FINEX Conference concluded

As part of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) http://www.finex.org.ph/ FINEX Week 2010  celebration set last September 25 to October 1 with the theme “Priming for Change”, the organization held their National Conference  on the last day of the said celebration at the Marriot Hotel Manila http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mnlap-manila-marriott-hotel/.

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III delivered the keynote address. Among the topics tackled in the conference were: “Balancing Act” by Department of Budget and Management http://www.dbm.gov.ph/ Secretary Florencio B. Abad; “Asia and Climate Change” by WWF Philippines http://www.wwf.org.ph/main.php chief executive officer and vice chairman Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan; “Priming the IT and IT-enabled industries in the Next Decade” by Tholons SE Asia managing director Jonathan de Luzuriaga; “Doing Business in the Philippines and Other Asian Countries” by Toyota Philippines http://www.toyota.com.ph/ president Michinobu Sugata; and “Near Term Prospects for Asian Countries” by Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org/ managing director General Rajat Nag.

Moreover, a round table discussion on “A CFO Response to the Changes” was held and participated by the 2009 and 2008 ING-FINEX CFO of the Year Jose Sio, EVP-CFO of SM Investments Corporation http://www.sminvestments.com/smic/index.php?p=248, and Sherisa Nuesa, CFO of Integrated MicroElectronics Inc. http://www.imiphil.com/news.html, respectively, and the Singapore CFO of Del Monte Pacific Ltd. http://www.delmontepacific.com/Website/index.html