Created by VICTO CEO Edgar Comeros in 1998.
"The Tony Martin Award is named after the Canadian Missionary who spent the best years of his life in organizing and nurturing Credit Unions (Co-Operatives) in the Visayas Region"
"To qualify for this award, a leader must exemplify the values of voluntarism and has made significant contributions to the promotion and development of co-operativism and its social agenda of freedom, justice, and nationalism"
Lawyer, civil servant, educator and co-op leader.
Started his career at the Perpetual Help Credit Cooperative in Tacloban, Leyte as Chairman of the Board in 1976 where the PHCCI had assets of only half a million pesos.
At the end of his 22 year career, the PHCCI had assets of 100 Million pesos.
Wife of former Cebu Governor, "Pablo Garcia". Retired Judge.
Founder, CEO, and Chairperson of the Board of Cebu CFI (Court of First Instance) Credit Union.
Started off as a government clerk in 1969 in Cebu City, and went on to create one of the Philippines' largest Credit Unions
Shepherded the CFI from its birth on July 23, 1970, with only 29 members and assets of only 200 Pesos to assets of over 508 Million Pesos by 2002.
Retired Vice-President of Aboitiz Construction (Handled Strategy, IT, Risk Management, Reputation Management, HR, Procurement)
CEO, National Union of Cooperatives
Chairperson - Guadalupe Community Cooperative, Cebu City
Ex-Officio Director (VICTO)
Governance Committee Member, FSSI
Board Secretary of the following Federations:
Philippine Cooperative Center
Philippine Cooperative Central Fund Federation
AgriCooph Trainer/Facilitator (VICTO)
