About 100 Accountancy VIPS, luminaries, members and guests gathered at the Hotel Intercontinental Manila in Ayala, Makati on January 18th.  The draw:  the induction of the 2013 Officers of the Association of Certified Public Accountants in Commerce and Industry (ACPACI) with Senator Manny Villar as the Guest Speaker and the Inducting Officer, and the Association’s 1st  General Membership Meeting.  Senator Villar delivered his keynote address focusing on ACPACI’s current theme “Rising to the Challenge”.

Each year, the incoming Board of Directors, Committee Chairs and Members of the Association of Certified Public Accountants in Commerce and Industry (ACPACI) convene for a strategic planning session. The officers gathered to discuss their plans and goals for the year ahead last January 5, 2013 at the Cuicos’ rest house in Silang, Cavite.

Last December 7, 2012, ACPACIANs took off their usual thinking caps and put on their cowboy hats, leather boots, plaid shirts with matching vests and celebrated a Wild Wild West Christmas at the Hotel Intercontinental Manila in Ayala, Makati City.