PLDT Chairman, President, and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan is this year’s Sports Executive of the Year awardee, alongside San Miguel Corporation CEO Ramon S. Ang at the Philippine Sportswriters Association Annual Awards.

Donning a gray suit jacket and a casual shirt, businessman, sports patron, and chairman of PLDT Inc. and the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) Manuel V. Pangilinan came into the small studio at Cignal TV to have an almost no-holds-barred conversation on “Thought Leaders” about his views on how sports, particularly basketball, can play a huge part in nation-building.

Amid his busy schedule, PLDT Inc. Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan sat down for #BetterToday conversations, a video series under this year’s Power Move Project -- an initiative of PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) to promote mental resilience through sports.

A robust pool of IT professionals is key to propelling the Philippines' digitization plans, according to PLDT Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan.

Business leader Manuel V. Pangilinan expressed the commitment of his group of companies to strengthen public-private partnerships (PPP), enabling economic progress in the new normal.