BIZ BUZZ: Women power play inside Aboitiz
Something is quietly shifting inside Aboitiz Equity Ventures—and it’s not just about numbers.
Women now make up about 40 percent of the group’s workforce, with the conglomerate inching closer to gender balance at the corporate level.
That’s not accidental. Insiders say this is the result of a deliberate push to build a deeper leadership bench—one that cuts across not just offices, but even traditionally male-dominated sectors like power and infrastructure.
For a group long anchored by strong female representation in banking and real estate, the real “tell” is the growing presence of women in technical and operational roles. That’s where the real shift is happening.
The strategy is also tied to a bigger play: embedding diversity into its environmental, social and governance agenda, not as a compliance box, but as a value driver.
In other words, this isn’t just a Women’s Month narrative—it’s part of Aboitiz’s broader push to future-proof its business as it pivots into a self-styled “techglomerate.”
If sustained, the group’s gender push may turn out to be more than optics—it could be a quiet edge in an increasingly competitive, talent-driven landscape.
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