Gillian Akiko-Thomson-Guevara

Akiko was a national swimmer of the Philippines for 10 years, competing in 5 Southeast Asian Games (winning 7 gold medals) and 3 Olympics. She has always been involved in sport in one capacity or another (as a proud volunteer and official) and is currently the President of the Philippine Olympians Association.

After graduating from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in Anthropology and Theater, she worked in the media for 7 years as a host of the sports show Gameplan and then as a reporter for the Probe Team. She went on to pursue her MBA at the Ateneo Graduate School as well as a Master's in Sports Management from the MEMOS program of IDHEAP, in Switzerland.

Akiko, as she is more commonly known, was a commissioner of the Philippine Sports Commission for 8 years and has been running a swim school with her husband, Chips, since 2011.