Leadership and Human Resource Department

Ms. Annabella Arriola-Simbulan is a part-time professor of Business Communication at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business and Public Relations at the Ateneo Loyola Schools. She is currently with PHINMA Education as its Business Development Manager.

She has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the Ateneo de Manila University and an MBA from the DLSU Graduate School of Business.  She recently completed a second MA in Special Education at Miriam College.

She is an experienced communication professional and has done communication work for several industries.  She has a strong background in corporate communication, marketing communication, branding, public relations, stakeholder management, events, customer service, training, and corporate social responsibility.  She has completed several major marketing communication and special projects to support sales, branding, and regulatory objectives in the last 15 years.

She was with Manila Water Company for 10 years as its Communication Manager and Compliance Manager. She was also with BFS, a mortgage servicing company, for three years as its Communication Manager, to encourage borrowers to resolve their highly delinquent mortgages. Very recently, she was Technical Editor/Writer for a five-year USAID project, Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) Project, to promote economic growth in second-tier Philippine cities.

She has done training and consultancy work for the private sector (PMFTC, Incuventure); development sector (UN-Habitat); NGO (Philippine Equity Foundation); the academe (St. Scholastica’s); and government (Province of Laguna).

Ms. Simbulan is also currently involved as a volunteer for the Philippine Society for Orphan Disorders (PSOD), a non-stock, non-profit organization to promote the welfare of children with rare diseases and their families.

She is currently writing her first book.