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These are what Dr. Conchita L. Manabat carries with her as the chair of the International Association Financial Executives Institutes (IAFIE) and the person top on of the now abrewing 2005 World Congress of Financial Executives to be held at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel on December 4-7, 2005.

The IAFIE Annual World Congress brings together hundreds of finance professionals, practitioners, academicians and business leaders from across the World and provides the global platform for sharing of authentic information and relevant insights on the world's important financial developments and drives promotion of best practices and forging of strong networks."

The 2005 World Congress has been organized by IAFEI's Philippine member institute, FINEX (Financial Executive Institute of the Philippines).

The theme of the Congress is "Global Markets: Thriving in Shifting Financial Landscape." It is expected to bring in some 500 delagates comprising of CEOs, CFOs and finance executives from across the world with the participation from developed economies like Germany, Italy, Japan, USA and Singapore as well as developing economies such as China, Taiwan, India, the Philippines and Thailand.

A very busy person, Dr. Manabat shuttles to and from Europe where the IAFEI headquarters is based, with Switzerland as legal domicile and Austria as secretariat site. She is the first female and first Asian to head this global organization.

The IAFEI is federation of Financial Executives Institutes of various countries, and is a private, non-profit, non-political organization.

With more than twenty member institutes comprising more 100,000 financial executives, IAFIE is the largest global organization of its kind, and operates with the key objective of promoting networking opportunities for finance executives, building a wider understanding the financial practices worldwide and promoting ethical and best practices of financial management throughout the world.

Aside from attending to IAFEI matters, Ms. Manabat is also chair of her own company, CL Manabat and Co./Deloitte Touche and Tomatsu, a Trustee of University of San Carlos in Cebu City, and chair of Capital Market Development Council.

This petite but cerebral woman from Binan, Laguna, having been a financial executive for decades, knows fully well the demands expectations of the finance executive.

She says that to stay ahead in the competitive landscape, finance executive need a combination of updated financial, strategic organizational skills, strong business networks and a clear big picture world view.

Asked what one can expect from attending this Congress, Manabat says that "financial executives will learn from leading global, regional and local financial luminaries the big picture of emerging and future economic and financial trends with a special focus on the significance of Asia in an everchanging world.

There will be technical updates and finance best practice insights raging from international accounting and global financial markets to finance best practices and attributes of the global Chief Finance Officer. Attendees will also be able to reaffirm the common and continuing values expected of finance professionals in high ethical standards and corporate governance."

The lady is a real achiever. With all the financial luminaries that she has attracted to our shores, she has raised the Philippines a notch higher in the world spectrum.

October 24, 2005.

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