Event Details

RISK IN FOCUS 2025


This session will provide insights into the key areas internal audit leaders are focusing on to meet stakeholder expectations. Topics will include new ways of working, strategy and value management, stakeholder engagement, and building trust.


Who Should Attend:

  • Chief Audit Executives (only one representative per company), and
  • Registered for the Annual Convention 2024


Limited slots only. First Come, First Served

Speakers & Moderators

  • Michael Cabatuando (Director, Global Privacy of Johnson & Johnson International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.)

    Michael Cabatuando

    Director, Global Privacy of Johnson & Johnson International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

    Mike Cabatuando, CIA, CCSA, CPA, CRMA, MBA, CICA, CrFA, CIPP/E
    Johnson and Johnson International Singapore Pte. Ltd.


    Mike is the Director of Global Privacy supporting Innovative Medicine ASPAC/GS and appointed Data Protection Officer (DPO) for Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam for Johnson and Johnson group of companies. He joined J&J as Compliance Head of the Manila Accounting Shared Service Center in 2009 and later as the Regional Compliance Lead for Asia-Pacific’s Center of Excellence in Finance where he received the “Encore Platinum Award” for excellent performance in documentation of the company’s processes and controls. He is also a Johnson and Johnson Leader Awardee for Business Partnering in building the privacy compliance program for J&J Philippines, South Korea, and Japan.

    Prior to J&J, Mike was Senior Internal Audit Manager of SYNNEX, the parent company of Concentrix where he worked on global Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) audit engagements in North America, Europe and China locations. Mike has extensive audit career in business outsourcing industry. He was a Risk Manager at the PeopleSupport Inc. and a project team leader for the SOX compliance audit for the Los Angeles and Costa Rica Offices. Mike then joined Citibank as Compliance and Controls Manager for Citigroup Business Process Solutions (CBPS). He assisted in the implementation of the business unit’s Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) program.

    He was a Board Director of the Institute of Internal Auditors-Philippines in 2007 and 2008, in-charge of Membership and Convention Committee. For years, Mike has been the Membership & Professional Development Committee Chair where he revitalized its activities and refocused its goals to the Institute’s mission-vision. He has been a resource speaker of the IIA-P for its Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Review Program, Public Run Seminar, and In-house seminar for private and publicly listed corporations since 2007. He is also a lecturer at the Philippines Institute of Certified Public Accountant (PICPA), Institute of Internal Controls Asia, and Institute of Certified Forensic Accountants.

    Mike has more than 20 years of experience in the field of internal and external audit, data privacy, cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, forensic accounting, and fraud audit engagements. He has robust technical knowledge of International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF), Data Privacy Framework, COSO Control/ ERM Framework, Sarbanes Oxley Act, IFRS, KYC, NIST, FCPA and COBIT.

    He is an active member of the Information Association of Privacy Professionals and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). He is also the sector lead of the Pharma DPO Council of the Philippines.

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  • Mr. Joseph Ian Canlas ((Moderator) Vice President at Asian Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditors (ACIIA))

    Mr. Joseph Ian Canlas

    (Moderator) Vice President at Asian Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditors (ACIIA)

    Ian is a Consulting Partner of SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. and he is the EY ASEAN Consulting Quality
    Leader. He is a recognized specialist in internal audit, enterprise risk management, corporate governance, SOX, internal controls transformation and sustainability reporting. His clients include companies in consumer products, media and entertainment, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, transportation, real estate, telecommunications, shared services center, business process outsourcing, technology, government and public sector, among others.

    Ian served as President of The Institute of Internal Auditors Philippines in 2018. He currently holds the position of Vice President for the Asian Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditors (ACIIA) for 2024/2025 and volunteers as a member of the Committee of Research and Education Advisors for the Internal Audit Foundation of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

    He is a member of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants and he was previously one of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Philippines Chapter. Ian graduated cum laude from the University of Santo Tomas in 1996 with a degree in Accountancy.
    He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Fraud Examiner, an Accredited Internal Audit Quality Assessor, Certified Sustainability Reporting Specialist, Certified Sustainability Reporting Assurer and has a certification in Risk Management Assurance.

    He attended the Executive Development Program of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 2013.

