President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s investment pitch for the Philippines received “a very positive response” from some of the world’s top CEOs and investment experts during a dinner hosted for him by Grab Chairman and CEO Anthony Tan at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Among those present were:

1. Luhut Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister of Maritime and Investment Affairs, Republic of Indonesia
2. Andy Jassy, CEO, Amazon
3. Zhang Yiming, Tiktok Founder
4. Jared Kushner, Founder, Affinity Partners
5. Patrick Foulis, Editor-in-Chief, Economist
6. Alan Jope, CEO, Unilever
7. Bill Ford, CEO, General Atlantic, one of the largest equity firms in the world
8. Molly Ford, Wife of Bill Ford
9. Bahlil Lahadalia, Minister of Investment, Republic of Indonesia
10. Dr. Bambang Susantono, Chairman of ID New Capital City Authority
11. Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Minister of Thailand
12. Jaime Bautista, Philippine Secretary of Transportation
13. Arsjad Rasjid, Chairman, KADIN
14. Tony Blair, Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
15. Dolf van den Brink, CEO, Heineken
16. Rachel Lord, Head of Asia, BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world.

Speaker Martin Romualdez, who was present during the dinner, said “everyone was excited about the Philippine recovery story and agreed that it is the future investor haven for western capital.”