Triple tribute

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:30:25 +0000

 

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UNLIKE the human body, well-run corporations grow stronger with age.

Three corporations marking a total of 239 years. 38,800 employees. One evening to celebrate RCBC (the young­est, at 60 years), Malayan Insurance (90), and EEI (89).

When Chairperson Helen Yuchengco Dee turned 75 last year, friends real­ized she had 75 companies under her stewardship, one for each of her birth­days. At last Thursday’s triple anniver­sary, her keynote speech was quint­essential Yuchengco-Dee, short and straight to the point, approximately two minutes to deliver from five short paragraphs of written text.

The triple treat program spelled cocktails, a musical revue of Broadway hits, and a brief documentary high­lighting the contributions of the three companies. To wit, EEI with 30,000 workers “committed to erecting in­frastructures, buildings, power and petrochemical plants, heavy indus­trial facilities” in the digital age. Ma­layan Insurance, a byword and after nine decades still at the forefront of the non-life insurance industry. RCBC, with an 8,000-strong force, with rea­son to rejoice in opening the year of perfect vision with a 25 percent jump in income, strengthening its position as the country’s sixth largest bank.

“Milestones don’t just happen,” Ms. Dee said. The key is “passion and col­laboration” between and among cli­ents and workers.

The Bosslady, whose stress busters include unplanned, unannounced trips out of town and the occasional theater entertainment, chose Repertory’s stag­ing of their Showstoppers, a medley of memorable music from Broadway, to make the evening more memorable in a personal rather than purely corpo­rate sense. Something was in the air – the sound system worked perfectly to
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