Mr. Anthony Ng, founder, chairman, and CEO of NorthStar Meat Merchants Inc., visited UA&P last July 11, 2023. Mr. Ng is a BS Entrepreneurial Management graduate (batch 2001) of UA&P. He received the Alumni Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship during the HELM Awards last December 2022 organized by the UA&P School of Management to recognize alumni achievers.

In 1999, NorthStar started out as Mr. Ng’s undergraduate New Business Venture under the Entrepreneurial Management (EM) Program of UA&P. In 2021, NorthStar had a total of 260 stores nationwide and was able to rake in P9.3 billion pesos based on their 2021 sales. NorthStar has trained and developed more than 2,000 experienced butchers nationwide by utilizing its meat cutting facility and its meat shops as actual training grounds for its butchers. Currently, its stores and plants nationwide are manned by a total of 2,240 highly skilled butchers. 

During his visit to the campus, Mr. Ng met with UA&P President Dr. Winston Conrad B. Padojinog and some UA&P officials who apprised him of the various programs and projects of the University. Mr. Ng shared his experiences in the agribusiness industry to Mr. Senen Reyes, who currently heads the UA&P Center for Food and Agribusiness (CFA). For several years, the CFA has been successfully running the Agribusiness Executives’ Program (AEP), a 6-month Certificate Program designed to develop the managerial, analytical, and strategic thinking skills of executives and managers.

On top of further expanding NorthStar, Mr. Ng aspires to make a dent in the high-end restaurant industry with his newly opened restaurants in Katipunan, Quezon City: Fukui Omakase and William Watson Steak Room.

EM alumnus Mr. Anthony Ng (fourth from right) with (L-R) CORE Vice Director Dr. Ferdinand Pingul, Fund Development Office Managing Director Dr. Imelda Estillore, School of Management (SMN) Dean Dr. Anna Maria Mendoza, UA&P Vice President for Business Development and Alumni Affairs Dr. Roberto Roque, UA&P co-founder Dr. Bernardo Villegas, UA&P President Dr. Winston Padojinog, EM Program Director and SMN Vice Dean Dr. Eli Santos, CFA Deputy Director Mr. Senen Reyes, and Office of Alumni Affairs Managing Director Ms. Carlee Estanislao.