Strategic and Marketing Management Department

Hans Clifford Yao completed his undergraduate degree at the Ateneo de Manila University finishing B.S. Management Honors program (Cum Laude) in 2003.  He completed his MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2018, where his group’s entrepreneurial project on mobile payments for the Philippine market won the ‘Best New Venture project in Asia’ by the Edward J. Kaplan New Venture Challenge.  Hans taught for 4 years at the Ateneo JGSOM before moving to the AGSB.  He currently teaches Strategic Management and Retail Management, and is also the Program Director for Retail Management and Strategy at the Ateneo CCE.

Hans is also the Managing Director of the Washington Group and the Adrenaline Group of companies, distributor and retailer of many foreign brands in the Philippines.  He is also a consultant for Family Business and Governance, and for other SME’s looking to scale up in the industry.