TOAP 2019 Convention – Shaping the Future of the Trust Industry

The Trust Officers Association of the Philippines (TOAP) held its convention this year 2019, with the theme “Shaping the Future of the Trust Industry.”

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

The convention proper was held at SEDA Capitol Central Hotel, Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines, on February 23, 2019.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

 

Below is the quick recap of what happened in the convention proper.

 

Registration

The registration started as early as 7:00 AM. The TOAP secretariat assisted the delegates in the registration.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 ConventionMr. Herbie Arabelo of First Metro Investment Corporation

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention
Ms. Cherryl Ofracio and Ms. Cristina Garcia of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

 

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention
Deputy Governor Chuchi Fonacier of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

 

TOAP 2019 Convention Proper

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

 

Ms. Tebbie Aquino from Robinson’s Bank is the master of ceremony.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Atty. Jojie Jolejole of Philippine National Bank lead the prayer.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

 

Welcome Address

TOAP President, Atty. Ma. Paz Garcia of BPI AMTC gave the participants a warm welcome.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

 

Keynote Speech

Assistant Secretary Tony Lambino of the Department of Finance delivered the significant keynote speech on “The Philippine Growth Story – Is it still intact?”

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

He also discussed the TRAIN Law, and the Build, Build, Build, Program.

 

ASEC Lambino was a member of the Smokey Mountain group, famous in the 1990s. We were glad that he shared his talent by singing Paraiso, a great hit in 1991.

 

Talk 1

Ms. Diksha Gera, the Sector Head for the Global Financials Research and a Senior Analyst for Asian Banking Sector of Bloomberg discussed the Philippine Market in the context of ASEAN/ China/ US/ Europe Markets.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

She began by asking the audience to log to www.pigeonhole.at, and to participate in the live interactive question and answer.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Everybody were participating in the cool interactive introduction of Ms. Gera’s presentation.

 

Panel 1

Ms. Joy Cervero of PB Com moderated the first panel discussion.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Ms. Cherryl Ofracio of BSP also conveyed her inputs before the start of the panel discussion.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

“The New Trust Business Model from the Trust Industry’s Perspective” is the topic in the first panel discussion.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

The panelists (left to right) are Atty. Bobbie Concepcion of BDO, Mr. Andrew Caw of ATR Asset Management, Mr. Boyet Benavides of Bank of Commerce, and Ms. Stella Sampayan of DBP.

 

Talk 2

Mr. Jean-Luc Freymond the CEO of Finartis gave the second talk on “Product Focus: Wealth Advisory.”

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

 

Talk 3

Mr. Milan Gohil, the Senior Functional Consultant and Business Analyst of EBIX Cash/ Miles Software gave the last talk on “How Big Data Can Help our Business?.”

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

 

Panel 2

The last panel discussion tackled “Traditional Marketing vs Digital Marketing: Pros and Cons for Trust Practitioners” with Mr. Andrew Caw of ATR Asset Management as the moderator.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

The panelists (left to right) are, Atty. Arlene Agustin of UBP, Ms. Mary Ann Lim of China Bank, and Ms. Sheila Marie Tan of BPI AMTC.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

 

Closing Remarks

Ms. Joy Cervero of PB Com, Vice President of TOAP, ended the convention with her closing remarks.

 

 

Sponsors

The success of the convention is also attributed to the participation of the sponsors.

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention
Infoserve Incorporated

 

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention
Miles Software

 

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention
Finartis Prospero

 

The Participants

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

Trust Officers Association of the Philippines TOAP 2019 Convention

 

More pictures were uploaded in TOAP’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Trust-Officers-Association-of-the-Philippines-TOAP/.

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