Louie Sangalang

ABOUT Me

Leadership is tested through adversity.

After surviving appendiceal cancer in my 20s, I became interested
in how people handle pressure and what allows some to recover
while others do not. That carried into combat and endurance sports,
as well as corporate leadership and entrepreneurship.

As an athlete, I became the first Featherweight Champion of
the Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC), completed
the FWD North Pole Marathon as the first Filipino cancer survivor,
and finished the full distance of the inaugural Ironman Philippines.

During the pandemic lockdown, I competed in The Apprentice:
ONE Championship Edition and was a finalist.

In my professional work, including leadership roles at AXA Philippines
across strategy, procurement, and transformation, I saw how
structure and accountability shape outcomes.

This reinforced a simple principle. Preparation determines results.

Resilience is built through clear thinking, ownership, and discipline.
My work focuses on helping leaders, teams, and individuals
apply these in how they think, decide, and lead.