China Banking
Corporation (Chinabank)
was named as the 2023
Employer of the Year in the
Philippines by the People
Management Association
of the Philippines (PMAP).
The prestigious
Employer of the Year
(EOY) award represents
a standard for excellence
in people management.
Chinabank, the only bank
to win this coveted award
in the last 30 years, was
recognized during the 60th
PMAP Annual Conference
Awards Night on October
26, 2023 at the Waterfront
Hotel in Cebu.
“Our legacy is
not just about banking,
it’s about people. This
achievement reflects our
commitment to the wellbeing and happiness
of Chinabankers and to creating an empowered
and inclusive workplace,”
President & CEO Romy
Uyan said.
PMAP received
a total of 77 nominations
from all over the country
for the three Award categories—Employer of the
Year, People Manager of
the Year, and People Program of the Year. There
were 33 nominations for the EOY category, which
were evaluated based on
the following criteria: strategic business management and HR partnership,
performance focus, HR
competence and credibility, leadership focus and
approaches, people engagement, and risk management and sustainability.
The rigorous evaluation process narrowed down the list to seven Regional Exemplars,
including four Exemplar
Employers that vied for the
EOY award—Chinabank,
Manila Water Company,
Inc., Murata Philippines,
and Rizal Commercial
Banking Corp.
PMAP is the premier group of companies
and professional management executives engaged
or interested in Human
Resource Management
and Industrial Relations
work in the Philippines.
Now on its 47th year, the
PMAP Awards program
continues the tradition of
recognizing the best practices in the people management profession for
others to emulate.
