Christopher M. Ferareza

Chris is a partner and the chief sustainability officer at P&A Grant Thornton. He is leading the Firm’s sustainability practice as well as the integration of sustainability into the Firm’s operations. He has previously served as head of Branches, partner in charge of Training for the Audit & Assurance practice area, and oversight partner for Internal Audit and Compliance of the Firm.

Chris has over 20 years of experience in the audit of local and multinational companies in a wide range of industries. He has led high-profile merger and acquisition, and IPO engagements.

In 2022, he joined the Advisory Services practice area of the Firm and focused on developing and leading the Firm’s sustainability practice. He also has significant experience in fraud and forensics, financial reporting and risk advisory, transaction advisory and internal audit.

Chris is actively promoting and advocating for sustainability through his participation in various sustainability forums and various activities of different organizations. He also writes articles on sustainability and related topics.

Before becoming a partner, Chris assisted in the Firm’s Technical Standards Group for six years while performing his regular client servicing responsibilities. He also assisted the Firm’s Risk Management partner in formulating and implementing risk management policies of the Firm.

Under P&A Grant Thornton’s global secondment program, Chris spent two years in the USA, where he worked for the Chicago office of Grant Thornton USA.

Chris has a master's degree in management from the Asian Institute of Management. He also completed the Executive Leadership Program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He finished as summa cum laude in Far Eastern University’s Accountancy Program.

Memberships and Affiliation

• Philippine Sustainability Reporting Committee – Committee Member
• Auditing and Assurance Standards Council – Committee Member and former Secretary
• Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants – Secretary, Committee on Sustainability & Integrated Reporting
• Association of Certified Public Accountants in Public Practice – former Director
• Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines
• FEU Alumni Foundation Inc. – President
• Rotary Club of Makati – Chairman of Disaster Relief and former Director for Community Service and Comptroller
• Makati Rotary Club Foundation, Inc. – former Corporate Secretary

Awards

• Green and Gold Awardee (Outstanding Alumnus), Far Eastern University
• Rotary Club of Makati (RCM) – Rotarian of the Year (2018 and 2017), Director of the Year (2020 and 2017) and Chairman of the Year (2019 and 2014)