Jonathan Ng, the vice chairman and CEO of the Republic Biscuit Corporation (Rebisco) Group of Food Companies, will be recognized as the Executive of the Year in the first-ever Pilipinas Live PVL Press Corps Awards Night on 28 May at the Novotel Manila Araneta City in Quezon City.

Ng made the Rebisco brand not just a snack icon in the local market, but also a name synonymous with a winning culture in volleyball.

As one of the country’s most successful tycoons, Ng has used his business expertise to build one of the most decorated sports franchises over the last eight years, helping pioneer the PVL’s breakthrough grand slam winner last year with the Creamline Cool Smashers.

Ng bagged the recognition in the special award rites presented by Arena Plus by earning 12.8 points coming from 9.6 media votes and 3.2 team votes, cast by head coaches and captains from the 12 participating squads.

Petro Gazz owner Ricky Villavicencio, who saw the Angels’ rise to their first-ever All-Filipino Conference title last April, placed second with 5.8 total points while Akari’s Christopher Tiu, whose Chargers entered the podium with a runner-up finish in the Reinforced and bronze medal in the AFC, had 4.4 total votes.

Rebisco’s first volleyball club, established in 2017, turned out to be the most successful PVL team with 10 championships, including a sweep of the 2024 season, ruling the All-Filipino, Reinforced, and Invitational Conferences.

During his tenure, Ng also saw the Choco Mucho Flying Titans take home back-to-back silver medal finishes from 2023 to 2024.

Notably, Ng’s Cool Smashers and the Flying Titans drew 24,459 fans to a single volleyball match, setting a record-breaking gate attendance when they faced each other in Game 2 of the 2023-24 PVL All-Filipino Conference Finals.

Rebisco, which has been supporting the Philippine national volleyball teams and Ateneo in UAAP volleyball over the past years, also entered the men’s volleyball club scene through Criss Cross. The King Crunchers reached the finals for three consecutive Spikers’ Turf conferences and finished with silver medals since joining last year.

The Rebisco management also made sure to bring in valuable reinforcements in American wing spiker Erica Staunton, who joined hands with Bernadeth Pons and Michele Gumabao to power the injury-riddled Cool Smashers in the 2024 PVL Reinforced and Invitational Conferences to complete the grand slam.