Gardenia President Simplicio Umali wins Marketing Educator of the Year


Junior Achievement of the Philippines awarded Simplicio Umali, Gardenia’s President and General Manager, the 2017 Registered Marketing Educator Award in the recent 48th Grand Awards held at the Philippine Trade and Training Center (PTTC). JA Philippines, a member of JA worldwide, and Chartered Association of Marketing and Business Professionals certified and awarded Umali the professional designation of Registered Marketing Educator (RME) for his role as a part-time faculty of the De La Salle University- College of St. Benilde’s Career Development Program (CDP) and the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPaCE) where he has been teaching marketing subjects for more than 20 years. Umali concurrently heads the country’s largest bread manufacturing company, Gardenia Bakeries Philippines, Inc. for 16 years.