Award-winning actress Charo Santos-Concio returns to an executive role in her home network, ABS-CBN.

ABS-CBN Corporation has appointed the former ABS-CBN president and CEO, Ma. Rosario "Charo" Santos-Concio, to its board of directors.

ABS-CBN said the company's Board of Directors elected Santos-Concio as a director, filling the board vacancy left by the passing of lawyer Augusto Almeda-Lopez.

Santos-Concio served as ABS-CBN president and CEO and held various roles in the company including chief operating officer, chief content officer, president of ABS-CBN University, executive advisor, and head of Channel 2 Mega Manila Management.

She was named Asian Media Woman of the Year by ContentAsia, Woman of the Year by the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, and recipient of the Gold Stevie Award in the Female Executive of the Year in Asia, Australia, or New Zealand in the Stevie Awards for Women.

Santos-Concio graduated as a cum laude of St. Paul's College in Manila with a degree in Communication Arts. She also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2007.