{"id":3585,"date":"2025-03-27T01:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T01:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2025-03-27T01:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T01:35:45","slug":"rosemarie-rafael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/rosemarie-rafael\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosemarie Rafael"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Faces-of-SM-Rosemarie-Rafael-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3586\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Success isn\u2019t just about building a business\u2014it\u2019s about creating opportunities for others to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">-Rosemarie Rafael, Airspeed Group President and Founder<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosemarie Rafael knows what it\u2019s like to start from the ground up\u2014starting as a ticketing agent before becoming the founder and Group President of Airspeed. In 1985, she launched the company with just six employees and a single delivery van. Driven by a strong work ethic and a passion for logistics, she transformed Airspeed into what it is today \u2013 a trusted service provider with over 1,000 employees and a presence in more than 90 countries. For her, logistics isn\u2019t just about delivering goods; it\u2019s about enabling businesses, especially MSMEs and women-led enterprises, to grow and compete in an ever-changing market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her partnership with SM has been instrumentl in scaling Airspeed\u2019s reach and impact. \u201cSM shares our belief in building sustainable businesses that create real impact,\u201d she explains. Through this collaboration, Airspeed has connected more MSMEs to customers nationwide, providing the logistics support they need to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond business, Rosemarie is passionate about empowering other entrepreneurs, particularly women breaking barriers in male-dominated industries. \u201cSuccess isn\u2019t just about growing your own company\u2014it\u2019s about creating opportunities for others,\u201d she says. By mentoring aspiring business owners and providing the necessary infrastructure, she hopes to help more Filipinos turn their ideas into successful enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her journey proves that with the right mindset, strong partnerships, and a commitment to innovation, businesses \u2013 no no matter how small they start \u2013 can go far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Success isn\u2019t just about building a business\u2014it\u2019s about creating opportunities for others to thrive. -Rosemarie Rafael, Airspeed Group President and Founder Rosemarie Rafael knows what it\u2019s like to start from the ground up\u2014starting as a ticketing agent before becoming the founder and Group President of Airspeed. In 1985, she launched the company with just six [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faces-of-sm"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3587,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585\/revisions\/3587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}