MAN OF THE HOUR Rogelio Singson receives the “MAP Management Person of the Year 2024” award. Also in photo (from left): Michael Toledo (emcee); Lilia de Lima, chair of judging committee; Rene Almendras, MAP president and Benedicta Du-Baladad, chair of award search committee —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Rogelio Singson, former secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and former CEO of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., received the much-coveted “MAP Management Person of the Year 2024” award from the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) on Nov. 25.
Singson, who was born in 1948, is the 48th recipient of the premier management award in the country.
MAP honored Singson for:
- implementing a good governance and anticorruption program at the DPWH, which “changed its image from one of the most corrupt agencies to an acknowledged efficient line agency” under his stewardship during the term of President Benigno Aquino III;
- his contribution to “reshaping national values by being a model of humility, ethical conduct and spiritual uprightness”;
- setting an example for Filipino managers through an “unblemished track record of integrity, managerial competence and professional leadership in his management career in both private and public sectors” particularly in the areas of public-private partnership, tollways management, water and power utilities privatization, airports, seaports and resorts; and
- his active role in MVP group’s substantial contribution to national development.
“I am deeply humbled and greatly honored by this recognition for my work, both in the public and private sectors, by the most prestigious business and management organization in the country. Thank you very much, MAP,” Singson said during the awarding ceremony.
A full text of his acceptance speech will be published in two parts starting tomorrow at the “MAPping the Future” column on Board Talk.