Rogelio “Babes” Lazo Singson is the new president of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP). He is also the 74th MAP president since its inception in 1950.
Singson will finish the remaining term of Dr. Alfredo E. Pascual who has been appointed as Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). He will serve as MAP head from July 1 to Dec. 31 this year.
Singson is the president and CEO of Metro Pacific Water (MPW). He is also the president of MPW's subsidiaries, Metro Iloilo Bulk Water Supply Corp., Metro Pacific Iloilo Water and Metro Pacific Dumaguete Water Services. He also serves as Director of Laguna Water District Aquatech Resources Corp., Eco-System Technologies International and Manila Water Consortium.
Prior to joining MPW, he served as president and CEO of MERALCO PowerGen Corp. and Light Rail Manila Corp.
Singson completed a full six-year term or from 2010 to 2016 as Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) where he led a Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Program, and the implementation of major infrastructure projects nationwide.
He also served previously as president and CEO of Maynilad Water Services and led the successful turnaround of one of Metro Manila’s two major water concessionaires. He was SVP for Project Development of Citadel Holdings. He was chair and president of Bases Conversion and Development Authority from 1998 to 2002.
Singson was conferred the Order of Lakandula with the rank of Grand Cross (Bayani) in 2016. He received other significant awards including: Outstanding Exemplar in Government Service Award from Bulong Pulungan; Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award from UP Alumni Association; and Outstanding Manilan Award for Public Service.
He was also one of the recipients of the Outstanding Filipino Awards for Government/Public Service and was named the Most Distinguished Alumnus by UP Alumni Engineers in 2011.
Singson holds a BS Industrial Engineering from UP. He is a member of Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon Community.
The other members of the MAP Board of Governors from July 1 to Dec. 31 are the following: DITO CME COO Donald Lim as VP; SGV & Co. Chair and Country Managing Partner Wilson Tan as Treasurer; Lazaro Bernardo Tiu & Associates Managing Director Romy Bernardo as Asst. Treasurer; CEO Advisors, Inc. Managing Director Maan Hontinveros as Secretary; Isla Lipana & Co./PwC Philippines Chair Emeritus and ESG Leader Alex Cabrera as Asst. Secretary; Brain Trust Inc. Chair Ciel Habito as Governor; PHINMA Education Holdings President and CEO Chito Salazar as Governor; and Wallace Business Forum Chair Peter Wallace as Governor.