MARY ANNE B. COLAYCO is a happy wife, fulfilled mother of three beautiful and successful ladies, helpful mother-in-law of two handsome and entrepreneurial gentlemen, doting grandmother of two adorable girls and the diligent President of Colayco Foundation for Education (CFE) and a successful business person in her own right. For over 40 years, Mabsi, short for MAB-C, was in executive-level finance-related positions, as well as general management positions in Ayala Corporation subsidiaries (then, Pure Foods and Globe Telecom among others) and also served as a Commissioner of the Energy Regulatory Commission.

She joins her husband, author-entrepreneur Francisco J. Colayco in their common advocacy of teaching financial literacy to income-earning Filipinos. She shares with us her wealth of life experiences in giving advice on personal money management.