manage the executive office’s strategic accounts and projects, and lay the foundation for COMCO School of Communications. Mr. Llamosa stated, "COMCO has played a significant role in my professional development.” He sent out his gratitude to COMCO as his career soared high on the provision of the company. “The knowledge, experience, and lessons I have gained in almost 9 years are all attributed to COMCO. COMCO's influence extends beyond my career, positively impacting my personal life as well. I am grateful to COMCO for shaping me into the individual I am today, and I will always hold this company in high regard,” he added.

AC Recio on the other hand came from Camp COMCO Cycle 1 under House Hawksbill, and was promoted to Associate Director for Digital, Content Studio & Multimedia Arts and Business Administrator Pro Tempore / Partner. Mr. Recio was instrumental in the establishment and growth of digital, social and content practice of the group. He supported the creation of the COMCO’s creative media and content arm, SEA Wave & Spice Multimedia Content Studio, and helped develop its services such as Digital Max, Content Studio and Multimedia Arts. Mr. Recio also leads group’s Corporate BRANDENARC (Brand Identity and Architecture) program.

Mr. Recio said, “COMCO is a fertile training ground that's unafraid to be generous with passing down knowledge and knowhow to its mentees and newbies. I want to honor the role that has been appointed to me by giving my all in leading my team, and being as open as my own mentors when it comes to paying it forward to the next generation of communications practitioners.”

COMCO Mundo also proudly announced the promotion of its other homegrown talents and newly assimilated leaders, further strengthening its core team across various business units. Queenie Resmundo, COMCO Southeast Asia’s Senior Brand Communications Manager for New PR and Smart Social, has been elevated from auxiliary to official partner, while Patricia Raña has been promoted to Associate Corporate Services Manager and Special Assistant to the Comptroller. Eleanor Cenizal on the other hand has been promoted to Associate Director for Corporate Services.

Cheska Gutierrez and Louise Gamboa earned accelerated promotions — Ms. Gutierrez to Senior Corporate Services Officer while Ms. Gamboa to Communications Marketing Services Officer, respectively. Another notable promotion is that of Sharmaine Irish Padua, who received an advanced and accelerated promotion to the position of Executive Initiatives and Communications Officer, while Gabriel Hagen Gonzales takes on the role of Digital and Multimedia Arts Officer.

Nicole Bamba takes on the role of Senior Digital and Multimedia Arts Associate, while Ramil Balaong, the company’s long-time support for liaison and messengerial requirements, has been promoted to Logistics and Production Associate. Meanwhile, Shane Jhastin Picson has been regularized in his role as Digital and Content Studio Associate

“COMCO is a company that is proud, happy and excited when a team member gets promoted. COMCOys are our real life metals, a solid recognition of the great work we're doing for our people, having been able to hone and grow these individuals and this team. And their growth clearly reflects the  growth of our group as well,” said Ferdinand L. Bondoy, COMCO Mundo’s Group Chief Executive Director and Lead Strategic Communications Counsel / Partner and Co-Founder.

“In COMCO, We have a plan for each of our people, it’s like we have a blueprint for each one’s growth and development. They are not alone in their journey as the company is here to help and guide them in their progress. When we hire people, we don’t look at them as fillers for a job, but as potential next leaders and successors who will continue our vision and legacy. And with this new set of promotions, our first talent goals have been finally met, having our promising apprentices before turn into rockstar practitioners now, and having been able to produce our very own homegrown top caliber managers and directors,” he added.

COMCO Mundo’s Purple Ball also celebrated the win of five prestigious Gold Quill Awards for groundbreaking projects such as the Century Tuna “Saving Our Seas” Initiative, the UNMASKED: The COMCO Mundo Write to Ignite Initiative Season 3, and the Camp COMCO Mentorship Program. This success culminated in COMCO Mundo being named Agency of the Year, making it the first communications agency from the Philippines and Southeast Asia to win this coveted award, and the only consultancy firm in Asia-Pacific to be included in this year’s Gold Quill Award’s Best of the Best and Special Award Winners.

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About COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises

A global award-winning and powerhouse communications group, COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises is a collective of agencies, programs and brands dedicated to advancing the communications profession and related disciplines including digital, content, advocacy, training, and education, and social entrepreneurship, among others; to be a force for social change; to nurturing talent growth and workplace community culture; and to championing borderless collaboration. The COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises is comprised of COMCO Southeast Asia, COMCO Middle East & Africa, TARO AOX Inc., SEA Wave & Spice Multimedia Content Studio, COMCO School of Communications, Camp COMCO Alumni Society, Citizen COMCO Advocacy Program, and COMCOffee Club Shared Services and Enterprise Community.

COMCO has been awarded Agency of the Year at the global Gold Quill Awards, Consultancy of the Year in Asia Pacific at the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) APAC Awards; Finalist for Boutique PR Consultancy of the Year at Campaign Asia Pacific’s PR Awards Asia, Marketing Interactive’s PR Awards Asia-Pacific, and the global Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards in the United Kingdom; Agency of the Year  Silver Award at the ASEAN PR Excellence Awards; thrice as Agency of the Year Runner-up at the IABC Philippines’ Quill Awards; and 170 metals from various local, regional, and international award-giving bodies.

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