Cardinal Tagle speaks before PBSP members

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle (eighth from left) was recently the keynote speaker at the Philippine Business for Social Progress’s (PBSP) Annual Membership Meeting.

Cardinal Tagle challenged business leaders from PBSP member companies, donors and partners to include the poor in their businesses, and have a life­changing personal encounter with them. During the event, PBSP reported on its accomplishments for the past fiscal year in the programs on health, education,environmentandlivelihoodandenterprise development. All its projects are geared toward the reduction of poverty and producing self­reliant communities.

In photo with the cardinal are PBSP’s board of trustees—(from left) Roberto Umali, 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 Inc.; Cirilo Noel, chairman and managing partner of SGV & Co.; Luis Pineda, president and country general manager of IBM Philippines Inc.; PaulDominguez, 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 Corp.; Lito Tayag, country managing director of Accenture Philippines; lawyer Wilfredo Villanueva, tax partner of SGV & Co.; Jose Antonio Aboitiz, representative of Davao Light and Power Co.; and Pedro Roxas, executive chairman of Roxas Holdings Inc.

Source: BusinessMirror, p. 4 of B2, February 9, 2015