oseph de Leon helps companies of all levels realize their full value and business leaders unlock their potential.
For the corporate world, he is an M&A and marketing strategy specialist partnered with regional private equity funds. With over two decades of experience across Asia, he has helped build enduring brand and business results for across multiple industries across Asia including Telecommunications (TM , Celcom); FMCG (Mondeléz/ Kraft, NIVEA); Banking (CIMB); F&B (Zensho Holdings) and more.
In the start-up domain, JDL is a globally recognized mentor, investor and partner for startups, incubators and VC funds. He has been deployed to Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Samoa, and Switzerland.
He is a founding member, Board Ambassador, and head of Screening & Mentoring of Manila Angel Investors Network (MAIN). MAIN is the country's largest active angel investor network, winner of Start-up Investor of the Year for the Philippines' 2019 RiceBowl Awards and partnered with Investing In Women, an initiative of the Australian Government, to nurture more female founders and funders.
JDL has the privilege of being selected by Founder Institute as one of their top global mentors, an Ambassador for Seedstars SA and the Philippines' first AWS Scout. He is an active mentor for institutions such as the Founders Institute, German Accelerator, IIDF, Impact Hub, Accelerating Asia, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to guide start-ups across Asia, the Americas & Europe.
Joseph is a certified Six Sigma Blackbelt, MBA from Emory University, has pursued further studies in Finance at UP Diliman, and he earned his BS Legal Management from Ateneo de Manila University. As of today, he is the Philippines' first and only certified Value Builder Advisor™ and Value Builder Guide™.
