Carlo L. Katigbak
{{Short description|Filipino executive of the ABS-CBN Corporation}}
{{Philippine name|López|Katigbak}}
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{{Use Philippine English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = President/CEO, ABS-CBN Corporation
| predecessor = Charo Santos-Concio
| term_start = January 1, 2016
|name = Carlo L. Katigbak
|image =
|caption = Katigbak in 2022
|birth_name = Carlo Joaquin Tadeo López Katigbak{{cite news|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/profiles/who-is-carlo-katigbak-a00293-20200224|title=Who Is Carlo Katigbak, President of ABS-CBN?|publisher=Esquire Philippines|first=Mario Alvaro|last=Limos|date=February 24, 2020|access-date=February 24, 2020}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|4|24}}
|birth_place = Philippines
|known_for =
|occupation = President and CEO of ABS-CBN Corporation
|spouse = Charisse Katigbak
|parents = Nicolas Katigbak
Lourdes López
|influences =
|alma_mater = Ateneo de Manila University
}}
Carlo Joaquin Tadeo López Katigbak (born April 24, 1970){{cite web|title=ABS-CBN Corporation Information Statement|url=http://www.pds.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Disclosure-No.-521-2015-Definitive-Information-Statement-for-Annual-Stockholders-Meeting-on-April-24-2015-Record-Date-on-March-20-2015.pdf|publisher=ABS-CBN Corporation|access-date=December 18, 2015|date=March 20, 2015}} is a Filipino executive and the current president and CEO of Philippine entertainment and giant media conglomerate, ABS-CBN Corporation.
Education
Katigbak attended Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in management engineering degree in 1991. He later completed Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program in 2009.{{cite web|title=ABS-CBN Names Carlo Katigbak as New Chief Operating Officer|url=http://abscbnpr.com/abs-cbn-names-carlo-katigbak-as-new-chief-operating-officer/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135803/http://abscbnpr.com/abs-cbn-names-carlo-katigbak-as-new-chief-operating-officer/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 2, 2015|publisher=ABS-CBN Social Media Newsroom|access-date=December 18, 2015}}
Career
Katigbak commenced his career as a financial analyst for First Pacific Capital Corporation in 1992. He entered SKY Cable Corporation 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.{{cite news|title=The Kapamilya Man: Carlo Katigbak|url=http://www.adobomagazine.com/philippine-news/kapamilya-man-carlo-katigbak|access-date=July 7, 2022|publisher=Adobo Magazine|date=July 21, 2015|first=Anna|last=Gamboa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222094922/http://www.adobomagazine.com/philippine-news/kapamilya-man-carlo-katigbak|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}
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 ABS-CBN TV Plus. He was appointed as chief operating officer of the ABS-CBN Corporation on March 1, 2015.{{cite news|title=ABS-CBN names Carlo Katigbak as new CEO|url=http://www.philstar.com/business/2015/12/18/1533998/abs-cbn-names-carlo-katigbak-new-ceo|access-date=December 18, 2015|publisher=The Philippine Star|date=December 18, 2015}}
On December 18, 2015, ABS-CBN Corporation announced that Katigbak would be the new president and CEO of the company starting on January 1, 2016, replacing Charo Santos-Concio, 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
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Category:López family (Iloilo)
Category:Filipino chief executives
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