P&A Grant Thornton COO Jun Cuaresma receives highest CPA award
The Association of Certified Public Accountants in Public Practice ( AC - PAPP) announced the selection of Jun Cua re sma , managing partner and chief operating officer ( COO) of P& A Grant Thornton, as this year ’ s recipient of the “Lifetime Achievement Award,” the highest award given to its members who are all CPA practitioners. The award was given in a ceremony held last Dec. 6 at the Holiday Inn & Suites, Makati.
The prestigious award is bestowed on individual members who have distinguished themselves in public practice as a certified public accountant ( CPA) who possesses the highest professional qualifications, distinction in a specific field, professional practice, and unassailable integrity.
The conferment of the award follows a stringent selection process and has been conferred on only 14 members since 2005, including Corazon Dela PazBernardo, Benjamin Punongbayan and Jose Araullo (the founders of P& A Grant Thornton ), Gregorio Navarro, and Jaime Laya. Criteria for the award include integrity, exemplary leadership, vision, and competence as senior practitioner for a number of years; contributions to shaping the high standards and values of the professional accountancy practice; good governance and exemplary business ethics; exceptional ability in performing senior functions that contribute substantially to the growth and development of the profession and the economy; someone who’s earned the highest respect of his peers; and good, moral and sound judgment.
Cuaresma also heads P&A Grant Thornton’ s Audit and Assurance Division and has been in public accounting for his entire professional career, fortified by over 30 years of experience in the audit of local and international companies in various industries. Due to his exceptional career goals and superior reputation in the practice of public accountancy, the University of the East has previously bestowed upon him the “Distinguished Achievement Award.” Recently, he bagged the award “2016 Outstanding CPA in Public Practice” by the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants.