Google Cloud has named Jennifer Ligones as its new Country Manager for the Philippines, where she will oversee operations and lead the company’s go-to-market strategy for both Google Cloud and Google Workspace. Her appointment is aimed at accelerating the adoption of cloud technologies in the region.
Ligones brings three decades of industry experience to the role. Before joining Google Cloud, she was the President and CEO of Third Pillar, an IT consulting and services firm she founded in 2013. Under her leadership, the company became a trusted partner for digital transformation initiatives across various industries.
Her extensive career also includes leadership positions at SAP—where she served as Country Manager for the Philippines—along with key roles at SAS and IBM, further strengthening her track record in driving growth and innovation.
As part of her new role, Ligones joins the Southeast Asia executive leadership team and will report to Mark Micallef, Managing Director, Southeast Asia, Google Cloud, who oversees the enterprise, public sector, and corporate business segments in the region.
Micallef commented,
“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,” he added.
“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,” Ligones said.
She added,
“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 organisations’ delivery of next-generation digital services to better serve all Filipinos.”
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