Atty. Michael “Mike” Toledo is currently the head of Government Relations and Public Affairs of the Company. He is also the head of the MVP Group Media Bureau. The Group is involved in telecoms, media, power, water, infrastructure, hospitals, agriculture, and natural resources development.
Atty. Toledo writes a regular column in The Philippine Star. He is the Host of One News Channel’s “Titans” on Cignal TV.
He is the Chief Operating Officer of Silangan Mindanao Mining Company Inc. (SMMCI), a 2-billion-dollar copper and gold project in Surigao Del Norte, and was also the Senior Vice President for Public and Regulatory Affairs of Philex Mining Corp. Atty. Toledo was also the President and CEO of the Manila office of Weber Shandwick, one of the world’s largest and leading full-service public relations firm with offices in every major business and government capital. He was also elected as chairman in the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) last December 2021.
Atty. Toledo completed a Bachelor of Laws Degree at the University of the Philippines and obtained a Master of Laws degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science as a Chevening Scholar. He was recently given the 2019 Most Distinguished Alumni Award for College of Arts and Sciences by the University of the Philippines Manila Alumni Association (UPMAA) and was named Distinguished Bedan for 2019 in Media and Communications by the San Beda University Alumni Association (SBUAA). In 2018, The University of the Philippines Junior Marketing Association (UPJMA) conferred on him its Leadership Award. He was named 2014 CEO Excel Awardee by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) (CEO stands for Communication Excellence in Organizations). He was appointed United Kingdom Education Ambassador to the Philippines. Mike was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Government and the British Alumni Association.