Menardo "Butch" G. Jimenez, Jr.
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company

Presenter

Curriculum Vitae

Mr. Butch Jimenez is the First Vice President of PLDT’s Media and Strategic Communications Division.  He is also the active president of both PLDT Foundation and TOYM Foundation.  In the Entertainment and Media industry, he took the lead in managing Monster Radio - RX93.1  (a Metro Manila-base pop music station in the FM band), OPTIMA Digital, Inc. (a post-production house), STAGE, Inc. (an events company), and, Soundcheck, Inc. (a top sound reinforcement co for local and foreign concerts and events).  He sits as a board member for Film Experts, ALINDECO, Unicapital and founded the Philippine Forum, and  Trumpets Theater Company (a top musical group in the Philippines). He produced  the much-acclaimed films:  Jose Rizal, Muru-Ami, Death Row and In the Navel of the Sea.  From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Jimenez was awarded as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award (for cultural achievement); one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men Awardees (for multi-media achievement) and has received a Distinguished Evangelical Achievement Award for the films, ”Muru-ami” and “Jose Rizal, ”

Mr. Jimenez obtained his AB Economics degree from the University of the Philippines and received a Japan Airlines Scholarship at Sophia University, Tokyo where he finished both Asian Economic Systems and Japanese Management courses. Concurrently, he writes in Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Ministry Digest and manages the concept of   “Weareanime.com,” a youth-oriented website.