BDO executives recognized as corporate governance leaders

BDO Unibank Inc. chairperson Teresita Sy-Coson (left) and president and chief executive Nestor Tan are bestowed with the Asian Corporate Director Recognition Award by Corporate Governance Asia. 

Corporate Governance Asia awarded BDO Unibank Inc. with Asia’s Icon on Corporate Governance for the 14th time. The icon award recognizes the best of the best in corporate governance in Asia for setting the benchmark of what CG should be.

The country’s largest bank also took home Asia’s Outstanding Company on Corporate Governance Award for its consistently high CG standing, while BDO chairperson Teresita Sy-Coson and president and chief executive Nestor Tan were co-awarded with the Asian Corporate Director Recognition Award for their exemplary leadership.

“Corporate governance is now deeply embedded in Asia, which in many ways, serves as an attractive proposition for investors to park their capital in this region,” said Corporate Governance Asia founder and publisher Aldrin Monsod. 

“Corporations here have adopted and continue to adapt to the best international practices that have made Asia an important investment destination for global fund managers,” Monsod said.

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