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Second Chance Events & Consultancy, Inc presents

What: PMC Luncheon

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Jose Bayani Baylon
Chief Sustainability Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Senior VP for Sustainability, Risk, Corporate Affairs, and Communications
Nickel Asia Corporation

Speaker: Mr. Craig Annison
Geophysicist, Xcalibur Smart Mapping

Speaker: Ms. Luisa Rust
Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Australian Embassy, Manila

Time: Registration: 10.30AM | Starts: 11.50AM sharp – 3:00PM
Date: Friday | 20 September 2024
Venue: Velvet 1 & 2, 2F Seda Hotel BGC, Taguig City
Cost: Php 2,900 advance booking (paid at least 5 days before the event) | Php 3,100 at the door
(Includes informative talk, a 3-course meal, 2 complimentary drinks and networking)

Topic: TBA

Mr. Jose Bayani Baylon
Chief Sustainability Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Senior VP for Sustainability, Risk, Corporate Affairs, and Communications
Nickel Asia Corporation

Mr. Jose Bayani Baylon wears many hats in Nickel Asia Corp. Aside from being the Chief Sustainability Officer and Chief Risk Officer, he is also the Senior Vice President for Sustainability, Risk,Corporate Affairs, and Communications. He is also the President of RTN Foundation, Inc. and NAC Foundation, Inc., and a Director of the following NAC renewable energy subsidiaries: EPI, JSI, MGPC, BHI, and NPPGC.

Mr. Baylon has over three decades of experience in the field of corporate communications and public affairs. Before joining NAC, he was Vice President and Director for Public Affairs and Communications of The Coca-Cola Export Corporation from 2000 to 2012.

Before joining Coke, he was executive assistant and speechwriter to Don Enrique Zobel at E. Zobel Inc. for nine years. From 1984 to 1987, he was legislative assistant and speechwriter to Assemblyman Renato L. Cayetano.

The second of three sons of University of the Philippines professors Bayani Baylon (medicine) and Josefina Dichosa (nursing), he studied at UP from pre- school to Law school. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science degree in 1984 but quit law school with one unit to complete. At UP he was a champion debater and was on the staff of the Philippine Collegian.

Topic: Airborne Geophysical Mapping for Exploration, Development and Management of Natural Resources

Mr. Craig Annison
Geophysicist, Xcalibur Smart Mapping

Mr. Craig Annison is a seasoned Geophysicist with more than 30 years’ global experience in ground and airborne geophysical projects for exploration and development in the mineral, energy, geothermal, groundwater, environmental and government sectors.

He has held a wide range of key technical, management and business development roles with major geophysical groups including Fugro Airborne Surveys, CGG Multiphysics and since July 2021, Xcalibur Smart Mapping.

Craig is based in Perth, Western Australia. He currently drives business development for Xcalibur Smart Mapping across the APAC region, as well as providing strategic and technical direction to Xcalibur’s global sales initiatives.

Topic: TBA

Ms. Luisa Rust
Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Australian Embassy, Manila

Ms. Luisa Rust is the Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner at the Australian Embassy in Manila. Luisa leads a dynamic and energetic team responsible for growing Australia and Philippine’s trade, investment and education relationship. Luisa is committed to identifying commercial opportunities, creating connections and realising the full potential of the bilateral relationship.

Luisa has over 20 years international business experience in public and private sector roles including Australian Consul (Commercial) and Trade Commissioner in Austrade Shanghai (2010 – 2014) and short-term assignments in Singapore and Japan. Luisa’s experience in strategic engagement, international advisory services and program delivery, across a diverse range of sectors, has enabled her to support leading Australian exporters and investors to achieve their international business aspirations. Luisa’s recent role was leading Austrade’s delivery of the Australia Southeast Asia Business Exchange Program – The Australian Government’s flagship program supporting the Australia Southeast Asia Economic Strategy.

Prior to Austrade Luisa worked in various international sales and marketing roles in the food and beverage and agricultural sectors.

Luisa holds a Masters of Business, International Marketing from University of Technology, Sydney and is a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.