Chris M. Paete, CPA, CIA, CISA (Independent Practitioner)

Chris M. Paete, CPA, CIA, CISA

Independent Practitioner

Chris is currently an Independent Practitioner, for more than 18 years of progressive career in corporate governance, enterprise, risk management, and internal controls, multi-industry practice, worked in multi-cultural environment in various regions of the globe, solid academic foundation and technical training, recognition and awards from international professional bodies.

He also provides professional advice on high-stakes business initiatives and issues, i.e., business process re-engineering and standardization, governance system and operating procedures development, system development and implementation, etc.

Provides independent assurance on high-risk business processes or high impact events, i.e., key processes/projects/system implementation, multi-million USD loss exposure, significant fraud, etc.

With multi-industry exposure, i.e., Food and Beverage Manufacturing & Distribution, Energy, Oil & Gas, Marine, Real Estate, and Retail.

He is also an experienced in multi-cultural work environment having worked in various regions of the globe, i.e., Philippines in East Asia; UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, KSA in the GCC; Iran in West Asia; Pakistan in Central Asia; Lebanon, Jordan in Levant; and Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, & Senegal in West Africa.

Chris has solid academic foundation and technical training in finance, management, and information systems. Recognition and awards from international professional bodies, i.e., Institute of Internal Auditor (USA), Information Systems Audit and Control Association (USA).
He graduated from University of the Philippines – Visayas with the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration Major in Management and took Bachelor of Science in Accountancy as 2nd course at Saint Paul School of Professional Studies.

Chris is Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) with Recipient of William S. Smith Certificate of Excellence Award (November 2006), One of the GLOBAL TOP FIVE best scores after the Gold Medalist and Certified Information Systems Auditor, CISA Exam TOP SCORER - Philippines (June 2008).