A key official of the Manuel Pangilinan Group is now President of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) for 2025.

Maya Bank chairperson and director of PLDT/Smart Alfredo “Al” Panlilio, was elected as the 77th MAP president.

With PLDT as a long-time supporter of digital transformation, artificial intelligence (Al) is among the founding members of the Digital Infrastructure pillar of the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC), which was formed in July 2022.

Panlilio served as President and CEO of PLDT from June 2021 to December 2023 and Smart from August 2019 to December 2023. He was the SVP and Head of Customer Retail Services and Corporate Communications at Meralco from September 2010 to June 2019.

Under the Meralco Group, he served as chairperson of Radius Telecoms, e-Meralco Ventures, Paragon Vertical Corp., Powersource First Bulacan Solar and Pure Meridian Hydropower Corp. He was also vice chair of Aclara Meters Philippines, and director of CIS Bayad Center, Corporate Information Solutions, Customer Frontline Solutions, Meralco Energy, MRAIL, Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corp., Comstech Integration Alliance and MSpectrum.

Wears several hats

An advocate of the value of sports in maintaining a strong republic and international relations, he is a Member of the FIBA Central Board and is the Second VP of the FIBA Asia Board. He is President of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and the MVP Sports Foundation.

He was also the First VP of the Philippine Olympic Committee and Chair of the National Golf Association of the Philippines, and he headed the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Philippine local organizing committee.

He holds a BSBA (Computer Information Systems) from San Francisco State University and an MBA from J. L. Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University and the Hongkong University of Science and Technology.

He was also the First VP of the Philippine Olympic Committee and Chair of the National Golf Association of the Philippines, and he headed the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Philippine local organizing committee.

Joining Panlilio on the MAP 2025 Board of Governors are Mike Toledo of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation as vice president, Wilson Tan of SGV & Co. as treasurer, Paolo Borromeo of AC Health as assistant treasurer, and Gil Genio of GT Capital Holdings as secretary.

The other members of the MAP 2025 Board are Rene Almendras of Ayala Corp., Noel Bonoan of KPMG R. G. Manabat & Co., Rex Drilon of Center for Excellence in Governance and Maan Hontiveros of CEO Advisors.