JOINT ING-FINEX

SEARCH FOR CFO OF THE YEAR

As the premier professional organization for finance and financial services executives and decision makers in Philippine business, government, academe, and professional services, FINEX counts amongst it’s over 700 members the country’s top CFOs. The Board of Directors serving in 2006 deem it a privilege to initiate a worthy tradition for FINEX to undertake a search for, and specifically to honor, the ING-FINEX CFO of the Year.

The 2006 and 2007 FINEX Boards believe such honor and prestige is made more momentous and purposeful as it is an award rendered by one’s peers in the industry. It is likewise a fitting partnership to launch the Search with ING Bank N.V., an acknowledged world leader in banking, insurance, and investment management services. Once standing for Internationale Nederlanden Groep and headquartered in Amsterdam, ING covers around 60 million private, corporate, and institutional clients in 50 countries, including the Philippines, and has a workforce of over 115,000 people. In the 2007 Forbes Global 2000, ING was the 10th largest company in the world. 

The permanent partnership of ING Bank N.V. Manila Branch and FINEX in the Joint Search for CFO of the Year makes its debut in fitting ceremonies at the Awards Night on November 29th 2007. This is the culmination of an extensive nationwide search for the country’s outstanding CFO of over seven months scheduled to end on September 15th 2007.

It is envisaged that this permanent partnership between two major and important institutions shall herald the continuation of a commendable tradition that shall be a legacy to future generations of Philippine financial services leaders.

A positive development giving impetus to the Search is the recent completion by FINEX through its International Relations Committee, of The Philippine CFO Study, in close collaboration with the International Association of Financial Executives (IAFEI) based in Vienna, Austria. The IAFEI has earlier undertaken with the German Financial Executives Institute (GEFIU), The German CFO Study: The Rise, Evolution, and Future Path of the German CFO. The German Study is an interesting and valuable compendium of perceptions of German CFOs and finance leaders in today’s rapidly globalizing economy. Together, the two Survey - Studies aim to provide the user with valuable appreciation and discernment of the challenges facing the 21st century CFO in today’s rapidly globalizing economies.

It is envisaged that this laudable undertaking of the IAFEI will see fruition in the Joint ING-FINEX Search for CFO of the Year, where the skills, ethics, standards, and norms developed in the two Studies will serve as the fundamentals to be observed in the Search.

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