10 May – Cebu Plenary Meeting with Canadian Amb. Christopher Thornley at Marco Polo Plaza
The Cebu Plenary Meeting was held last 10 May at Marco Polo Plaza. The program started with the President’s Report by Mr. Julian Payne. He acknowledged the prime movers in the establishment of the Cebu Chapter and the significant role of outgoing Executive Director Sean Georget in the Chamber’s rapid membership growth in Manila.
Guest speaker Canadian Ambassador Christopher Thornley underscored the 2011 report that the Philippines is the largest source of immigrants to Canada which is mutually beneficial to both economies. Canada, the 2nd biggest country, needs immigrants to build its economy. In turn, Canada provided jobs for Filipinos that generated $2Billion in annual remittances to the Philippines.
He recognized Cebu as the business capital of the Philippines, and shared his optimism on the two-way trade relations, highlighting the importance of the BPO and mining industry sectors. He noted that Canadians are attracted to work here, and mentioned that “Canada supports the current administration in its modernization efforts to cure endemic issues such as corruption”.
Networking cocktails followed after the program.
2012 CanCham Annual General Membership Meeting
On 26 April 2012, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Inc. held a well attended Annual General Meeting at the Shangri-La Makati Hotel at which, the honorable Roberto De Ocampo, former Secretary of Finance spoke as guest speaker on the “Future Prospects of the Philippine Economy”. In his remarks to assembly, the President, Julian Payne, reviewed CanCham’s affairs. Since the last Annual Meeting, he described the Chamber’s achievements in 2011 as having been “solid and satisfying” with an increase in membership, active advocacy undertakings and strong cooperation with the Joint Foreign Chambers while promoting improvements in the business environment. He perceived, however, some “disturbing clouds on the horizon” regarding the trends of the membership in Manila, the decline in some corporate contributions and in the participation rate for certain events and involvement in industry sectors committee. He finally stressed the need to focus in the near future on the services and business facilities the Chamber can provide and deliver ” in an efficient and user friendly way”. The President took this opportunity to thank Sean Georget, our Executive Director who will be leaving his position at the end of June. Sean was presented with a plaque of appreciation by Richard Mills our immediate past President.Accenture Wins 2012 BPO Company of the Year Award
7 BPO’s & 3 Individuals Also Recognized
Manila, Philippines – Global management consulting, technology management and outsourcing company Accenture in the Philippines bags the International ICT Awards Philippines 2012 BPO Company of the Year Award in ceremonies held at the Marriott Hotel Manila last March 29, 2012. Over 500 guests from the country’s IT-BPO sector were present in this most prestigious sectoral awards jointly co-presented by Globe and PLDT and organized by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines with Business Process Association of the Philippines.
