Dr. H.C. Cristina Amor Maclang

Co-Founder of International Digital Economies Association (iDEA) and Digital Pilipinas


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Dr. H.C. Cristina Amor Maclang – As a known movement maker across ASEAN, Amor Maclang has led cross-functional and cross-border collaborations among regional and national line agencies, industry leaders, academies, policymakers, and various stakeholders both from the private and public sectors. Specializing in high-impact, high-risk, high value, and highly regulated industries, Amor is a leading advocate of nascent technology adoption, renewable energy, public health, tourism, urban planning, and financial services. 

As the convenor of Digital Pilipinas, the largest private sector led movement for creating an innovation and a technology ecosystem in the Philippines, Amor continuously champions the mass uptake of blockchain, web 3.0, cryptocurrency, e-commerce, and fintech to raise the country’s innovation quotient. 

Amor is currently one of the advisors of the Department of Finance, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Information and Communications Technology, and the Department of Health initiating transformational change in line with her mission to transform the country into diverse antifragile ecosystems. 

She is the Co-Founder and Chief Reputation Architect of GeiserMaclang, the leading company in special situations, risks, issues, and crisis. For 22 years, GeiserMaclang has enabled various brands to hit their business goals while being a force for good for the country. 

Among her many roles across multiple organizations, Amor is also a recognized speaker and panelist addressing regional and national audiences to enable innovative solutions and partnerships to steer the country towards digital transformation.