Talk:Aniceto Sobrepeña

Aniceto Mangahas Sobrepeña
Aniceto “Chito” Sobrepeña is the President of the Metrobank Foundation and the Manila Doctors Hospital. Prior to working in the private sector, Sobrepeña was concurrently the Cabinet Secretary in the Office of the President and Head of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) during President Corazon C. Aquino’s administration, and Deputy Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

Early Life and Education
Sobrepeña was born on June 17, 1953 in San Jose City, a farming community in northern Nueva Ecija. He excelled in academics and extra-curricular activities, graduating with First Honorable Mention honors in high school in 1969. He finished his A.B. Political Science degree, cum laude, and with Departmental Honors at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) in 1973. Later, he acquired his Certificate in Development Economics from the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) as a National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Scholar in 1974. He completed his Master of Arts in Development Economics from the Williams College in Massachusetts, USA in 1977, also a NEDA-USAID scholar in 1977.

Growing up in an agrarian setting set the stage for a social consciousness that led to involvement in student activism during his college days. He was a student leader of the Federation of Free Farmers during the pre-martial law era, championing the cause of land reform even if it would personally affect his family, who owned vast tracts of land in the province. The desire to work for the good of the people led him into a career in government. He was recruited to join the NEDA right after graduation, and after finishing his training at the UPSE, he volunteered for an assignment in one of the poorest Philippine regions in the Visayas islands serving in the Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council from 1974 to 1976.

Public Service
Sobrepeña quickly rose from the ranks from Research Assistant to become reputedly the youngest director in the national government at the age of 27, steering the Policy Coordination Staff of NEDA. He later joined the Office of the President as Undersecretary before being appointed as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) from 1990 to 1992 during the historic transition to democrative governance, Sobrepeña was the youngest member in the Corazon Aquino Cabinet at 36. His last appointment in government was during the term of President Fidel V. Ramos as Deputy Director General of the NEDA from 1992 to 1995. his total government service of more than twenty-two (22) years marked with the distinction of achieving the highest rank in the Career Executive Service Officers (CESO) corps (Rank I) from the Civil Service Commission.

Throughout more than two decades of public service, Chito distinguished himself in development management, international diplomacy, project development, development planning and organizational development. He directed and supervised the provision of technical and conference support to the President and the Cabinet, through the Cabinet Assistance System (CAS) including coordination of Presidential state visits. He held top-level responsibilities in the NEDA particularly managing the review of proposed economic policies and the formulation of regional and physical development plans. When President Aquino championed NGOs and people’s organizations in governance and development, Chito promoted mutual understanding between state and civil society through such policy bodies as the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD).

Private Sector
Sobrepeña is currently the President of the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI), the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of the Metrobank Group. For more than 17 years now as a private sector leader, he has steered the MBFI to new heights of institutional achievements in the public affairs and human development arena. The MBFI has emerged as one of the country’s most dynamic philanthropic organizations, implementing a wide array of CSR programs in such key sectors as education, visual arts, health care, the judiciary, police and military, and grant-making to various socio-civic and charitable institutions in the Philippines and in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Under Sobrepeña’s leadership, Metrobank was declared winner in the Corporate Social Responsibility Program category of the 1999 Asian Banking Awards, in recognition of the significant impact of the MBFI’s different programs on the country’s development efforts. Since joining the Metrobank Group, the MBFI has since garnered three (3) international awards and close to fifty (50) awards of recognition from public affairs organizations and government bodies, such as the Public Relations Society of the Philippines, and the International Association of Business Communicators Philippines.

2012 marks significant recognition milestones for the Metrobank Foundation. The Foundation was the lone institutional awardee of the Distinguished Sesquicentennial (150 years) Gawad Rizal Awards from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. The institution was similarly recognized as Quezon City’s Most Outstanding Organization for 2012 as the leading CSR institution for a leading banking enterprise.

In 2012, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) invited Sobrepeña to Paris, France to speak on the initiatives of Metrobank Foundation in promoting the status of teachers, especially the 28-year old Search for Outstanding Teachers and the annual National Teachers’ Month celebrations. His being the lone panelist from Asia to address the international gathering was regarded as a recognition of the successful programs of the Foundation and the leadership of the institution in corporate social responsibility

The De la Salle University conferred on the Foundation the Signum Ministerii (Sign of Service) Medal “in recognition of its various initiatives, programs and achievements toward the enhancement of the quality of life of and the promotion of a culture of excellence among Filipinos.” MBFI is the third recipient of the award aligning itself with venerable institutions that have vigorously figured in the attainment of our nation’s democracy, namely, the Radio Veritas, the only Catholic radio station in Asia in 1983, and the National Citizen’s Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) in 1984.

Awards and Recognition
The following are some of the awards and recognition given to Sobrepeña in the course of his private and government career:


 * Career Executive Service Officer, Rank I (the highest rank that the President of the Republic can appoint a civil servant; achieved through performance-based evaluation), 1991
 * Katangi-tanging Huwaran ng Career Executive Service (CES Exemplars), Career Executive Service Board, 2008
 * CEO (Communication Excellence in Organizations) Excel Award, International Association of Business Communicators Philippines, 2005
 * Most Outstanding NEDA Official in the Central Office for CY 1993 (NEDA Director-General's Citation)
 * Most Outstanding Citizen, San Jose City (Nueva Ecija), 20th Foundation Day Celebration, 1989

Personal Life
Sobrepeña is active in the “Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon” (Joy of the Lord), a Catholic Christian covenant community based in Metro Manila. He has been a member since 1982, and was involved in the community and its Partners-in-Mission, including Couples for Christ, Christ’s Youth in Action, and the Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals. Chito had served as pastoral leader to single men and, together with his wife, and is currently involved in conducting marriage enrichment workshops, called Intimacy Weekend.

Chito is married to the former Anna Isabel Crisostomo and has three children who all have completed college education, namely: Gabriel, Rafael, and Michaela.

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