Angelico Tiu Salud (born June 17, 1962), better known as Chito Salud, is a Filipino lawyer and sports executive who currently serves as team governor of the Converge Fiber Xers in PBA. He was the first president and CEO of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

and previously served as its eighth

commissioner A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something). In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to in ...

. He is the son of

Rudy Salud Rodrigo Salud (March 13, 1938 – March 7, 2011) was the third commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association from 1988 to 1992 and the founding secretary-general of the World Boxing Council. His son, Chito, was also a former commissi ...

, who was the commissioner of the PBA from 1988 to 1992.

Education

Salud is a graduate of a Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Management at the

Ateneo de Manila University , mottoeng = Light in the Lord , type = Private, research, non-profit, coeducational basic and higher education institution , established = December 10, 1859 , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic (Jesuits) , academic_aff ...

and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the

University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP; fil, Pamantasan ng Pilipinas Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 200 ...

. He is a member of the

Upsilon Sigma Phi The Upsilon Sigma Phi () is the oldest Greek-letter organization and fraternity in Asia. Founded in 1918, it is also the oldest student organization in continuous existence in the University of the Philippines. It has two chapters — a single ch ...

Career

Professional

Prior to his involvement with the PBA, Salud has had extensive work experience in both government and private sectors: * Appointed as President of the National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation, a government owned and controlled corporation (GOCC), in September 2000 by former President

Joseph Estrada Joseph Ejercito Estrada, (; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor. He served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, the 9th vice presi ...

. * Appointed as President of the Natural Resources Development Corporation, another GOCC. * Served as legal consultant for the Office of the Mayor in

Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

. * Member of his father's organization called Volunteer Movement for Good Governance. * Served as independent director of Petron Corporation.

PBA

In August 2010, it was announced that Salud would succeed

Sonny Barrios Renauld N. Barrios, better known as Sonny Barrios, is the seventh commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association and the current executive director of Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas. Before serving as commissioner, he took on the role in a ...

as PBA commissioner. He officially took over on August 26, 2010. He institutionalized various developments in the league during his five-year term. On February 15, 2015, Salud announced that he will resign as commissioner of the league by the end of the 2014-2015 season due to personal reasons. However, on March 7, 2015 during the 2015 PBA All-Star Weekend in Palawan, PBA chairman Patrick Gregorio announced that the PBA Board of Governors has appointed Salud to be the first president and CEO of the PBA, whose task includes corporate communications, finance, marketing, administrative, human resources and legal relations, which Salud accepted. On December 1, 2015, Salud announced his resignation as president and CEO of the PBA that took effect at the end of December 2015. On March 23, 2022, Salud made his return to the PBA, as the governor of the Converge PBA team.

References

External links

PBA Official Website
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