Person of Influence | PJ Lhuiller President and CEO wins Lifetime Achievement Awards
President and CEO of
Cebuana Lhuillier, wins lifetime achievement award for consumer services
industries, the first ever winner of the award since it was introduced. The
company snagged 15 trophies including the Grand Stevie Award where they ranked
4th as well as the People’s Choice award for Financial/Insurance.
Jean Henri Lhuillier and
the PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (PJLGC) emerged as big winners during the
recently concluded 2018 International Business Awards.
Lhuillier, president
& CEO of PJLGC, bagged seven (7) awards, including the Lifetime Achievement
award, where Lhuillier is the first ever gold winner in the consumer services
industry. He was also awarded Gold Stevies for Entrepreneur of the Year for
Diversified Services. Lhuillier also snagged the Silver Stevies for Executive
of the Year for Diversified Services. He also won Bronze Stevie awards for
Executive of the Year for Insurance, Executive of the Year for Financial
Services, Maverick of the Year, and Entrepreneur of the Year for Financial
Services.
“Winning these prestigious
global awards brings us much pride and honor as we have always reveled in the
quality of our products and the programs we implement. These awards will
continue to motivate us to further introduce innovative products and services
towards achieving our ultimate goal of financial inclusion for the country,”
Lhuillier said.
This is the fourth straight year that
Lhuillier was recognized by the international award-giving body, considered the
world’s most coveted prize in the world of business and entrepreneurship. This
is also the first time the Lifetime Achievement award was introduced as a category
making Lhuillier the first ever winner of the prestigious award.
Aside from Lhuillier, PJ
Lhuillier, Inc. (PJLI) ranked 4th among the 74 nations who joined
the awards and is the only Filipino company to have made it onto the top 10,
where the company received the Grand Stevie Trophy during the 2018
International Business Awards Gala held in London, England. PJLI is the
organization behind the country’s largest microfinancial institution, Cebuana
Lhuillier. Cebuana Lhuillier also won the People’s Choice trophy – rising above
3,900 nominations from organizations of all types, across 74 nations.
PJLI received the Gold Stevies award for
Company of the Year for Diversified Services – Large, Company of the Year for
Financial Services – Large, and Company of the Year for Insurance – Large and
snagged the Bronze Stevie for Most Innovative Company of the Year with 2,500 or
more employees.
The Company’s 30th
Anniversary campaign won the Bronze Stevie as well for Communications or PR
Campaign/Program of the Year - Internal Communications while the company’s Disaster
Resilience advocacy program was awarded with the Bronze Stevie awards for Communications
or PR Campaign of the Year - Public Service and Corporate Social Responsibility
Program of the Year - in Asia
The International
Business Awards is the world's premier business awards created to honor
and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions
of organizations and working professionals worldwide. Golden Bridge Awards, on
the other hand, is an annual industry and peers recognition program honoring
Best Companies of all types and sizes from all over the world.