Margarita Antonio

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Researcher at Burnet Institute

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Overview

Margarita is a public health professional with experience spanning government policy, hospital administration, and academic research. Educated at Ateneo de Manila University and the University of Melbourne, she has managed multi-billion dollar health projects for the Philippine Department of Health and worked as a Hospital Administrator at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

She is passionate about global development and mental health advocacy. Margarita was one of two representatives from the Philippines chosen for the Global Development Leadership Series. Her interest in community well-being is further demonstrated by a project she developed to bring mental health first-aid training to underserved communities.

She was the sole South-east Asian finalist in the global 2019 Impact Challenge for her mental health initiative.

Personality Overview

Enthusiastic

Imaginative

Relationship Oriented

They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections.  They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be.

Topics They Care About

Public Health Programs
Led the processing of a World Bank loan for a multi-sectoral nutrition project and managed a national COVID-19 behavior change campaign in the Philippines.
Childhood Nutrition
Instrumental in a project targeting childhood stunting in the Philippines by streamlining nutrition services through the "First 1000 days" strategy for high-burden areas.
Healthcare Economics
Completed her Master's research on the cost-effectiveness of preeclampsia prevention, showing an interest in the financial aspects of health interventions.

Media Appearances

Margarita has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2024 - 12-2024
Researcher at Burnet Institute
5-2023
Hospital Administrator at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
5-2021 - 12-2022
Executive Assistant II at Department of Health (Philippines)
5-2020 - 5-2021
Health Program Officer at Department of Health (Philippines)
4-2020 - 5-2020
Researcher at EpiMetrics, Inc.

Education

2-2023 - 12-2024
Master of Public Health - MPH from University of Melbourne
2014 - 2020
Bachelor of Science (Honors Program) from Ateneo de Manila University

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Insights For Selling To Margarita

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Do some small talk, ask them how things are going on their side
  • Talk anecdotally about the customer experience that your product offers
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee

DONT's

  • Avoid cutting into their flow
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first
  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Margarita is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Margarita

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Margarita move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Margarita take some risk or not?

  • They can accept limited risks, ones that they think will not impact them personally.

You And Margarita

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