FEATURED SPEAKERS AT
THE BOOKKEEPERS SUMMIT 2025
MARVIN GALANG
Co-Founder JuanTax
Marvin is the co-founder of JuanTax, the first BIR accredited third-party digital tax filing and payment solution for the Philippines. He also co-founded Double Rule, a US Xero's 2014 Accounting Partner of the Year. Marvin's passion for information systems and efficiency often saw him taking on roles in companies like Procter & Gamble, KPMG, and E&Y, whose primary focus was to provide the business with better information and systems so better decisions could be made faster.
RICHARD IBARRA
Taxation Professor
Richard has a decade of accounting and taxation experience. He has extensive experience in providing tax compliance/due diligence audits and tax outsourcing services to local and multinational companies. He also worked as a Cost Accountant in a manufacturing company and as an Accounting Manager in a group of chain restaurants. He also teaches accounting and taxation subjects part-time at his alma mater, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
JEERAIN RUSSEL M. ORPIA
HR Payroll & Benefits Professional
ROSESHEL M. BARRUN
FVP – Chief Compliance Officer, South Asialink Finance Corp
Roseshel is an accomplished finance and compliance executive with extensive experience in regulatory management, corporate governance, and risk assessment across the financial services sector. Currently serving as the First Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of multiple companies under the AFC Group—including South Asialink Finance Corp. and Wisefund Finance Corp.—she leads enterprise-wide compliance and risk management systems ensuring adherence to SEC, AMLC, BIR, and other key regulatory bodies.
LOED B. DIONES
Internal Audit Head, World Citi Group of Companies
Loed is a finance and operations executive with extensive experience across healthcare, construction, manufacturing, and education industries. Currently serving as Vice President for Hospital Operations at World Citi Medical Center, he leads initiatives that enhance financial performance, compliance, and quality healthcare delivery. A Certified Public Accountant and Certified Hospital Administrator, he combines strategic financial leadership with a passion for organizational excellence and service.
FRANCES ONGTANGCO
Associate Director, Non-Financial Risk, Markets and Securities Services, HSBC
Frances is the Associate Director for Non-Financial Risk at HSBC, overseeing Markets and Securities Services across the Philippines and ASEAN. With over 15 years of experience in investment banking operations and operational risk management, she has held leadership roles at HSBC, ANZ, and Deutsche Bank. A Certified Risk Analyst, Frances is recognized for her expertise in strengthening control environments and promoting risk-aware cultures in global financial institutions.
JOSELINE ALOSBAÑOS
HR Practitioner
She has more than 15 years in human resource administration encompassing various industries. She is currently the talent acquisition and HR supervisor of Velocity Solutions. She specializes in Human Resources & Labor Code topics as it is applied to the Philippine HR Practices.
JO MARI VALERIANO
Business Analysis / Operations Management
He has skilled in Requirements Gathering and Analysis, Business Process Management and Improvement, Robotics Process Automation, and Project Management and Agile-Scrum Methodologies. Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Practitioner aspiring to empower an organization and pursue operational excellence, through open sourced and technology driven ideas, in establishing and standardizing a waste-free process, as part of an organization's continuous improvement and transformation strategy
BREN JAMES MANLANGIT
CPA / CMA / MScM / CGBA
A motivated leader with an extensive career in multiple disciplines of accounting, financial modeling, commercial finance, management accounting, government compliance, tax and project management. He earned his master’s degree in management at the University of Asia and the Pacific with distinction. He is a member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountant in Australia and holds a (CORe) certificate on fundamentals of business from Harvard Business School, a program focused in Financial Accounting, Business Analytics, and Economics.
CATHERINE NAPOLES-REBOSURA
CPA / CFC
With over 15 years of experience as a seasoned accounting professional, I boast a unique blend of technical expertise and industry versatility. My extensive background spans finance, IT, and with various industries, with a distinguished career featuring leadership roles in various companies. I have refined my skills in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, accounting, auditing taxation and business consultancy while also demonstrating notable ability in team management and strategic accounting process implementation thru handling my own consultancy firm.
MICHAEL PATRICK ANABO
CMA / CFC
A passionate, empowering, and entrepreneurial leader with senior management experience in the fast moving consumer goods and pharmaceutical industries - particularly in the fields of financial
MARIANNE DELA CRUZ
Technologist / Data Analyst / Real Estate Broker / Social Business
JESSE REY MENESES
CPA / Professional Lecturer
Mr. Jesse Rey L. Meneses is a professional lecturer of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants handling internal control & risk, audit & assurance, governance and financial reporting topics (i.e. IFRS). He is a Certified Internal Controls Auditor and a Certified Forensic Accountant (CrFA).
He has also lectured for PSE-listed entities such as Ayala Land, Globe Telecom, STI Holdings, LBC Holdings, Central Azucarera de Tarlac, and for other entities such as Accenture, Singapore International Airlines Eng. Co., Innodata, Asian Institute of Taxation and Commission on Audit. Mr. Meneses assists clients in the areas of internal control and compliance.