Abigail Olemos - Da Silva

Experience

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  Pioneer Insurance & Surety Corporation

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  Management Trainee / Supervisor

  Was part of the company's Management Trainee batch of 2000, subsequently being pulled out of the program to join the HR-Training department where I assisted in conducting training and seminars for the company's accredited brokers.

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  Golden Arches Development Corp.

  Sept 2001 - Jun 2009

  Senior Officer, Asset Management

  Worked on real estate asset management in areas that included:Portfolio Management – market research, contract reviews, negotiating renewals, facilitating closures and pre-terminating leases. Renewed close to a hundred sites with terms that are beneficial not only to the company but the property owner as well.Delivered more than Php 20Million in rental savings through contract reviews which entailed heavy negotiations.Company focal when it came to dealing with landlords, particularly working with Operations and the Project Development Group for initiatives involving negotiations and coordination with the former.Kiosk Expansion – was the lead for the Business Development team in the original roll out of the dessert kioskAsset Management – tasked to dispose of idle asset (equipment and other leasehold asset). Worked with HMR Philippines which ran an auction for the initiative, benefitting the company two-ways by eradicating warehouse rental and registering profit in an otherwise zero booked value item. Show less

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  Colliers International Phils.

  Feb 2004 - Jul 2005

  Manager, Corporate Real Estate Advisory

  Secured the following accounts: Citifinancial Corporation (Office relocation), Sutherland Global Services (Office Leasing), Bosch Service Workshop (Office relocation), Shopwise (Expansion in Sucat), Bayantrade (Office relocation), LG Electronics (Office relocation), and C-Cubed (Office relocation)

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  Supervalue, Inc.

  Jul 2009 - Sept 2013

  Senior Manager, Business Development

  Managed the real estate portfolio of SM Retail (SM Hypermarket, Save More, and SM Supermarket). Contributed significantly in terms of business expansion delivering more than 50 branches during these years. Provided leadership to the team in terms of site sourcing, negotiations, deal closing and documentation. Worked closely with the company lawyer to finalize a template MOA and contracts for the company’s leases.Collaborated with the technical teams (design and construction) ensuring projects are executed within timelines committed to both company stakeholders and property owners. Show less

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  Santos Knight Frank

  Jul 2014 - Dec 2021

  Director

  Workplace Consultancy Lead (December 2015 – December 15, 2021) Change Management: Formulated and lead the execution of the Change Program for these organizations’ changes in ways of working. Save for Citibank, Pilipinas Shell and GSK were locally sourced engagements. Clients: • Citibank N. A. • Pilipinas Shell • GlaxoSmithKline Workplace Strategy: Lead the strategy execution to uncover the organizations’ high level space design that included size recommendation, expected occupancy, work-setting variations and seat count (sharing ratio). The process entailed 60% engagement across the organizations’ business units and 40% analytical work. Clients: • Dole Asia Philippines • Roche Philippines • Japan Tobacco International Country Lead, Pilipinas Shell Retail Business Development (July 2014 - December 2015) Led the third-party team that delivered Shell’s retail business development which covered the following areas: property management and data governance, AP/AR management in collaboration with SSSC (Shell’s Shared Services), market research and analysis, and transactional work (new site acquisition, lease renewals, terminations, and sublease). Show less

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  Jones Lang LaSalle (Philippines), Inc.

  Jan 2022 - Sept 2024

  Workplace Solutions and Change Management Consultant

  Served as the POC for JLL's regional clients such as HSBC, Johnson & Johnson, Citibank, London Stock Exchange, IPG Mediabrands and Cargill playing an active role in delivering both workplace strategy formulation and change management. Other companies I have worked with that were locally pitched and won were Japan Tobacco and Aboitiz Power, for change management and workplace strategy, respectively.

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  Leading Real Estate Companies of the World

  Oct 2024 - now

  Director - APAC Business Development and Client Services

  Expand LeadingRE membership in the APAC region and provide strategic consultation to support member success and engagement