Profile :: The Honorable CESAR A. V. PURISIMA
Website: http://www.dof.gov.ph

Cesar A. V. Purisima is the chairman and chief executive officer of the auditing firm Sycip, Gorres, Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.).

President Macapagal-Arroyo has appointed Purisima to head the DTI due to his professional competence and integrity.

Purisima has a Master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University, considered as one of the best business schools in the United States, and has played an active role in the local business circuit.

He will be the third chairman of SGV & Co. to be appointed as trade and industry secretary.

The first was Roberto Ongpin, who was named by the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos as trade and industry minister in the ‘70s. He was followed by Rizalino Navarro who was trade and industry secretary under President Fidel V. Ramos.

Purisima assumed chairmanship of SGV & Co. in July 1999. He joined the SGV & Co. in 1980 as a junior auditor and was admitted to the partnership in 1989.

To date, Purisima sits as chairman of the Philippine-France Business Council and co-chairman of the Philippines-Thailand Business Council.

He is also associated with the Philippines-Japan Economic Cooperation Committee, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Rotary Club of Manila, and the Management Association of the Philippines.

Purisima graduated from De La Salle University where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in commerce.

He was also among the top placers in the 1979 CPA board exams.

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