Strategic Management Accounting Forum 2019 in Philippines

The next stop on the ‘Road Show’ for Prof Brendan O’Connell (ICMA President), Prof Janek Ratnatunga (ICMA CEO) and Dr Chris D’Souza, (ICMA COO- International) was the Philippines.

The ‘Strategic Management Accounting Forum 2019’ was held on December 7th at the Astoria Plaza in Manila. There were over 100 attendees. Professor Janek Ratnatunga, the CEO of ICMA who spoke on the topic, “The Silence of the Auditors: Why Audit Reports Are Untrue and Unfair”; Prof Brendan O’Connell, the President of ICMA and Professor of Accounting, RMIT University, spoke on “The Social CRM: The Wild Child of Big Data and Customer Relationship Management” and Dr Chris D’Souza, the COO (International), who spoke on the topic “Corporate Myopia in the 21st Century”.

Prof. Janek Ratnatunga, ICMA CEO delivering his talk at the Strategic Management Accounting Forum 2019 in Manila.
From Left to Right: Dr Chris D’Souza COO (International); Prof. Janek Ratnatunga, ICMA CEO; Prof Brendon O’Connell ICMA Global President; Mr Henry Ong, ICMA Regional Director, Philippines and Dr. Joselito Diga at the Strategic Management Accounting Forum 2019 in Manila.

At the forum Dr. Noe Quiñanola the Chairman of the Board of Accountancy in the Philippines was inducted to the Global Accounting Hall of Fame. Mr. Jeffrey C. Lim is the President of SM Prime was also inducted to the Global Management Accounting Hall of Fame.

The other speakers were drawn from amongst the distinguished members of ICMA.

Ms. Christine Buenaflor of the ICMA Regional Office, Philippines, presenting an award to Dr Chris D’Souza COO (International) at the Strategic Management Accounting Forum 2019 in Manila.
About Prof Janek Ratnatunga 1129 Articles
Professor Janek Ratnatunga is CEO of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants. He has held appointments at the University of Melbourne, Monash University and the Australian National University in Australia; and the Universities of Washington, Richmond and Rhode Island in the USA. Prior to his academic career he worked with KPMG.