Google Cloud appoints Jennifer Ligones as country manager for the Philippines

Google Cloud announced the appointment of Jennifer Ligones as Country Manager of Google Cloud’s business in the Philippines. She will be responsible for leading local go-to-market strategy and operations for Google Cloud and Google Workspace, and collaborating with teams across Google to help organizations transform with enterprise-grade, AI-powered cloud technology.

Jennifer reports to Mark Micallef, Managing Director, Southeast Asia, Google Cloud, who oversees Google Cloud’s enterprise, public sector, and corporate business segments across Southeast Asia.

She joins Google Cloud from Third Pillar, an IT consultancy and services company she founded in 2013. As President and CEO, Jennifer established Third Pillar as a trusted enterprise solutions partner, spearheading digital transformation for more than 100 Filipino companies across industries. In her 30-year-long career in the information technology industry, she has also served with distinction in leadership roles at SAP, SAS, and IBM.

Mark Micallef, Managing Director, Southeast Asia, Google Cloud, said: “Jennifer joins us at an exciting phase of Google Cloud’s growth in the Philippines, where we’ve been collaborating with businesses of all sizes, enabling them to harness industry-leading platform services, such as Vertex AI, Google Agentspace, and BigQuery, to accelerate AI innovation, boost their competitiveness, and unlock new revenue opportunities.

Building on our work with various government agencies, Google Cloud stands ready to support the government’s National AI Strategy for the Philippines (NAIS-PH). With her strong business acumen, technical foundation, and passion for fostering growth among Filipino companies, Jennifer will play a pivotal role in advancing our local private and public sector engagements, helping more organizations thrive in a digital economy that’s projected to be worth up to US$150 billion by 2030.”

Jennifer Ligones, Country Manager, Philippines, Google Cloud, said: “I look forward to expanding our local team and partner ecosystem to advance Google Cloud’s growth ambitions in the Philippines. Together, we can increase the scope and scale of our collaborations with the government and businesses. Our goal is to drive deeper understanding and adoption of unique Google Cloud capabilities that address companies’ full spectrum of AI innovation needs.

These include supercomputing systems for cost-effective, large-scale AI inference; Gemini models and generative media models that consistently outperform industry benchmarks; and easy-to-use tools for deploying interoperable AI agents securely and responsibly. Coupled with upskilling programs like Google Cloud Skills Boost, these capabilities will supercharge organizations’ delivery of next-generation digital services to better serve all Filipinos.”

Google Cloud recently announced the availability of Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Veo 3 models on Vertex AI; donated the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol it invented to the Linux Foundation; and launched a first-of-its-kind generative AI certification for non-technical learners. These latest developments reinforce its continuous commitment to providing world-class technology and training that help companies derive tangible value from enterprise AI adoption.

Organizations in the Philippines have been turning to Google Cloud to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. These include Alfamart, Chooks-to-Go, FWD Insurance, Globe Telecom, Kumu, PLDT, Primer Group, SM Supermalls, St. Luke’s Medical Center, the Department of Education (DepEd), the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Tonik Bank, ZALORA, and more.

Led by Mark Micallef, Google Cloud’s Southeast Asia executive leadership team consists of Serene Sia, Country Director, Singapore and Malaysia, Google Cloud; Fanly Tanto, Country Director, Indonesia; Annop Siritikul, Country Director, Thailand, Google Cloud; Hana Raja, Country Manager, Malaysia, Google Cloud; Jennifer Ligones, Country Manager, Philippines, Google Cloud; and Toan Nguyen Duc, Country Manager, Vietnam, Google Cloud. Google Cloud’s Southeast Asia engineering team is led by Luka Debeljak, Director, Customer Engineering, Southeast Asia, Google Cloud.

(Adapted from press release)