Cardinal Tagle with PBSP trustees

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle (eighth from left), the keynote speaker at Philippine Business for Social Progress’ (PBSP) Annual Membership Meeting last Jan. 27, pose with its Board of Trustees (from left) Roberto Umali, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Magsaysay Transport & Logistic Corp.; Edgar Chua, Country Chairman of Shell companies in the Philippines; Ramon del Rosario, President and CEO of Philippine Investment Management, (PHINMA) Inc.; Cirilo Noel, Chairman and Managing Partner of SGV & Co.; Luis Pineda, President and Country General Manager of IBM Philippines, Inc.; Paul Dominguez, Director of Sarangani Agricultural Co., Inc; Bienvenido Tan Jr., President and General Manager of The Bookmark, Inc.; Marixi Prieto, Chairman of the Board of Philippine Daily Inquirer; Manuel V Pangilinan, Chairman of PLDT and Smart Communications Inc.; Alberto Lina, Chairman of Airfreight 2100, Inc.; Cecilio Pedro, President and CEO of Lamoiyan Corporation; Lito Tayag, Country Managing Director of Accenture Philippines; Atty. Wilfredo Villanueva, Tax Partner of SGV & Co.; Jose Antonio Aboitiz, Representative of Davao Light and Power Company; and Pedro Roxas, Executive Chairman of Roxas Holdings, Inc. Cardinal Tagle challenged business leaders from PBSP member-companies, donors, and partners to include the poor in their businesses, and have a life-changing personal encounter with them. During the event, PBSP reported on its accomplishments for the past fiscal year in the programs on Health, Education, Environment and Livelihood and Enterprise Development. All its projects are geared towards the reduction of poverty and producing self-reliant communities.