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.

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.

Edna may be aptly called a career auditor, having spent her professional life in the field of auditing, in both external and internal audit practice.

Her career started in external auditing in 1975 with Sycip, Gorres, Velayo & Company (SGV). She then moved into the field of internal audit with Rustan Investment and Management Corporation (RIMCO), where she headed internal audit services for various companies within the Rustan Group of Companies (RGOC).

Her responsibilities extended outside the Rustan Group as the Chairman’s designated representative to the Audit Committee of a Unibank. The 25 years she worked in this capacity has provided Edna with a deep understanding of an Audit Committee’s responsibilities and how it effectively provides oversight and guidance to Internal Audit. This reinforced the knowledge she gained from attending the Professional Director’s Program by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) in 2013.

After retiring as VP for Audit, Systems & Loss Prevention from Rustan SuperCenters, Inc. (RSCI) and Royal Duty Free Shops (RDFS) in 2014, Edna moved to the public sector. Though brief, this stint as SVP-Internal Audit Office with a government financial institution, expanded her knowledge of internal audit services, particularly on how it operates in a government setting.
Edna returned to Rustan Commercial Corporation in 2016 as Consultant for Internal Audit, Loss Prevention, and Data Privacy. Relative to her role as Data Protection Officer, she obtained credentials from TUV Rheinland such as Certified Data Protection Officer (2018) and Certified Data Privacy Protection Auditor (2019), and the National Privacy Commission’s Data Protection Officer ACE Level 1 (2019).

Edna has been an officer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Philippines (IIAP) since 2000, taking the helm as President in 2004. She continues to be a resource for IIAP as facilitator in its Public and In-House Seminars, and the CIA Reviews. Her specialization is in Quality Assurance Review (QAR) of Internal Audit, as both a Trainor and a Team Leader for External Quality Assurance Review engagements of the IIAP.

Edna has recently retired from full-time consultancy with Rustan Commercial Corporation but will continue working as an independent consultant providing internal audit services, training, quality assurance reviews, and pursue her advocacy in promoting the internal audit profession.

Work Experience

 She was formerly the VP- Audit and Compliance of International Container Terminal Services Inc. where she worked for 11 years. Prior to this position, she was Internal Audit Manager, VP – Controller and VP- ERM and Compliance. She was also a member of the Audit Committee in 2 of ICTSI’s foreign subsidiary companies.

 CPA, CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), CCSA (Certification in Controls Self-Assessment) and CRA (Certified Risk Analyst), with over 30 years of extensive internal audit experience honed from large manufacturing and/or multinational corporations such as PMFTC, International Container Terminal Services Inc., Del Monte Philippine Packing Corporation, Kraft Foods Philippines Inc. (now Mondeliz Inc) and Roxas & Company/Central Azucarera Don Pedro.

 As Management and Business Consultant, specializes in internal audit outsource services, business process / systems controls reviews and documentation for system design and software implementation.

 Assisted large multinational and local companies in designing the business controls and processes used as baseline reference in the implementation of ERP systems, corporate structuring, organizational development, business process reviews / development of policies and procedures of functional areas such as Sales & Distribution, Logistics / Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management and Financial Systems.


Education & Professional Affiliation

 Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Accounting Major
(Cum Laude)

 Ateneo de Manila University
Master in Business Administration (units taken)

 Institute of Internal Auditors – Philippines
Past President (1995-1996); Director (1997 - 2007);
Resource speaker in various CIA and IIAP audit seminars.

Larry is currently the Vice President and Chief Audit Executive of Wilcon Depot, Inc., a listed company in the Philippine Stock Exchange and the country’s leading home improvement and construction supply retailer. He is also an independent Consultant/Mentor in building and enhancing the internal audit function of some companies based in the Philippines.

He is a career auditor with significant years of solid and extensive training and experience in internal auditing. He built his career in and retired from Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) where he held the position of Deputy Chief Audit Executive covering various key processes in the company and its subsidiaries. Simultaneously, he served as Assistant Vice-President and Internal Audit Head of Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation (MIESCOR), a subsidiary company of MERALCO. He also had a brief stint with GT Capital Holdings, a publicly listed company, as part of its Internal Audit management.

He holds a Business Administration degree (major in Accountancy) with Cum Laude Honors from the University of the East. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has global designation as Certified Internal Auditor and Certification in Risk Management Assurance. He obtained his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business with Gold Medal Honors.

Larry maintains active membership in the Institute of Internal Auditor- Philippines (IIA-P) and previously served as one of its Board of Trustees and in various officership positions in the Institute. He also participates in some projects of the Institute of Internal Auditors’ global headquarter in Florida, USA, one of which as contributor and reviewer in research papers and studies. He is currently the Chairperson of IIA-P’s Technical Standards and Research Committee.

Leonardo J. Matignas, Jr. is a former Partner of SGV & Co. (a member practice of Ernst & Young) and its former Chief Risk Officer. He was also Ernst & Young’s ASEAN Risk Management Leader until his retirement last June 2022. He is a multi-awarded and internationally recognized authority on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and just recently released his book, “A Practical Approach to Enterprise Risk Management”, first book on ERM written by a Filipino author. Aside from being a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the Philippines, he also holds various global certifications namely CPA Australia, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA).

