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SPEAKERS
MARYDITH
MIGUEL
Partner at SGV & CO., CPAs
Dolly is a partner in Assurance with many years of experience in audit and is IFRS-accredited based on EY requirements. She has extensive experience in financial audits, agreed-upon procedures, limited-review procedures, due diligence reviews, and cross-border and local equity offerings. She has worked with companies engaged in telecommunications, real estate, investment holdings, tollways, car assembly, food retailing, and entertainment, as well as airlines, hospitals, schools, and nonstick, nonprofit organizations. She also has deep experience in the review of internal controls over financial reporting.
She was a National Board member of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) for 2008-2010, and served as President of the PICPA Western Manila Chapter in 2006-2007.
She was an SGV scholar at the Asian Institute of Management, where she obtained a Master in Management degree in 1996. She graduated cum laude from the University of the East in Manila with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, major in Accounting.
Mr. Lope
L. Bato Jr.
PICPA National President FY 2020-2021
Our national president graduated Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Accounting at Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) in 1986. He finished Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Centro Escolar University and now a candidate for Doctor in Business Administration (DBA) at La Consolacion University of the Philippines.
After passing the CPA Board, he joined SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co., (SGV & Co.) CPAs, and he resigned after five (5) years. Together with two (2) of his colleagues from SGV, they organized Quilab Cabilin Bato & Co., (QCB & Co.) CPAs, a Regional Audit Firm based in Mindanao. In 2016, after almost twenty-five (25) years with QCB, he started his own firm known as Lope Laranjo Bato & Co., (LLB & Co.) CPAs together with five (5) of his senior managers as founding partners.
Our president has been in the practice of Public Accounting and Taxation since he became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) as a Senior Auditor of SGV & Co., CPAs to Managing Partner of QCB & Co., CPAs and now as Chairman and CEO of LLB & Co., CPAs, a Member Firm of the “Leading Edge Alliance Global”, with head office in Cagayan de Oro City and eight (8) branches operating nationwide. In his almost thirty-three (33) years in the practice of Public Accounting and Taxation, he was able to obtain two (2) global certifications, namely, “Certified Forensic Accountant (CrFA) and Certified Internal Control Auditor (CICA). While practicing his profession as a CPA under the banner of QCB & Co., CPAs, he concurrently led a Rural Bank based in Cagayan de Oro City for fifteen (15) years from 1997 to 2012 as its President and CEO.
Our president has been very active with his professional organization, the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), having served in various capacities until he became the youngest Chapter President of PICPA Cagayan de Oro – Misamis Oriental Chapter in 1996 and National Vice-President for Public Practice (PICPA National) in 2009. He is likewise very active with the Association of CPAs in Public Practice (ACPAPP) having served as the Founding President of ACPAPP Northern Mindanao Chapter and as a Member of the ACPAPP National Board for two (2) terms. He was awarded, among others, Outstanding PICPA Member in 2006, Honorary Lifetime Member of PICPA in 2010, Outstanding MSU-IIT Alumnus (TOMA) in the field of Banking and Finance in 2009, and Most Outstanding Director of the Rotary of Club of Cagayan de Oro (Mother Club) in 2003.
Our president was again elected to PICPA National Board in 2019 as Regional Director representing Northern Mindanao Region and serves as the Executive Vice- President of PICPA up to June 30, 2020. Effective July 1, 2020, he assumes the office of the National President of PICPA for the fiscal year 2020-2021. Ladies and gentlemen, presenting to you PICPA National President for FY 2020-2021, President Lope L. Bato, Jr.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
TO: ALL PICPA MEMBERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Business Meeting (ABM) of Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) will be conducted virtually where you can register through the link https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kd-ypqDsoE9NwUfDqnDYYoFJeSErblh2M or using Zoom Meeting ID: 899 0516 0297 with Meeting Passcode: 436380. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The ABM can also be accessed via livestreaming at PICPA Facebook page on 16 July 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
The following agenda has been set for the ABM:
I. Call to Order;
II. Proof of Publication of Notice of Meeting;
III. Certification as to Presence of Quorum;
IV. Reading and Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting held on 16 October 2020;
V. Matters Arising from the Previous Meeting;
VI. Report of the President;
VII. Report of the Treasurer;
VIII. Ratification of the Board Resolutions from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021;
IX. Approval of the Proposed Amendment of Articles of Incorporation under Second Article on PICPA's Primary Purpose
X. Approval of the Proposed Amendments of By-Laws on the Manner of Voting under Section 13 of Article XII, and Vote under Section 5 of Article XIII to provide on-line voting;
XI. Determination of the place for the next annual meeting;
XII. Other Matters; and
XIII. Adjournment.
PICPA members in good standing (MGS) of record as of 15 July 2021 are entitled to vote at this ABM.
In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ABM will be conducted virtually. The ABM will be streamed live, and PICPA Members may attend, participate and vote only through proxy, remote communication or in absentia by registering using the online link https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kd-ypqDsoE9NwUfDqnDYYoFJeSErblh2Mor using Zoom Meeting ID: 899 0516 0297 with Meeting Passcode: 436380. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The conduct of the ABM shall be governed by the following rules:
■ PICPA MGS who wish to be recognized in the determination of a quorum at the virtual ABM are requested to notify PICPA National Office of their intention to participate in the ABM by remote communication or in absentia through an email to Lorraine C. Dimayuga, PICPA National Secretary FY 2021-2022, lcdimayuga@gmail.com on or before July 10, 2021. For validation purposes, members shall also provide the National Office the following information: (i) name; (ii) PRC ID No.; and (iii) mobile number. A member in good standing must have a virtual presence in person or by proxy for purposes of establishing a quorum that will be determined during the meeting.
Your registration in this online event serves as your intent to participate in the determination of a quorum. This will further be validated through your attendance in the zoom link provided.
■ PICPA MGS who wish to participate by proxy must accomplish the PROXY FORM on or before July 15, 2021. Please highlight and follow this blue link https://bit.ly/OnlineProxy_PICPAArticleandByLawsAmendments After you have filled it up, this updated and simplified form will be automatically submitted as your proxy. Validation of proxies shall be on July 15, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at the PICPA National office.
■ During the ABM, a member who wishes to make a remark shall identify himself/herself after being acknowledged by the Chairman and shall be limited to the relevant items in the Agenda under consideration. Questions and/or remarks may be sent in advance or during the meeting to the PICPA National Secretary FY 2021-2022 via email at lcdimayuga@gmail.com.
■Each item in the Agenda requiring a vote of the members will be shown on the screen simultaneously as they are being taken up in the meeting. The Office of National Secretary will tabulate all votes received and the results will be reported to the members during the meeting.
■ All confirmed members must log into the meeting link at least 30 minutes before the meeting starts, to avoid any technical difficulties. The meeting will start promptly at 2:00 p.m. on July 16, 2021. The meeting shall be recorded in audio and video format and copies shall be posted by the Institute in its website.
(SGD) Lorraine C. Dimayuga
PICPA National Secretary FY 2021-2022
AGENDA/PROGRAM
