association of
filipino-
canadian
accountants - bc
PROFILEs of members
Angelo Siglos
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2008
Committee Involvement: none
About Angelo Siglos
Angelo Siglos immigrated to Canada in 1975 from the Philippines. He studied accounting at BCIT and currently holds dual licenses in Mutual Fund and Insurance. He works full-time as an Administrator in a parking industry where he has been employed since 1980. He volunteers his time to the community as photographer and enjoys spending time with his three children.
Evangeline Ilumin
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2012
Committee Involvement: none
About Evangeline Ilumin
Vangie has just earned her CGA designation in September 2015. Currently, she is working as an Accountant with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia, the organization that regulates pharmacy profession in BC.
She also has her CPA license back in the Philippines. She had extensive work experience in various facets of accounting gained mostly from multinational companies. She usually devotes her free time doing volunteer work, reading books and playing badminton.
Mary Tecson
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2011
Committee Involvement: Public Relations & Communications, Values & Ethics
About Mary Tecson
Mary Anthonette Tecson is currently the Asst. Manager of Skills Connect Program for Immigrants at ISS of BC covering the lower mainland. At the same time, she is also the Coordinator for Employer Solutions, a program that connects immigrants to employers.
She arrived in Canada in 2007. Mary started her career with Landbank of the Philippines as a teller and then became an internal auditor. She later moved to a Malaysian Bank- Maybank, as the Head of Credit Review Department under the Audit Group. She was able to obtain her Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) designation before migrating.
She initially started working as a risk analyst/auditor with Overwaitea grp. She went around western Canada and conducted field audit of supermarkets and pharmacies.
In 2010, she became the Micro-Loans Consultant, Program Advisor of the Canadian Immigration Integration Project (CIIP) for BC and a Work Placement Facilitator at Diversecity. Mary gets her motivation and joy in volunteering with the Parent Support Society of BC, the church and the community. She also sits in the Board/council of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association, Philippine Canada Trade Council, and a residential strata.
Rolando Ramilo
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2014
Committee Involvement: none
About Rolando Ramilo
Rolando Ramilo is a CPA, CGA. Currently, he is the financial advisor with Sun Life Financial helping people on how to minimize their taxes and maximize their disposal income through holistic financial approach using investments, life and health insurance concepts. He did limited public practice for a couple of years. He has an MBA (less thesis) degree from UST and worked with SGV before he came to Vancouver 13 years ago. He has an extensive experience as auditor and controller in the Philippines. He was part of the management team and controller of Kintec Footlabs, Inc. in Surrey, BC for more than a decade. He volunteers to different non-profit institutions/organization as Treasurer, member and other capacity. He is married and blessed with two grown up daughters.
Emelyn De Torres Tugade
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2012
Committee Involvement: none
Emelyn De Torres Tugade
Emelyn finished her Bachelor of Science in Accountancy at Divine Word College of Calapan. She worked at PTON Corporation, a Japanese owned manufacturing company in Rosario, Cavite as Finance Manager before migrating to Canada in March 2012. She is currently employed as full cycle accountant at GENGroup Restaurants at South Surrey, BC and completing the Practical Experience required for CPA, CGA designation. She is now enjoying the Canadian life with husband and friends after passing all CGA courses.
Ferdinand Martires
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2008
Committee Involvement: Social & Community Relations
About Ferdinand "Andy" Martires
Ferdinand Martires or Andy as commonly called by family and friends, is an audit and accounting professional with experience in diverse industries. After passing the CPA Licensure Examinations, Andy started his career at the Internal Audit Service of the Philippine Postal Corporation, as an Internal Audit Team Lead for 4 years then as Chief of Finance and Operations Audit Division for 2 years, obtaining his MBA degree on the side before he was appointed as Director for Finance and Administration of the National Capital Region of that Corporation. In Canada he worked as Trust Accountant at the Alderwoods Group, Inc. a large publicly listed multi-national corporation, which moved its accounting office to the US due to a merger. Following that, he worked with the BC provincial government as a Commercial Gaming Auditor. Presently, he is working in partnership with his wife Tess in their tax and accounting practice, the Martires Business Consulting Services, Inc. DBA Smart Tax and Business Solutions. He plans of becoming a CIA and either a US CPA or a Canadian accounting designation.
Paolo Sanchez
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2008
Committee Involvement: none
About Paolo Sanchez
Paolo Sanchez was born and raised in Vancouver, B.C. He attended St. Patrick's High School and later completed his B.A in Economics at S.F.U. He also earned an Accounting Diploma from the Sauder Business School at U.B.C. He is currently enrolled in PA1 (PACE level) of the C.G.A. program. At present, he works as a Financial Analyst at Mavi Jeans Inc., Canada. In his spare time, he enjoys staying active by engaging in various outdoor activities, playing recreational sports and doing Cross Fit training. Last August, he successfully run the first Whistler "Tough Mudder" 12 miles obstacle course.
Patrick Go
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2012
Committee Involvement: Finance & Fundraising
About Patrick Go
Patrick graduated with a BCOM Finance Hons. from the Sauder School of Business UBC in May 2014. As the previous community relations director of the UBC Kababyan Filipino Students Association, he developed a working relationship between the club and AFCA-BC and eventually aspired for a more active role in AFCA. He is currently working in the Corporate Finance department at WorkSafeBC performing accounting services functions. Besides AFCA, he is also involved with the Young Filipino Professionals of Vancouver and the UBC FSA Alumni. He is currently taking the CPA pre-requisite courses and eventually become a successful CPA candidate.
