About the Speaker

Monette Iturralde-Hamlin is the founder and president of TeamAsia, an award-winning strategic marketing communications firm that develops corporate brand strategies, creative concepts, and marketing and communications programs for its clients.

She leveraged a distinguished career in international publishing to conceptualize and create Asia's first agency dedicated exclusively to brand identity development and non-traditional marketing communications. Monette developed the business and creative processes that made TeamAsia not just a pioneer in Asia, but an arbiter of industry performance.

TeamAsia's clients include APC, the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPA/P), CB Richard Ellis, the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), EMC, Fluor, Globe Telecom, Google, Gurango Software Corporation, Headstrong, HTC, InterGen, Japan Foundation, Japan International Cooperation Agency, League of Corporate Foundations, Nestle, Microsoft, MediCall, National Organizing Committee for the 12th ASEAN Summit, Philippine Association of Securities Brokers and Dealers, Philippine Society of Gastroenterology, Reuters, Seagate, Soluziona, and other corporations.

Monette is a hands-on manager, taking direct responsibility for such innovative programs as The Asian Management Awards, Asia's first region-wide award for regional excellence, and the Global Information Infrastructure Commission's first Asian global conference. She oversees the execution of a wide range of highly targeted events, from exclusive breakfast briefings for top CEOs to gala product launches to public seminars by some of the world's top business speakers including Robert Kaplan, Philip Kotler, and Michael E. Porter.

A popular speaker in her own right, Monette regularly delivers workshops on business writing, presentation skills, cross-cultural management, teambuilding, and handling difficult people. These courses are offered regularly to the public and are typically fully subscribed. Monette is also frequently invited to present these specialized seminars and workshops in-house for major global brands, multilateral institutions, and government agencies.

Monette was previously associate publisher for World Executive's Digest (WED) where she was responsible for circulation for most of the magazine's first decade. Monette increased WED's circulation from less than 15,000 to close to 70,000 throughout the region, making it Asia's fastest growing English-language magazine. Monette completed her Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology at the College of the Holy Spirit, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Her post-graduate studies were at the Asian Institute of Management where she completed her Master in Business Management with Distinction.