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”.
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.