The next stop on the ‘Road Show’ for Prof Brendan O’Connell (ICMA President) and Prof Janek Ratnatunga (ICMA CEO) was the Philippines.
The ‘Strategic Management Accounting Forum 2017’ was held on December 9th at the Edsa Shangrila Hotel in Manila. There were over 100 attendees. Professor Janek Ratnatunga, the CEO of ICMA who spoke on the topic, “Sustainable Cost Accounting: Air, Water and Food”, and Prof Brendan O’Connell, the President of ICMA and Professor of Accounting, RMIT University, who spoke on “Anti-Money Laundering Legislations and CFO Responsibilities”.
The other speakers were drawn from amongst the distinguished members of ICMA.
At this function, Mr. Jose Jerome Rivera Pascual III, the CFO, VP Finance and Treasurer at Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation was inducted to the Global Management Accounting Hall of Fame; and Dr. Patricia M. Empleo, the Dean and Professor at UST-AMV College of Accountancy at the University of Santo Tomas was inducted to the Global Accounting Hall of Fame.