Mr. Jose Maria Galan Carlos heads the newsroom of CNN Philippines as Assistant Vice President for News. He also is chairman of the Board of Management of the Asia Media Information Center (AMIC) and teaches at the University of Santo Tomas as Assistant Professor handling courses on broadcast journalism, media management and public relations. Mr. Carlos is formerly programme manager of the Kuala Lumpur-based Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), and Secretary General of the Singapore-based AMIC. He had also worked as Public Relations Manager at San Miguel Corporation and Resins Incorporated.