Name Alberto Fenix | ||
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Alberto Victor Pil Fenix, Jr. (nicknamed Bert or Vic) is a Filipino businessman. He is President and CEO of export manufacturing company Newtech Pulp, Inc., which produces paper products, and Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc., a subsidiary of dental company Ivoclar Vivadent AG.
Contents
- Early life and education
- In the United States
- Return to the Philippines
- Other activities and affiliations
- Personal life
- References
Early life and education
Fenix was born in Manila and grew up in Cotabato City, where he finished grade school in 1956 and high school in 1960, graduating as valedictorian in both, at the Notre Dame of Cotabato. He was named one of the "Five Outstanding High School Students of the Philippines" in 1960 after a nationwide search sponsored by Philippine Airlines.
He then studied at the Ateneo de Manila University, graduating cum laude in 1964 with an A.B. in Mathematics. He was chosen as a Foreign Student Leader Grantee in 1964 by the U.S. State Department and he had the opportunity to visit several universities in the United States in summer 1963. He was named one of the "Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines" in 1964. Fenix pursued graduate studies in Industrial Management at the Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating with an S.M. (1966), and a Ph.D. (1968), with distinction as a Sloan School of Management Fellow and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, respectively.
In the United States
While in the United States, Fenix worked as a Teaching Fellow in MIT, a Computer Systems Consultant at the B.F. Goodrich Company in Akron, Ohio, and as a Securities Investment Analyst at the Boston Company, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts.
Return to the Philippines
Since returning to the Philippines in 1970, Fenix has been a business entrepreneur with experience in an array of sectors. He is currently President and CEO of Newtech Pulp, Inc., Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc., and Fenix Management and Capital, Inc. He is also serves on the Board of Directors of several companies. Newtech Pulp, Inc. is a manufacturer and exporter of specialty pulp products made from abacá, also known as Manila hemp, which is one of the strongest natural fibers. Approximately 85% of the world's supply is grown in the Philippines. Newtech Pulp uses abacá to make teabags, filters, currency, and security papers. Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. is a subsidiary of Ivoclar Vivadent AG a dental company whose headquarters are in Schaan, Liechtenstein. The operation in the Philippines manufactures and exports porcelain and acrylic teeth.
Other activities and affiliations
Fenix also contributes his time serving in government Commissions and Governing Boards. He was a member of the Governing Board of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, the Presidential Commission for Educational Reform, the Presidential Commission for Constitutional Reform, and the Mindanao Development Council. He is currently a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Angeles University Foundation, a Member of the Board of Regents of the Southern Leyte State University, and Chairman of the PCCI Human Resources Development Foundation.
Fenix is an acknowledged business leader, having been National President of the Metalworking Industries Association of the Philippines, and the country’s largest business organization, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). He continues to be an ex officio member of the PCCI Board as president emeritus.
Personal life
Fenix is married to Isabelita Banac. They have seven children.