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

  • 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. 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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