Philab Holdings Corp., a local health sciences enabling company, announced the appointment of lawyer Darlene Marie Berberabe as the new president and chief executive.
Berberabe, who served as president and chief executive of the state-run Home Mutual Development Fund or Pag-IBIG since 2010 before joining Philab, was recognized as the ‘Asia CEO of the Year Award for Public Sector Leadership’ and awarded as one of ‘The Outstanding Women in Nation’s Service for Government Service’ by the Towns Foundation in 2013.
“Philab’s mission of making healthcare a priority—viable and affordable to everyone regardless of their wealth or lack of and stature in life, appealed to me, and I thought, I want to be part of this,” Berberabe said.
Berberabe graduated summa cum laude from UP Diliman with a degree in BA Philosophy in 1989 and was salutatorian of the class 1999 of the College of Law in the University of the Philippines where she also taught from 1988 until 2008.
Prior to pursuing law, she secured a Master of Arts Degree in Philosophy in 1995 in the same institution. In 1989, she finished her undergraduate course (Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy).
She replaced Tom Navasero who now sits as the chairman of the board.
“Philab has always been committed towards pioneering life sciences and healthcare. I am confident that this new leadership will continue what my father had envisioned and that Philab will continue to grow and contribute to the healthcare industry in the Philippines,” said Navasero.
