HELEN T. DE GUZMAN, independent director and Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Oversight Committee, at SBS Philippines Corporation since May 2019 and an independent director and Chairperson of the Board Risk and Compliance Oversight Committee at Etiqa Life and General Assurance Philippines, Inc. since October 2021. Helen holds an Executive Masteral degree in Business Administration dean’s list from the Asian Institute of Management. She is a certified public accountant, certified internal auditor and has global certification on risk management assurance. Currently, she serve as Audit Committee advisor for Peace and Equity Foundation Inc., a teaching Fellow at the Institute of Corporate Directors and Treasurer of Couples for Christ Global Mission Foundation, Inc. Previously, she held directorship positions in Miescor Builders, Inc., Customer Frontline Solutions, Inc., and the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Internal Auditors, Philippines, and the Asian Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditors. Before her retirement from corporate work, Helen was a seasoned chief audit executive and a former external auditor. In addition, she had work experience in senior executive positions such as in comptrollership, treasury and general management.

Helen is Group Chief Auditor of The Bank of East Asia Limited and previously worked as a Partner of KPMG Risk Consulting practices. She has extensive consulting and commercial experience in public and private sector companies including listed groups in China, the US and the UK. Helen has been active in serving the internal audit profession. She has served on several global committees of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), including International Internal Audit Standards Board, Professional Certifications Board, and Internal Audit Vision 2035 Special Committee. She is a past president of The IIA Hong Kong China and The Asian Confederation of The Institutes of Internal Auditors.

Helen is a regular speaker at professional conferences, and writes articles on governance and internal auditing. She also teaches at universities and is a visiting professor at Nanjing Audit University. Helen is a fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The Association of Chartered Accountants, and a Certified Internal Auditor.