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
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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 incl ...
. He is the son of
Rudy Salud, 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 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the
University of the Philippines
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. He is a member of the
Upsilon Sigma Phi.
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.
* 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 (), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, known for being one of the leading financial centers in the country. As of 2013, the city has the highest concent ...
.
* 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 for 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. He resigned as governor of Converge in 2023.
References
External links
PBA Official Website
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1962 births
Living people
Philippine Basketball Association executives
20th-century Filipino lawyers
Ateneo de Manila University alumni
University of the Philippines alumni
21st-century Filipino lawyers