Manila, Philippines – The Philippines arm of technology and commerce platform Zilingo has announced home-grown executive Shiela Mauricio as its new country manager.

In her new role, she will be spearheading Zilingo’s business operations, strategy execution while driving profitability and growth for the Philippines. 

Mauricio boasts 25 years of experience in business development and sales. Joining in 2018, She was one of the very first employees at Zilingo Philippines. Mauricio was previously the head of commercial in the company, where she led to the execution of sales strategy in the Philippines, and on-boarded numerous big clients like Silver Kingdom, Havaianas, Plains and Prints, and designer Avel Bacudio’s exclusive athleisure line

Mauricio shared her excitement for her new role, “I’m happy and thrilled to be working with the young and diverse minds of ZilingoPhilippines. I believe that the company has a lot of potential in the country, especially in the B2B sector. I take this huge opportunity as a means to contribute my experience and add value to Zilingo’s impressive growth trajectory and grow alongside in the Process.”

“I would like to sincerely thank our CEO, Ankiti Bose (Zilingo) for entrusting me with this immense responsibility and encouraging the way for women in leadership positions,” she added.