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Forging a Shared Compass for a Conglomerate’s Future

Corporate StrategyGokongwei Group2019Long-Term Strategy Development
Gokongwei Group executives posing together on stage at an event

We helped the Gokongwei Group define its Purpose and long-term direction—aligning leadership, governance, and strategic planning across its major businesses.

The challenge

In 2018, JG Summit faced a pivotal transition under new leadership. To sustain its 60-year legacy, the conglomerate needed to re-articulate its Purpose and Ambition, evolve its governance, and align all business units under a unified long-term direction.

What we did

Acumen led a 24-month transformation effort that:

  1. Defined a clear Purpose, long-term mission, and set of values that honored the group’s roots while future-proofing the organization
  2. Designed and embedded a strategic planning process across business units
  3. Consolidated these plans into a unified parent company strategy blueprint

The impact

The engagement kickstarted Gokongwei Group’s transformation. The resulting Purpose, Values, and Ambition (PVA) document, governance model, and strategy process remain in use today — providing a clear, enduring compass for leadership decisions and business direction across the conglomerate.  

In their words

Acumen helped kickstart the Gokongwei Group's transformation journey, and ten years from now, we will view this partnership as a critical part in making the Gokongwei Group a much more customer centric, agile and digital organization.

Lance Gokongwei, Chief Executive Officer

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