JG SUMMIT HOLDINGS
While creating an overarching , group-level digital transformation strategy for a range of business units with diverse and individual needs might initially seem like a mutually exclusive set of goals , Santos explains that in reality it ’ s about striking “ a very delicate balance . At the end of the day , the corporate function needs to support the business units , not the other way around .”
CARLOS SANTOS
TITLE : GROUP CIO INDUSTRY : INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LOCATION : PHILIPPINES
Carlos “ Caloi ” Santos is currently the Group CIO and Corporate Shared Services Vice President of JG Summit Holdings . JG Summit is one of the leading conglomerates in Asia with investments in Food Manufacturing , Airlines , Retail , Real Estate , Petrochemicals and Banking . Caloi has more than 25 years of IT experience working in very diversified IT areas from Business Intelligence , IT Audit , ERP Implementations , Security , Customer facing Solutions and Plant Infrastructure and Network . He had 18 years of Procter & Gamble experience prior to joining JG summit . Lastly , he is very passionate in driving IT Professionalism in his region by adopting world class IT standards in Service Management , Project Management , Security and Infrastructure .
EXECUTIVE BIO
Managing Complexity at Scale In order to manage the complexity of implementing a digital transformation strategy across an organisation with the scale and diversity of JG Summit Holdings , Santos notes that there are “ few things I think are really important .” First , finding the right partners is essential , both internally and externally .
“ You have to partner with the right people , especially the CEOs , CIOs , and CFOs in our individual business units , to really identify where we can create synergies within the group as a whole ,” he says . “ Driving digital transformation has to be a collaborative process . I can ' t just tell all my CIOs that we ' re going to be implementing X platform – it doesn ' t work . We need to work together to figure out what ' s best for each business unit and how those business units can work together to create the synergies that I mentioned .”
“ At the end of the day , the corporate function needs to support the business units , not the other way around ”
CARLOS SANTOS GROUP CIO , JG SUMMIT HOLDINGS
252 July 2021