Rebecca Bustamante

Success Story
By: Menchie Ferrer
Multinational CEO, Rebecca Bustamante. She had heading a successful Asia
Pacific-wide management recruitment corporation today. Before she become
a Multinational CEO, she had fought for it , working hard and studying hard.
Bustamante was only 18 years old when her mother died, she was faced with
yet another tougher challenge of taking care of her younger siblings since
their father was without a stable job. So she worked as a janitor at the Dasul
Rural Bank for a year. She tried her best not to give up. Neither ashamed to
ask for help, Bustamante one day asked her bank manager to help her in her
new plan. That is, to work as a domestic helper in Singapore. She was hired as
a yaya, or nanny, by a Singaporean family. Bustamante spent her time
studying in one of Singapores open universities. Unable to attend regular
classes, she asks her professor her entire months homework whenever she
showed up. But Bustamante found Canada to be brimming with opportunities.
There, she was able to manage her time better in pursuit of her new goals.
She studied at night when my employers were asleep from 11 oclock until 1
a.m. Then she would start her job as early as five in the morning. Until she completed her course in
Accounting and Marketing at Ryerson University in Ontario. More doors opened for her, including
becoming vice president of the Canadian Club of the Philippines for a time. Until She Became a
Multinational CEO and nominated as a 2014 Asia CEO Awards, an annual event that recognizes top-
performing Filipino business leaders across Asia.