Jorge Ligason
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2011
Committee Involvement: none
About Jorge Ligason
Jorge comes from the beautiful province of Bohol, Philippines. He earned his Bachelor in Accountancy from Holy Name University in 1998 and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1999. After becoming a Certified Public Accountant, Jorge worked in the banking industry for two years in credit and collection, bookkeeping, and internal audit. Before moving to Canada, he worked in the manufacturing industry for 7 years in internal audit and treasury.
In Canada, Jorge enjoyed working in the not-for-profit sector making a difference in the lives of animals in British Columbia. He also enjoyed doing volunteer work inspired by the Canadian society�s spirit of volunteering. With his determination and hard work, Jorge became a Chartered Professional Accountant in 2015.
Jorge loves nature and enjoys taking landscape photos in his free time, during sunrise and sunsets. You can see his beautiful photographs at his website - www.facebook.com/jorge.ligason.photographic.arts.
Every summer Jorge enjoys swimming in English Bay.
Juan Leandro Ysmael
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2015
Committee Involvement: none
About Juan Leandro (Julian) Ysmael
Julian graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics from De La Salle University-Manila in February 2012. He is currently pursuing his CPA, CGA and CFA designations. While in Manila, he worked in Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company after taking the Philippine CPA board exams. In Canada, he has been working in the University of British Columbia in various capacities over the last three years. Currently, he is the Finance Manager of UBC's Peter A. Allard School of Law. He is a big sports fan and follows basketball, tennis, and cycling religiously. He enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee, going hiking, and watching television.
Rowena Altamirano
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2011
Committee Involvement: none
About Rowena Felarca-Altamirano
Rowena Altamirano finished her Bachelors degree in Accounting from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. She is a Certified Public Accountant from the Philippines and has been with the accounting profession for more than 10 years. She spent the first 4 years of her career with SGV & Co. (An Ernst and Young member affiliate), then later joined the finance team of Innodata Inc. She eventually joined Accenture Philippines and was with the company for 4 years before she migrated to Canada in December 2010. Currently, she is a CGA PACE level student and works as a Tax Accountant for a multinational semiconductor company in Burnaby. She loves to travel with her husband Enrico and daughter Kate.
Shalimar Yalao-Santos
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2012
Committee Involvement: none
About Shalimar Yalao-Santos
Shalimar is an audit and accounting professional with over 10 years' experience within diverse industries. She graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy from the prestigious University of Santo Tomas in Manila. She joined Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. as an auditor after passing the CPA Board Exams. She moved on to being an Internal Auditor with United Coconut Planter Bank (UCPB). During her stint with UCPB that she decided to pursue the Certified Internal Auditor designation, she successfully passed the exams in 2003. In 2004, she joined San Miguel Corporation (SMC) as an Internal Auditor. Then, she was offered the position of Finance and Administration Head for Luzon operations of the newly set-up Finance Department of its Shipping and Lighterage Corporation, a subsidiary and the official logistics arm of San Miguel group of companies. She stayed with SMC for over 6 years before eventually migrating to Canada in 2011. Currently, she is working as an Accountant with a Richmond-based Canadian aerospace, information services and products company. In addition, she is actively pursuing her CGA designation.
She loves music and arts, and loves spending time with her loving husband and superduper adorable son.
Julius Arganda
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2010
Committee Involvement: Professional Development & Education
About Julius Arganda
Julius was born in Manila, Philippines. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1993, where he completed his secondary and post-secondary studies. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting from the University of British Columbia and has been a CGA since 2009. He currently works in the accounting department of a film production company. His hobbies and interests include art, film, basketball and poker.
Marilyn Aceja-Uy
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2009
Committee Involvement: Membership & Recruitment
About Marilyn Aceja-Uy
Marilyn finished her Bachelor of Liberal Arts major in Behavioral Science and Bachelor of Commerce major in Accounting from De La Salle University-Manila. She joined SGV & Co. shortly after taking the Philippine CPA board exams. She spent 2 years as an auditor before moving on to join several industries occupying different positions. She spent her first year in Canada as a full cycle Accountant. Later on, with the help of fellow AFCA member Carol Tan, she moved on to work as a tax accountant in public practice. Currently, she is a Senior Accountant for a software company based in Richmond while pursuing her CGA designation. Marilyn loves to cook and enjoys the company of friends and families.
Shailene Caparas
Membership Type: Regular
Member Since: 2011
Committee Involvement: Public Relations & Communications
About Shailene Caparas
Shailene is currently the controller of the Diocese of New Westminster - Anglican Church of Canada, a Course Marker at CGA-BC and a Course Marker Trainee at CPA Canada. She is also a charity consultant for religious organizations. She worked for 7 years as accounting manager of Congregation Beth Israel in Vancouver. She also worked at Sycip, Gorres Velayo & Co (Ernst & Young Philippines) for 3 years prior to migrating to Canada in March 2007. She was recognized as "One of the Top 10" graduates in CGA-BC in 2013 and graduated Summa cum Laude (highest honours) in her BS Accountancy Degree from Far Eastern University, Philippines in 2003.
Shailene also serves on the Board of 5 non-profit organizations including Worldwide Missions of Canada. In January 2015, the Fellowship of Christian Assemblies of Canada has given her the title of "Commissioned Missionary" and the Kainos Zoe Evangelical Church Mission ordained her as a pastor. She is the President of SeedCare International Ministries, a Canadian-based charity that provides scholarship grants to deserving students and supports the needs of the pastors in the Philippines. She is also the President of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants - Vancouver Chapter and an Executive Committee member of the Philippine Cultural Pista ng Bayan Society. When she is not working, she loves to travel, go on mission trips across the world, and speak to youth and students. She loves to spend quality time with family, friends and churchmates.
