Gilberto Duavit, Jr. Named GMA CEO

Felipe L. Gozon is retiring from his role as CEO of GMA Network, to be succeeded by Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr., who is currently president and COO.

In 1975, Gozon, along with Gilberto M. Duavit, Sr. and Menardo R. Jimenez, revived the struggling Republic Broadcasting System (RBS), the precursor of GMA. Gozon took the helm of the network in 2000 and transformed it into the top broadcast network in the Philippines.

Duavit, the eldest son of Gilberto M. Duavit, Sr., joined GMA’s board of directors in 1999 and has been the chairman of the network’s executive committee since August 2000. He was named executive VP and COO in November 2000 and was elected as the company’s president in 2010.

Duavit is also the chairman of the board of GMA Network Films and serves as president and CEO of GMA Holdings, RGMA Marketing and Productions and chairman, president and CEO of Group Management and Development and Dual Management and Investments. He is the vice chairman of GMA Ventures.

Meanwhile, Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez was elected as the new chairman of the network’s executive committee, effective January 1, 2024.