Natori and Hizon won an award
Written by Ms. Confuse on Wednesday, October 08, 2008
INTERNATIONAL fashion designer Josie Natori and BBC World News business anchor Rico Hizon are the 2008 BPInoy Awardees for overseas Filipino excellence. International broadcast journalist Rico Hizon is based in Singapore (with wife Melanie and son Migo), and designer Josie Natori is based in New York (with husband Ken Natori). Hailed as one of 2006’s Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) for International Journalism and Community Service, Hizon is the first Filipino broadcast journalist to work for global broadcasting networks BBC World News and CNBC Asia. Rico started his TV career covering the business beat for GMA Network and in 1995 joined CNBC Asia in Hong Kong and later in Singapore. He moved to the BBC in 2002 and currently anchors Asia Business Report and World Business Report. Rico is a very active community Filipino community leader and with his wife champion of Filipino art in the city-state.
Josie, on the other hand, moved from the finance world to fashion design. She was the first female vice president for investment banking at Merrill Lynch when she left Wall Street in 1977. Her Natori Company started with lingerie and now her designs —women’s fashion and accessories — are sold in upscale department stores around the world. In September 2009, her Natori perfume will debut.
Now on its third year, the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) recognizes the achievements of overseas Filipinos in their various fields of expertise, and showcases BPI’s commitment to excellence and seek to instill nationalism among Filipinos abroad. On behalf of Hizon and Natori, BPI made a grant of P50,000 each to the awardees’ chosen charities, namely, Munting Tahanan ng Nazareth and Asian Cultural Council.
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