WEBINAR: (Joint Project by nACPAE and PICPA) - E-Meet the Examiner: CPALE in the New Normal

Noe G. Quiñanola,
Chair at Board of Accountancy

He is a Certified Public Accountant, an Industrial Engineer and an Environmental Planner. He also finished his doctoral degree leading to Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration and was conferred as Diplomate in Business Education by the Philippine Council of Deans and Educators in Business. He is a complete CPA who have had a little over four decades of professional experience and accomplishments. His Professional journey started in public practice when he joined SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.) - Cebu Branch as staff auditor. After SGV & Co., he shifted to Commerce and Industry as an Accountant at Eltra Asia/Pacific, Inc., an American company operating at Mactan Export Processing Zone. Motivated to pursue studies in Industrial Engineering as a company scholar, he finished his Engineering degree, and then went to Saudi Arabia and joined Sea-Land Service, Inc. where he served as Area Accountant. After four years, he came back to the Philippines and joined United Technologies Automotive Philippines, Inc. as Materials Manager. Two years later, he was promoted to the position of Plant Manager, which position he held for nine years. Thereafter, he decided to form his own consultancy firm, Quiñanola Consulting, which offered consultancy services in the areas of Accounting, Finance, and Industrial Engineering. As an academic, he taught part-time at the University of San Jose - Recoletos (USJ-R) after passing the CPA Licensure Exam at 19th place. This paved the way for his entry into the academe. At a later stage, he was designated as Director of the CPA Review Center, Comptroller and Graduate School Professor at USJ-R. Afterwards, he joined Southwestern University as President. In August 2018, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte appointed him as Chairperson of the Professional Regulatory Board of Accountancy. This completed his journey in the four areas of accountancy practice as he had been in public practice, commerce and industry, education and now in the government.