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  • Mr. Ryan Gilbert Chua (Partner at SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.))

    Mr. Ryan Gilbert Chua

    Partner at SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.)

    Ryan has more than 16 years of experience in the Information Technology (IT) audit and consulting engagements covering IT Governance and Risk Management, IT General Controls, Business Process Reengineering, and SOX 404/JSOX Compliance for clients in the Telecommunications, Consumer Products and Retail, Oil and Gas, Power and Utilities, Mining, Manufacturing and Gaming industries.

    He graduated with a degree in Accountancy, Cum Laude, from the Far Eastern University. He placed 4th in the 2004 CPA Board Examinations and was also a global topnotcher, placing 1st worldwide in the 2007 CIA Examinations. He completed the Executive Development Program of the Kellogg School of Management in Northwestern University, USA in 2014.

    He is also the current Chair of the IT Committee of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and incumbent Chairman and President of the Institute of Internal Auditors Philippines.

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  • Ms. Rowena Kapunan (Chief Risk Officer, PH at Standard Chartered Bank)

    Ms. Rowena Kapunan

    Chief Risk Officer, PH at Standard Chartered Bank

    Rowena R. Kapunan has extensive professional experience, currently serving as the Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Risk Officer for the Philippines at Standard Chartered Bank, as well as Head of Compliance, Financial Crime, and Conduct for the Philippines and the ASEAN Cluster (AU, BN, ID) since May 2023. Prior to this role, she held the position of Chief Risk Officer for the Philippines and Head of Compliance, Financial Crime, and Conduct for the same region from July 2019 to May 2023. From December 2015 to July 2019, she was the Head of Compliance, Financial Crime, and Conduct for the Philippines and the ASEAN and South Asia Cluster Markets (AU, BN, NP, PH, SL, VN).

    Previously, Rowena served as the Country Head of Legal, Compliance, and Assurance from May 2009 to December 2015, and as Head of the Legal Department from August 2006 to May 2009. She began her tenure at Standard Chartered Bank in August 2005 as the Wholesale Bank Legal & Compliance Officer. Before joining Standard Chartered, she was the General Counsel & Compliance Officer at Banco Santander Philippines (now BDO Private Bank) and Santander Investment and Securities Philippines, Inc. (now BDO Securities) from April 2001 to July 2005.

    Earlier in her career, Rowena worked as an Associate at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan Law Offices from August 1997 to April 2001 and at Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose Law Offices from January to June 1997.

    In addition to her professional roles, Rowena is active in various industry organizations. She serves as an Alternate Representative and member of the Risk Committee for the Bankers Association of the Philippines (2019–present) and was previously a member of the Association of Bank Compliance Officers (2009–2019). She is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (1997–present), the Makati Business Club, and the Management Association of the Philippines.

    Rowena holds an LLB from the University of the Philippines, where she graduated with honors in 1996 and was a member of the Order of the Purple Feather from 1992 to 1996. She also holds a BA in Communications, majoring in Journalism, from the University of the Philippines, which she earned in 1992.

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  • Ms. Christiane Joymiel Mendoza ((Moderator) Chairperson at Technical Standards & Research Committee, IIAP)

    Ms. Christiane Joymiel Mendoza

    (Moderator) Chairperson at Technical Standards & Research Committee, IIAP

    Chin is a Consulting Partner of SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (a member firm of EY Global Limited). She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from the University of Santo Tomas and attended the Executive Development Program of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor.

    With over 19 years of experience, she specializes in Risk Advisory, focusing on IA Transformation, internal controls, Sarbanes-Oxley 404 audits, compliance testing, and financial audit information technology integration. She leads large IA engagements for multinational clients, helping organizations transform their IA functions through innovative solutions that drive collective learning, continuous improvement, operational efficiency and cost optimization. Chin has extensive experience working with Global Chief Audit Executives, helping them transform their operating model, allowing them to better focus their resources on core business issues and drive more value for their organization.

    Aside from IA engagements, Chin has also led or supervised Risk (Including Financial Audit IT) engagements for clients in the consumer products and retail, manufacturing, hospitality, health care, airlines, telecommunications, and outsourcing industries.

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