Chito Salud

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Chito Salud
Chito Salud - PBA 2014-15 season opening.jpg
Salud in 2014
8th Commissioner of the PBA
In office
August 26, 2010 July 31, 2015
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • sports executive

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 and previously served as its eighth commissioner. He is the son of Rudy Salud, who was the commissioner of the PBA from 1988 to 1992.

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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. [1] He is a member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi. [2]

Career

Professional

Prior to his involvement with the PBA, Salud has had extensive work experience in both government and private sectors:

PBA

In August 2010, it was announced that Salud would succeed Sonny Barrios as PBA commissioner. He officially took over on August 26, 2010. [3] He institutionalized various developments in the league during his five-year term. [4]

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. [5] 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. [6]

On December 1, 2015, Salud announced his resignation as president and CEO of the PBA that took effect at the end of December 2015. [7] [8] On March 23, 2022, Salud made his return to the PBA, as the governor of the Converge PBA team. [9]

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