Fred Ayala, Chairman
Fred is the CEO of LiveIt Solutions, Inc., Ayala Corporation’s holding company for its investments in the BPO sector. He is also the non-executive Chairman and former CEO of eTelecare, one of the leading customer care companies in Asia. LiveIt recently acquired a significant shareholding in eTelecare. Fred was also formerly Chairman of SPi, one of the leading non-voice BPO companies in Asia.
Previously, Fred was a Partner at Crimson Investment, an international private equity firm that provides buyout and growth capital financing to companies capitalizing on the accelerating globalization trend in manufacturing and services. Before that, Fred was a Managing Director and Co-Founder of MBO Partners, an Asian investment firm.
Fred has a double major BA in Developmental Studies (Honors) and Economics from Brown University, and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Gerardo C. Ablaza, Jr., Director
Gerry Ablaza is a Senior Managing Director in Ayala Corporation with governance responsibilities for Ayala Corporation’s telecommunications and banking businesses. Presently, he holds several directorships within Ayala Group of Companies: Globe Telecom Inc., Bank of the Philippines Islands, BPI Family Bank, Asiacom Philippines, Inc., Azalea Technology Investments Inc. Prior to his present assignment, Gerry was President & CEO of Globe Telecom, Inc. from June 1997 to April 2009 and also the Chairman of Innove Communications, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globe Telecom.
In 2004, Gerry was recognized by CNBC as the Asia Business Leader of the Year, making him the first Filipino CEO to win the award. In the same year, he was rewarded by Telecom Asia as the Best Asian Telecom CEO.
Before joining Ayala Corporation, Gerry Ablaza spent 14 years at Citibank N.A., the last two as Global Consumer Bank’s Country Business Manager for the Philippines and Guam. He began his career at Unilever.
Gerry Ablaza graduated from De La Salle University in Manila with a degree in Liberal Arts (Honors Accelerated Program), Major in Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude.
Liam Brown, Director
Liam has twenty years of experience in the Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) industry, primarily serving investment banks, law firms and Global 1000 corporations. Prior to Integreon, he was the President, COO and co-founder of Conscium, a web-based virtual deal room business serving lawyers and bankers, which was acquired in 2001 by NYSE-listed Bowne & Co. Liam has also held executive positions at Merrill Corporation, a then-NASDAQ-listed global outsourcing services provider to law firms, and at St. Ives PLC, an LSE-listed company, in their UK legal outsourcing services business unit.
Based in Los Angeles, Liam has served as President and CEO since 2001. Under his leadership, Integreon has grown from 10 New York-based staff providing Document KPO services to McKinsey & Company, to nearly 2,000 associates worldwide today, providing a pioneering range of complex, high value Legal KPO, Research KPO and Document KPO services to many banks, law firms and corporations.