Dr. Jet F. Magsaysay is the Dean of the Ateneo Graduate School of Business.
He is president of Strategic Directions, Inc., a strategy- and management-consulting firm that caters to top corporations in diverse industries. As a strategy and organizational development consultant, he has guided leading corporations in the Philippines and Southeast Asia in developing their visions and strategies, and in building their organizational capabilities.
As an academic program director he has conceptualized and customized leadership and management programs for diverse clients.
As a trainer-educator, he has designed and facilitated programs in strategy, execution, leadership, and management skills.
As a corporate executive, he has managed business units in the Philippines, in China, and across Asia, in the investment banking, publishing, and consulting industries.
An internationally recognized writer and presenter, he is a lecturer in Kyoto University’s Asia Business Leader Programme. He was Editor-in-Chief of World Executive’s Digest, a Pan-Asian management magazine where he authored award-winning content. He has authored research articles that have been peer-reviewed and published in international academic journals. He has been a keynote speaker at various conferences in Southeast Asia, China, and Japan.
Dr. Magsaysay has a BSc. in Industrial Management Engineering from De La Salle University, a Master in Management degree from the Asian Institute of Management, and a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies, major in Organizational Development, from the Ateneo De Manila University.
Ms. Czarina B. Teves is a seasoned Organization Development consultant who has been in the field since 1994. She is known for her expertise in team building, strategic planning, and organizational change, and has served as a team lead and facilitator for numerous organizations.
Throughout her career, she has been recognized as a resource person, subject matter expert, and faculty member. She has taught at various institutions, including the Ateneo Graduate School of Business – Center for Continuing Education, Asian Institute of Management – School of Executive Education and Lifelong Learning, Civil Service Institute, and Carl Jung Circle Center | Depth Institute of Asia. She has been a facilitator for a wide range of topics, including Leading Teams in a VUCA World, Coaching and Mentoring, Systems Thinking, and Emotional Intelligence.
She has been a professional coach since 2012 and is certified by the International Coaching Federation. She is also a certified Jungian Coach, Master Facilitator of Team Psychological Safety, Stakeholder Centered Executive Coach, and Action Learning Coach.
She is also the former President-Elect of the International Coaching Federation Philippines Charter Chapter and a board member of Coaches Connect Service Cooperative, a cooperative of coaches focused on helping MSMEs. She is also the co-founder of Ginto Ako Team, a social change initiative, and a founding partner of InnerWorks Coaching, which helps people navigate the pandemic through somatic, systemic, and depth coaching.
Ms. Teves has received numerous certificates for her program delivery, including Leading with Questions from World Institute of Action Learning, Building the Learning Organization from World Institute of Action Learning, and the Global Leadership Assessment from Marshall Goldsmith.
Prof. Michael Benedict A. Lopez is a business strategist, educator, and author whose career has focused on business and economic research, strategic planning, management training, and entrepreneurial education. He has written numerous case studies, feasibility and industry studies, and business plans for both the academe and the private sector.
He is the author of three published books: FERN Millionaires: Real People, True Stories; Enterprise Development, Growth, and Evolution: Text and Cases on Micro and Small Entrepreneurs (ABS-CBN Bayan Academy); and Innovations in Enterprise Development (Ateneo Graduate School of Business).
As a business strategist, Prof. Lopez has helped leading institutions in both private and public sectors craft their vision, mission, objectives, and operational strategies. He has facilitated strategic planning workshops and management training sessions for organizations such as Jollibee Foods Corporation, Ramcar Group of Companies, MERALCO, First Gen Corporation, DMCI Group of Companies, D&L Industries, Globe Telecom, Insular Life, Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc., Makati Medical Center, United Laboratories Inc. (Unilab), and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems. In the public sector, he has worked with the Social Security System (SSS) and the Department of Education (DepEd) through training and planning programs.
As an educator, Prof. Lopez spent over a decade teaching in the Master in Entrepreneurship Program of the Ateneo Graduate School of Business. He currently teaches across various programs under the Ateneo Graduate School of Business – Center for Continuing Education (AGSB-CCE). He also served as a faculty member in the Master of Science in Entrepreneurship program at Jose Rizal University and continues to lecture in business management and entrepreneurship at the Bayan Academy Family of Foundations, where he serves as Senior Fellow.
Prof. Lopez earned his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1993 and completed his Master in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management in 1999.