Leo holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce, Magna Cum Laude, from San Sebastian College and completed his Masters in Management Degree - International from the University of Phoenix and Management Development Program at the Asian Institute of Management. In 2021, he completed an executive program, “Journey to the Boardroom” conducted by the Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning in collaboration with Ernst & Young.

Over the course of his 40-year career, he paved the way for CPAs to venture into other service lines such as forensic accounting, risk-based auditing, and in risk management, either as a risk owner or risk champion. He was instrumental in SGV’s accreditation by the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as Training provider for Corporate Governance by the SEC, for which he was the lead facilitator. Sharing his ERM expertise, he was part of the task force who drafted the blue-print of the Philippine SEC’s New Code of Corporate Governance for Publicly-listed companies (released in 2016). He was also the past president of the Asian Confederation of Institute of Internal Auditors (the first Filipino elected to this post by internal auditors in Asia Pacific) (2009), Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)-Philippines (2007) and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) – Philippine Chapter (2005). He currently sits as an independent director in the board of PNB Holdings.

Leo was a recipient of multiple awards and recognitions. To name a few, he was the 2019 Winner of the Search for Outstanding Contribution in Internal Audit (SOCIA) in Asia Pacific by the Asian Confederation of Institute of Internal Auditors (ACIIA) awarded in Tokyo, Japan and the First SOCIA PH awardee given by IIA-Philippines in 2018. In 2015, he was recognized by the Philippines’ Professional Regulations Commission for his contributions to the accounting profession and the Philippine Institute of CPAs (PICPA) also awarded him the 2014 Outstanding CPA in Public Practice and National Awardee for Professional Development – International in 2011 and Professional Development in 2005. He received four plaques of recognition from the Philippine SEC for his role in the SEC Roadshow in promoting the first code of corporate governance.

Cora Rey brings over 30 years of experience as Head of Finance, Controllership, Treasury, Systems and Internal Audit in retail and distribution business. She is currently the Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Executive of SM Retail, Inc. overseeing more than 30 brands and retail platforms. Her first job was as an Assurance and IT audit-in-charge of SGV.

Her professional affiliation and volunteer work with PICPA, earned for her the Outstanding Lady Achiever for Commerce and Industry in 1996 and Outstanding CPA in Commerce and Industry in 2013. In FY2020-2021, she was given the PICPA Presidential Award as Most Outstanding Chairperson for Technology and Website Committee. She held various officer positions in PICPA, the Association of CPAs in Commerce and Industry (ACPACI) and IIA-P showing her deep passion to serve the accountancy and internal audit profession. She currently serves as the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer for the Asian Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditors (ACIIA) for 2024/2025.

Cora graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Accounting from the University of Santo Tomas and completed the Strategic Business Economics Program from the University of Asia and Pacific. She is a licensed CPA and holds certifications as CIA, CRISC, CRMA and Quality Assurance Validator of Internal Audit activity. She is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified by the Asian Institute of Management.

Jane is currently a Professional Development Consultant where she performs various training & consulting services. She also conducts various in-house or public run seminars on internal auditing, controllership and financial statement literacy for top organizations in the country. Prior to this, she was the Area Controller for Refinery Division in Petron Corporation with the overall function of handling controllership, internal auditing, risk management coordination and selected finance functions in Petron’s Refinery in Bataan.

Jane is a distinguished Toastmaster and Accredited Quality Assessor and Validator.
She graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree of B.S Business Administration Major in Accounting. She is the Past President of the Institute of Internal Auditors-Philippines in 2008.

Edel Mary has multi-cultural /multi-regulatory regime exposures, having served in local and
multi- national organizations in the past four decades: Her early years as Financial Auditor
thereafter as Tax Compliance Manager for banking clients of SGV&Co.; subsequently evolved into
senior management strategic roles, serving as Chief Financial Officer, as Chief Audit Executive, as
AsiaPacific Director of Internal Audit, as AsPac Regional Finance Head, as Member of Board of
Directors for certain financial institutions.

Her experience in Corporate Governance includes her roles in Boards, namely, as former
Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Institute of Internal Auditors Philippines; as
former Member/Board of Directors of Bankers Institute of the Philippines; as former
Member/Board of Directors of Sun Life Asset Management Corp.; as former Member/Board of
Directors of two mutual fund corporations of the Sun Life Prosperity Funds; as former
Member/Board of Directors of ING Forex Corporation.

She provided pro bono services as Program Developer/ Resource Speaker of webinars or
seminars and special projects that had helped entities, such as the Bankers Institute of the
Philippines (BAIPhil), the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), the IIA Philippines (IIA-P), the BSP
Institute, the Association of Government Internal Auditors (AGIA), the SEC’s Corporation Finance
Department, the CBCP's “NASSA” (Caritas Philippines), including her 10-year service as former
Secretary of the Holy Trinity Parish Council (Diocese of Antipolo) wherein she led its Hapag-Asa
(one of the social ministry programs) for Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs).