Speaker Bio
Martha Sazon is the President & CEO of Mynt, the holding company of GCash, the #1 Finance App in the Philippines. Appointed as CEO in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, her focus on customer-centricity has propelled GCash into a lifeline to many Filipinos -becoming a national champion for Financial Inclusion.
With Martha at the helm, GCash is now the country’s first and only $5B unicorn and one of the very profitable fintechs in the world. As a result, GCash is now a household name and is being used as a verb.Prior to GCash, Martha had 20 years of experience in various industries like food, OTC drugs, personal care, and telco.
Martha spent 12 years at Globe Telecom during which she pioneered many breakthroughs and achievements for a wide array of products and headed the Broadband business. Martha has also worked as a Marketing Director and Category Leader for Asia at GlaxoSmithKline and as a Senior Product Manager for Del Monte.
Martha has attended and finished executive programs at IMD, INSEAD and Harvard Business School, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting (Cum Laude), from the University of the Philippines, Diliman.