OUR CHAIRMAN

Michael A. Machica, MBA, CPA, CIS, CIA, AQV, CFSA
CEO & Chair, Machica FIRM, Inc. / Managing Partner & Chair, Machica Tan-Cruz & Co.

Member, Special Interest Group – International Business, Managing Partners, Global Partners, Audit & Assurance Practice Leaders, and Tax Practice Leaders – all of The Leading Edge Alliance

Mike founded the companies while still working as one of the Corporate Banking Managers in a leading universal bank.

Mike is currently pursuing for a Ph.D. in Management from the International Academy of Management & Economics, Makati City.  He holds a master’s degree in business administration, class valedictorian and outstanding graduate in academics (magna cum laude-equivalent) from the same academy. He also received Leadership Award from the Academy’s Chairman and the Philippine General Consul in Hong Kong during the Academy’s 26th commencement exercises held at the BP International House, Hong Kong. On his last term, he attended the benchmarking tour and management conference in Hong Kong and China.  He earned his bachelor’s degree major in accounting (as a college scholar and later as a company scholar of SGV) from the Eastern Visayas State University, cum laude (and rank no. 1), most outstanding graduate, and YMCA awardee. He was also the University’s entry to the Search for 10 Outstanding Students in the Philippines.   In 2003, E.V.S.U. invited him to be the first alumnus commencement speaker.

On top of the foregoing formal degrees, Mike completed various executive education, professional courses and trainings, as follows:

• Executive education:
  • The Professional Service Firm Leader Program, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, Cambridge, U.K., December 2010;
  • Managing Human Resource of Growing Companies, Ateneo de Manila University, April 2007.

• International trainings:
  • Global Entrepreneurship, Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea, sponsored by UNESCO & Korean Govt., February 2011;
  • 31^st KANKEIREN ASEAN Management Program (Philippine representative), Kansai Economic Federation, Osaka, Japan, October 2010;
  • Program for Quality Management (sponsored by the Association of Overseas Technical Scholarship), Tokyo, Japan, May 2010;
  • Strategic Business Management under the sponsorship of Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, conducted in Stockhohm, Sweden in September – October 2008, and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in March – April 2009.

• Local trainings:
  • Accreditation course for Quality Assurance Assessor of Internal Audit Activity, Institute of Internal Auditors – Philippines, August 2007;
  • Financial Planning from the Registered Financial Planners Institute – Philippines, June 2007;
  • Variable Life Insurance & Investment from the Insurance Institute for Asia and the Pacific (third place in the licensure exams), December 2004.

Mike is an active member of PICPA, Association of CPAs in Public Practice, Leyte Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Institute of Internal Auditors – Philippines, and the Association of Fraud Examiners.  In fact, he currently holds the following positions:

• Vice Chairman, Committee on Professional Development for Visayas, Association of CPAs in Public Practice
• Vice President for Eastern Visayas, IAME Alumni Association
• Treasurer, Regional Cooperative Development Council of Region VIII
• Immediate Past President, PICPA Tacloban Chapter
• Auditor, Leyte Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Director, Federation of Active Professional Organization in Region 8 (FAPORE).

His outstanding record in the public practice and in business earned for him local and national awards namely –

• 2009 “Achievers of AIME”, International Academy of Management and Economics, Alumni Awards, December 2009;
• 2007 Outstanding Alumnus in Business and Accountancy, Eastern Visayas State University, Centennial Celebration, February 2007;
• 2006 Young Achiever in Public Practice, 60^th National Convention, PICPA, November 2006;
• Meritorious Professional Achievement, 60th Founding Anniversary, LGU – Quinapondan, E. Samar, October 2006.

In addition to his CPA title, Mike holds the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) international qualifications granted by the Institute of Internal Auditors of the U.S.A.   As a CIA practitioner, he completed and passed the Accreditation / Validation Course on the Internal Audit Activity given by the IIA – Philippines.   He also obtained the highest rating (first place) during the March 2004 examinations for Certified Investment Solicitors given by the Securities and Exchange Commission.   Further, he is a licensed life and non-life insurance underwriter.

His outstanding career profile include years of successful employment as Manager of a universal bank’s regional corporate banking; Audit Staff at the SGV & Co., Makati; and Visiting Lecturer in a state university.

Mike speaks English, Filipino, Cebuano and Waray.

• Inspiring @ 10

  

  The past decade has been very inspiring for the Machica Group. As the Group reaches its tenth anniversary, the Group takes this as a great opportunity to thank all the people – employees, business partners, customers, all other stakeholders, who in one way or another, have contributed to the continued success of the Group. With the theme “Inspiring @ 10,” the commemoration will be held together with the Christmas party and the 10th wedding anniversary of the founders on December 18, 2009 at the Asia Convention Center, Tacloban City. Read more...