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Lovely Charmaine A. Villamora-Dacanay
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Lovely Charmaine A. Villamora-Dacanay

Chams has been in public accounting since she started her professional career in 2009. She had a short stint as a senior associate under Financial Assurance and Advisory Services in a Big 4 firm prior to joining P&A Grant Thornton.

Overall, she has more than 15 years of combined experience external audit, internal audit, SOX testing, business process reviews, internal and external quality assessment reviews, control self-assessment, compliance reviews, financial management, information technology general and application controls review, information security reviews, project management, valuation and financial model audit, financial and information technology due diligence, and fraud reviews. 

Chams has an extensive experience in providing services to companies in various industries including banks, non-banks financial institutions, insurance, real estate, construction, mining, power, petroleum, utilities, transportation, retail, distribution, industrial manufacturing, food and beverage, financing, investment holding companies, BPOs, educational institutions and non-stock, not-for-profit organizations.

Chams participated in Grant Thornton’s Emerging Leaders Program in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam in 2023. Chams was also a part of the team that was awarded the 2022 Founder’s Award for Team Excellence. She also earned post-graduate certificates in General Management and Business Management and Transformation at the Asian Institute of Management. Recently, she also earned her Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM).  Chams earned her bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from Polytechnic University of the Philippines and is an active member of the bamboo orchestra, Banda Kawayan Pilipinas.

Memberships

  • Philippine Sustainability Reporting Committee’s (PSRC) Technical Working Group (TWG)
  • Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Information Systems Audit and Control Association 
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