Chiqui Escareal-Go is the CEO and Chief Behavioral Strategist of Mansmith and Fielders, Inc., the leading and only advocacy-based marketing, sales, innovation and strategy training and consultancy company in the Philippines. She is also Vice Chair of Waters Philippines, the market leader in the premium segment of home consumer durables. She is also president of Noah Ventures, Inc. and Gosingtian Ventures, Inc., which are investment companies.
A long-time advocate of female empowerment in business and industry, Chiqui is the Chair of the Women’s Business Council Philippines and was recognized as Outstanding Filipina Entrepreneur in 2011, GoNegosyo Women Enabler Awardee in 2014, and ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network Awardee in 2015. She works closely with civil society organizations and some government groups in providing mentorship and entrepreneurial training for women entrepreneurs in the marginalized sector. As a proponent of youth empowerment and education, she is a member of the board of trustees and board of advisers of three educational institutions in the Philippines.
Author/co-author of eight marketing and entrepreneurship books, Chiqui is a lifelong learner and believes in multidisciplinary approaches to innovation and insighting, and in foregrounding the humanities with science, technology and business. This passion for continuous learning is rooted in her quest for excellence in education starting from De La Salle University where she graduated with a double degree in AB Communication Arts and BSC Marketing Management (Accelerated Program), at the Ateneo de Manila University where she has an M.A. in English Language and Literature Teaching degree and at the University of the Philippines where she is currently taking up her MA Anthropology course. Further, Chiqui is an Executive Scholar in Marketing and Sales of Kellogg Business School, Northwestern University and has taken advance marketing and management courses from the Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School (CEIBS campus), and the University of California, Berkeley. She also completed the Advanced Management Program (Americas) at IESE Business School.
A long-time advocate of female empowerment in business and industry, Chiqui is the Chair of the Women’s Business Council Philippines and was recognized as Outstanding Filipina Entrepreneur in 2011, GoNegosyo Women Enabler Awardee in 2014, and ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network Awardee in 2015. She works closely with civil society organizations and some government groups in providing mentorship and entrepreneurial training for women entrepreneurs in the marginalized sector. As a proponent of youth empowerment and education, she is a member of the board of trustees and board of advisers of three educational institutions in the Philippines.
Author/co-author of eight marketing and entrepreneurship books, Chiqui is a lifelong learner and believes in multidisciplinary approaches to innovation and insighting, and in foregrounding the humanities with science, technology and business. This passion for continuous learning is rooted in her quest for excellence in education starting from De La Salle University where she graduated with a double degree in AB Communication Arts and BSC Marketing Management (Accelerated Program), at the Ateneo de Manila University where she has an M.A. in English Language and Literature Teaching degree and at the University of the Philippines where she is currently taking up her MA Anthropology course. Further, Chiqui is an Executive Scholar in Marketing and Sales of Kellogg Business School, Northwestern University and has taken advance marketing and management courses from the Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School (CEIBS campus), and the University of California, Berkeley. She also completed the Advanced Management Program (Americas) at IESE Business School.