MANILA, Philippines - Filipino-American business and civic leader Susan Barlin was one of the international speakers at the recently-concluded Asian Networkers Convention and Expo, a regional and international event founded by chief executive officer Dato Shahin Pilli Noble of the Bangkok-based World of Professionals (WOP). The three-day event culminated with the prestigious WOP Awards, where Barlin emerged as the 2014 Asian Business Leader of the Year, the highest in the individual category. Barlin is the chief executive officer of Forever Rich Philippines Inc., the exclusive national distributor of breakthrough natural and functional food supplements Laminine and Omega Triple Plus of US-based nutraceutical giant LifePharm. Forever Rich Philippines was founded on Barlin’s vision of a “forever rich Philippines” that taps the global presence of the over 12 million Filipino expats and migrants to lead the international networking industry and generate dollar incomes for the country from their downlines or sub-distributors all over the world. In just a year from its inception in March 2012, Forever Rich Philippines has already made the country the world’s second-largest Laminine market, next only to the US. Now into its third year, Forever Rich Philippines has expanded into Hong Kong, Africa and Indonesia, and soon into many other countries with substantial populations of migrant and expatriate Filipinos. The company is professionalizing its networkers worldwide and reaching out to the marginalized and underprivileged through Barlin’s Health, Education and Livelihood Program, or HELP.