TAMMY H. LIPANA has been elected Chairman & Senior Partner of Isla Lipana & Co. / PricewaterhouseCoopers, also known as PwC.
A CPA topnotcher (18th place) and cum laude, BSBA University of the East, Tammy joined the firm in 1969 (then known as Joaquin Cunanan & Co.) as an auditor. She also handled client accounting and tax services before being admitted as an Audit partner in 1985. Shortly thereafter, she migrated to the Tax practice in response to the growing demands for tax services.
Her career took a high turn when she was designated Tax Managing Partner in 1995. She then rose from setting directions and strategies for profitable growth in the Tax practice to holding a concurrently responsible position of Vice Chairman last January 2006.
Tammy trained in legacy Price Waterhouse, New York under the firm’s management international development program. She also attended executive development programs at the Harvard Business School, Asian Institute of Management and University of Western Ontario in Canada.
She is currently Chairperson of the Taxation Committee of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry and member of the Makati Business Club and the Management Association of the Philippines. Her credentials as tax resource person include being president of the Tax Management Association of the Philippines, and Private Sector Head – BIR Task Force Drafting EVAT Regulations. For many years, she chaired the Committee on Taxation of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), where she also served as director and treasurer. She has written numerous tax-related articles for both local and foreign publications. In 2005, she was awarded a Special Recognition as an outstanding alumna by the University of the East Alumni Association.
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