A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), holder of MBA and Ph.D degrees and participant in executive programs, Dr. Conchita L. Manabat studied at the University of the Philippines, Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Southeast Asia Interdisciplinary Development Institute, Harvard Business School and Pennsylvania State University. She is an incorporator and a fellow of Institute of Corporate Directors.
She has held key positions (Controller/Chief Finance Officer/directorships) in various entities – commercial and publicly-listed entities, educational/non-profit and professional organizations. Her industry exposure includes textile, garments, nylon, stock brokerage, steel, real estate, hotel, semi-conductors, telecoms, technology, financial institutions, trading and agri-business.
Her past foray into the academe on part-time capacity includes: founding Dean of the School of Accountancy at St. Scholastica’s College, Manila as administrator and faculty member for 25 years, professor at the De La Salle Graduate School of Business and Economics, and the Ateneo Graduate School of Business. She has been in the Board of Trustees of University of San Carlos of Cebu City.
She was the Chair of the Board of Accountancy of the Professional Regulation Commission (member in 1992-95 and Chair in 1995-97). She has been a member of the Consultative Advisory Group (CAG) of the International Auditing & Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) since 2005, and the CAG of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) since 2009 of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). Her current terms at the international setting bodies end in 2023. She was the President of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) in 2002 and Chair of the FINEX Research & Development Foundation in 2003.
She was the Chair of the Capital Market Development Council for four years, with the Secretary of Finance and the Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission as co-chairs (2003- 2006). In 2007-2009, she assumed the leadership as Chair of the Market Integrity Board (MIB) of the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Dr. Manabat contributes articles to several broadsheets on behalf of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines as follows - “Business Enterprise”, Business Mirror; “The Financial Executive”, BusinessWorld; “Beyond Bottomlines”, Philippine Star; and “Business Options”, Manila Bulletin. She also wrote occasionally for the Board of Accountancy column, Business Mirror’s “Debit Credit”. Her articles on finance and accountancy were featured by Dow Jones in the electronic publication of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and by the IAFEI Quarterly, the electronic publication of the International Association of Finance Executives Institutes (IAFEI). In 2016, two of her articles were translated into Spanish and featured in two issues of Veritas the publication of the Colegio de Contadores Publicos de Mexico.
Among her published works are:
Among the recognitions given her are-
5 April 2023
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