Jomel Fuentes Encourages An Entrepreneurial Mindset Within The Organisation

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Udenna Infrastructure corporation has pursued some of the biggest infrastructure projects in the Philippines. In doing so, COO Jomel Fuentes believes his company is breaking ground on a righteous legacy.

- Michael Wayne

The COVID-19 pandemic has irreversibly changed our way of life, some sectors more than others. The business world has been forced to adapt to supply chain disruptions, a devastating decrease in face-to-face interactions due to lockdowns and social distancing restrictions and the subsequent financial fallout. Many companies have been forced to pivot and diversify in order to survive; in some cases, they’ve thrived.

The Philippines, so close to COVID-19’s ground zero in Asia, was particularly affected by disturbances to overseas transport traffic. When government infrastructure projects, vital to the maintenance of these supply chains, were thrown into uncertainty as one of the world’s strictest lockdowns took hold, Udenna Infrastructure Corporation (UIC) COO Jomel Fuentes saw a chance to help. “For our government infrastructure projects – airports, seaports, urban rail – we went back to the drawing board,” he says.