Rami
Chahwan, COO of Three Bears Group and President of Domino’s
Pizza PH — the global leader in pizza delivery—will be honored during the
launch of business and lifestyle magazine Rising
Tigers: Nation Builders as one of its Top 50 Rising Tigers in the Asia
Pacific.
Innovating
to Boost the PH Food Industry
Rami Chahwan, the brains and brawns behind the successful launch of Tim Hortons and
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in the Philippines, embodies the inspiring energy
boosting the Philippine food and beverage (F&B) industry with global
brands.
“I
was always passionate about the F&B industry. Even during my Engineering
studies back in Montreal, Canada, I worked as cashier at Tim Hortons—an iconic Canadian restaurant chain—on evenings and weekends to pay for my
studies,” he shared, looking back
when he was first inspired to make F&B his forte
With his recent appointment as Chief Operating Officer of Three Bears Group, a multi-brand food
group, he is geared not only to grow Domino’s
Pizza Philippines—a
2019 acquisition and of which he is the president—but also to rock the boat
with a new beverage player soon
He cited no less than the President of Asia Leaders Awards, Engineer Grace Bondad Nicolas, for her passion and professionalism, saying: “We need more people like her to promote the importance of the F&B sector for the economy and job generation.”
Putting
Businesses on Steroids: Secret Formula
“My
mandate was very simple: take the business and put it on steroids,”
he said, revealing his secret to success.
His success in turning around the Corporate Restaurants
of Montreal was duly recognized and, in six months, he was made Head of
Training overseeing 4,000 locations all over Canada. And, in less than a year,
he was promoted further to International Business Manager, a post created just
for him.
“The
company merged with Burger King to form RBI, the fifth-largest food service
operator in the world!” which took him to Dubai and then
Saudi Arabia, and back to the Philippines to test trial Tim Hortons.
Thus, with Rami
at the helm, Tim Hortons expanded from 50 to more than 150 sites in only 18
months generating partnerships along the way when he was still in charge of the
Middle East Market and then, successfully launched the brand in Manila in 2017.
He was then asked to start the world conquest of
Popeyes in 2018 in Manila. The challenge was “This has to work. If it doesn’t, then we just won’t be
able to scale the business” and he nailed it. Less than two years and he’s set
up 16 sites that “are doing four times what the restaurants are doing in the
United States!”
Strong of that success, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
launched in China, Spain, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and India.
His reward: “I
like to spend two days a week visiting the restaurants, and the busiest times
are always Saturdays and Sundays, so I go then to show the teams that I’m giving up part of my weekend too.”
“I
believe that the Heroes of our business are our restaurant staff and I learn
from them during each visit.”
Recognizing
the Leaders of Tomorrow
This latest publication, another brainchild of the Asia Leaders Awards
(ALA) Committee, will feature the best and the brightest in the
Philippines and Southeast Asia who never fail to balance commitment to growth
with corporate social responsibility, even during the most trying times.
“Asia Leaders Awards Presents the Top 50 Rising Tigers in the Asia
Pacific to motivate us all that, in spite of the challenges, we will emerge
triumphant. These are the top leaders with the very new vision of the world
now,” shared billionaire Robert Laurel Yupangco, an esteemed member of
the ALA Board.
The launch will be held on March 22, 2022, at the Grand Hyatt Manila at
the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.
Asia Leaders Awards is only the recognition giving body whose awards
committee is composed of respected leaders from different chambers,
organizations, and embassies like the Embassy of Singapore, the Embassy of
Poland, and the Korean Council among others. ALA’s main objective is to
promote the Philippines as a premier business hub and destination in Asia.
For more information about Asia Leaders Awards, visit
https://www.facebook.com/AsiaLeadersAwards.
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