currently the chairman emeritus of SBP. He was elected to the Central Board of FIBA in 2014. Moreover, his MVP Sports Foundation has supported other Philippine athletes, some of whom won gold medals in the 2018 Asian Games. Involvement in sports Pangilinan is a sports patron having been raised from a basketball loving family. His mother was a fan of the San Beda Red Lions basketball team and was best friends with Caloy Loyzaga. His father played the sport along with baseball and tennis. Pangilinan himself plays badminton. Through the MVP Foundation, Pangilinan funds initiatives on badminton, boxing, golf and taekwondo. Honors National Honors : Order of Lakandula, Commander – (May 24, 2006) : Order of Lakandula, Grand Cross – (June 5, 2010) See also Kapampangan Development Foundation Smart Communications PLDT Sun Cellular Meralco References External links Biography at Asian Affairs Biography at Metro Pacific Manny Pangilinan Speech to 2006 Ateneo Graduates 1946 births Living people Ateneo de Manila University alumni Basketball people in the Philippines Businesspeople in telecommunications 21st-century Filipino businesspeople Kapampangan people People from Manila PLDT people Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni Filipino sports executives and administrators TV5 Network executives Filipino company founders Filipino chairpersons of corporations Grand Crosses of the Order of Lakandula