MAP
News Release

Mr. ALFREDO “Al” S. PANLILIO, Chair of Maya Bank and Director of PLDT/SMART, assumes the role of leading the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) for 2025 with his election as the 77th MAP President.

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

Al 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 Sept 2010 to June 2019. Under the MERALCO Group, he served as Chair 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.

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 is also 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.

Joining Mr. Panlilio on the MAP 2025 Board of Governors are Atty. MIKE TOLEDO of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation as VP, Mr. WILSON TAN of SGV & Co. as Treasurer, Mr. PAOLO BORROMEO of AC Health as Assistant Treasurer, and Mr. GIL GENIO of GT Capital Holdings as Secretary.

The other members of the MAP 2025 Board are Sec. RENE ALMENDRAS of Ayala Corporation, Atty. NOEL BONOAN of KPMG R. G. Manabat & Co., Mr. REX DRILON of Center for Excellence in Governance, and Ms. MAAN HONTIVEROS of CEO Advisors.