Alumni

Interior Design Graduate Appointed COO of Eton Properties Philippines

Interior Design Graduate Karlu Tan Say, who studied at FIDM San Francisco, has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer of Eton Properties Philippines by her father, Chairman Lucio Tan. In her new role, she'll steer the real estate arm of the Lucio Tan Group, where she concurrently serves as a Director and Head of Human Resources. 

In a recent company town hall meeting, the new COO shared her vision for Eton, which specializes in high-end and mid-income residential, office, commercial, and mixed-use developments: “Let us enable Eton to take a quantum leap to become the most improved and most efficient real estate developer in the country,” she said. 

“As your new COO, I humbly ask for everyone’s full support to working effectively and as a team. It is my wish that all of us be open and willing to take on new challenges as we face the ever-changing expectations of our market. I believe that by working together, we can truly achieve success as envisioned by my brother Bong.” Karlu's brother Lucio "Bong" K. Tan, Jr. passed away in November. 

Karlu has 20 years of management experience in the property, human resources, trading and acquisitions, and service industries, and is a Founding Director and Board Member of Dong-A Pharma Phils., Inc., a distributor of fast-moving consumer goods. In addition to her FIDM degree, she holds a degree in Management from the Ateneo de Manila University. 

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