Chalre Associates is a management consulting firm based in Manila, Philippines. We assist companies interested in
entering or expanding their service-oriented or product sales
business in Philippines. We provide a spectrum of business consulting and market entry services for companies doing business in Philippines. We
act as your Sales Agent, Manufacturers Representative and Local Partner.
The principals of Chalre Associates are international people with many years of working experience in North America and
South-East Asia.
Now based in Philippines, we have 10 years of hands-on business experience in the country.
We are well known in the market and have extensive personal relationships
(see profiles below). We feel we understand the
particular business opportunities and challenges that exist in Philippines.
We act as Sales Agent, Manufacturers Representative and Local
Partner for
international companies in a range of
industries. If we are not suited for your project, we will direct
you to others who are.
Our Services:
Establishment Corporate Presence:
We cater to the needs of European, US and Canadian companies seeking to set up a company, branch or representative office in Philippines. We help in developing business plans, advice on market entry, government regulations and permits.
Business Information Collection:
We provide detailed and specific intelligence about enterprises operating in your areas of interest be they prospective customers and partners, or competitors. We can provide background on key decision makers whose support may be required to move your business in Philippines ahead.
Sales:
Within our fields of expertise, we provide recommendations for sales,
market entry and expansion strategies in Philippines and implement those plans.
Our Principals:
Richard Mills
Chairman
Richard is a
featured presenter for Asia region conferences and provided Keynote
Addresses for the following international expositions: HR Shared
Services & BPO (Singapore), Successful Shared Services (Singapore),
Executive Compensation & Benefits EXPO (Singapore).
He is a columnist
and thought leader for a host of international publications. Some
of these include: ComputerWorld, AsiaTimes, TelecomAsia, YahooNews,
AsiaMiner and IndiaDaily. He is an Expert Panelist for CIO magazine
(US) and the Offshore Offsourcing Best Practices association in New
York. He is co-founder and current chairman of the
International ICT Awards, one of the largest gala events in the
Asia Pacific region.
Richard's extensive
career in Executive Search & Management Consulting includes 6 years
working throughout Asia and 9 years in Toronto. His clients are
multinational corporations for senior management positions. Of the
many international recruitment projects he worked on in the Asia
Pacific region, one was particularly noteworthy as it was reported
on national Korean television as the largest technical recruiting
venture in Korean history. The project was also a cover story for
ComputerWorld magazine throughout North America.
Richard has an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Waterloo, Canada's most prominent technical
post-secondary institution. He possesses the designation of
Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute with its world
head-quarters in Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Richard is a founder and past Prize Committee Chairperson of a
large charitable Dream Home Lottery corporation. During his
involvement, it was the largest fund raising event of its kind in
the country. Mr. Mills is also a former president of the largest
district of Crohn's Foundation of Canada.
Rebecca
Bustamante
President
Rebecca Bustamante is the founder of
Chalre
Associates and responsible for operations of the
company. She is considered one of the most accomplished female
entrepreneurs currently working in
Philippines.
Rebecca
Bustamante's business achievements have been the subject of articles in the
Philippine Enquirer, BusinessMirror, Manila Bulletin (Panorama), MOD magazine,
Woman's magazine, Baby magazine, Philippine Mirror, He & She
magazine and TV4. She is a former Vice President of the Canadian
Club of the Philippines and has played a key role on the organizing
committee of the "Canadian Snow Ball," one of the largest annual
social events in Philippines.
Rebecca began her 20-year career in
Canada. Her most recent position was
Senior Sales Director for a large
international cosmetics organization. Some of the many awards she
received from the company over a period of years included: Top
Rookie Sales Director for
North America, Top 10 Unit Sales Award Canada (for each year of service), Top
10 Personal Sales Award Canada (for each year of service). Because of her success, Rebecca was regularly asked
to provide training presentations for up to 500 people at
national company functions.
Click below for recent feature articles
quoting Rebecca:
BusinessMirror -
Working Abroad:
Are You Crazy?
BusinessWorld
- Reign of
the Filipino Manager
Financial Times -
The Sun Sets On a
Golden Era
GMA News - Pinoys
Move Up
Canadian Chamber Magazine (Chimo) -
Working Abroad
Taliba Canada -
Returning to Philippines: Is Now
the Right Time?
Taliba Canada -
Overseas Filpinos in Demand:
Philippines Booming Again
Mod Magazine -
Rebecca Bustamante Feature
Story
Manila Monitor - Go
Back, Help Rev Up Philippines
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+ 632 822 4129  leaders@chalre.com
Asia
CEO Forum
Asia
CEO Forum presented by PLDT ALPHA Enterprise is the largest
regular business event in Philippines and considered one of the
most important in the Southeast Asia region. The forum serves as a
hub for the spreading of ideas that help executive managers
overseeing enterprises across the Asia Pacific region.
Attendees are both expatriate and Asian management personnel
overseeing multinational and regional organizations. Held in
Philippines, presenters are leaders in their industries and
engaged in momentous pursuits of significance to the entire
region.
Asia
CEO Forum is operated as a CSR (Corporate Social
Responsibility) activity of Chalre Associates, one of Southeast
Asia's most prominent senior management executive search firms, to
promote Philippines as a premier business destination in the Asia
region.
Click
Here to go to Asia
CEO Forum now!
Asia
CEO Awards
Asia
CEO Awards presented by Aseana City represents the
grandest alliance of local and international business people ever
created to promote Philippines on the world stage. As one of the
largest events of its kind in the Asia Pacific region, it is
considered a must-attend occasion for business leaders active in
Southeast Asia.
The star-studded Board of Judges of Asia CEO Awards give
away 10 awards to many of the most accomplished leadership teams
and individuals currently operating in Philippines and the region.
The awards recognize extraordinary leaders who have demonstrated
outstanding achievement for their organizations and contributions
to others.
As one of the fastest growing nations on the planet, the world's
business leaders have their eyes on Philippines like never before.
The annual gala was established as a natural outgrowth of Asia
CEO Forum, the largest regular networking event for the
business community in Philippines.
Click
Here
to go to Asia
CEO Awards now!
SPECIAL DOWNLOADS:
Learn The
Executive Basics of HR Outsourcing
The Chairman of
Chalré
Associates, Richard Mills, was the Keynote Speaker of the most
recent Regional HR Shared Services & BPO Conference.
Held in Singapore, the event is the largest in Asia for the booming
sector. To learn about the state of offshore outsourcing in
Asia, view Richard's detailed presentation by clicking below.
RECRUITING
SENIOR MANAGERS IN SE ASIA
The Chairman of Chalre
Associates, Richard Mills, presented recently for the American
Chamber of Commerce on the challenges of acquiring and developing
senior managers in South-East Asia. The presentation covers global
trends to more specific information relevant to fast growing sectors
like Business Process Outsourcing. Richard's personal comments have been
added on most slides.
To review
Richard's in-depth
presentation,
click the icon below.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
EXPO
The Chairman of
Chalre
Associates, Richard Mills, was the Keynote Speaker of the most
recent Executive Compensation & Benefits EXPO. Held at
the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Singapore, the 2-day annual event is of interest to
regional business leaders. Other
featured presenters included Asia Pacific leaders
from companies including Mercer, Gallup and HayGroup.
Richard provided his
views on the near term economic outlook for the SE Asia region and
its impact on career progress for senior managers. Download Richard's detailed presentation by clicking
the above icon. (The event brochure is
also available here.)
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