Before I go on with the introduction, I would like to greet you all a pleasant afternoon and congratulate all candidates

for graduation for making it this far. I am Moises Almendares, a proud member of the hard-working Kingfisher faculty.
Today, I am very honored and excited to introduce to you the Guest of Honor and Speaker who is an embodiment of
excellence, integrity, and leadership.

This graduation’s guest of honor is the co-founder and currently the Chief Operating Officer of the firm, Reyes
Tacandong & Co. He is also a Certified Public Accountant, a profession which most of you, candidates, aspire to achieve.
The firm was organized on May 7, 2010 and currently has 25 partners & principals, more than 4,000 accounts with
various clients, and employing over 700 staffs.

He is a man with various talents refined by over 40 years of professional experience - 16 of which he spent as SGV
Partner-in-Charge of the Visayas and Mindanao branches, 10 years, concurrently, as Chief Finance and Administrative
Officer, and served for the other years in various notable positions.

His exemplary performance in the said firm was recognized when he received the “SyCip Award”, the highest distinction
given to a staff member. What primarily contributed to the conferment of this award is when he accepted relocation,
even at a financial sacrifice, to the Iligan Branch as Officer-in-Charge. Within a short period of time, the administration
of branch affairs and management of audit engagements were greatly improved. It was also through his extraordinary
efforts which enhanced the SGV image in his community through close relationships he aggressively established with
businessmen and fellow professionals. Several years after, he was promoted as a Partner. Unlike other people, this
didn’t get into his head; rather, he continued discharging his duties and responsibilities with energy, enthusiasm, and
courage to lead. He also demonstrated integrity, respect and teaming, and continued to build relationships based on
doing the right thing. Eventually, he was awarded One of Far East Asia Ten (FEA) Values Champions for 2007 by Ernst &
Young Chairman’s Value Awards. This award recognizes partners and staff across the global organizations who
demonstrated each of the Firm’s Value Statements.

He isn’t just great in doing his job but also that he is a significant member of his profession. During 2012, he was
awarded by the Professional Regulation Commission the “Outstanding Professional of the Year” in the field of
accountancy. This is the highest award bestowed upon a professional as recommended by his peers for having amply
demonstrated professional competence of the highest degree and conducted himself with integrity in the exercise of his
profession, participated meaningfully in professional activities through the professional organization, contributed
significantly to the advancement of the profession, and contributed significantly to the effective discharge of
professional’s social responsibility through meaningful contribution and participation in socio-related activities.

He was also the recipient of numerous remarkable awards such as:

Accountancy Hall of Fame Award in 2014 by PICPA, and PICPA’s Most outstanding CPA in Public Practice, Most
Outstanding CPA in Financial Management and many more.

He also served in various significant positions at:

PICPA, Mindanao Business Council, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Davao City Chamber of Commerce
and Industry, Inc., Rotary Club, FINEX, Davao Investment Promotion Center, DTI – Region 9, and Araw ng Dabaw Trade
Fair and Exhibit.

All the aforementioned values and talents of his were actually already prominent at an early age when he graduated as
valedictorian in Mt. Carmel High School and Talisayan Elementary School in Misamis Oriental. Later on, he completed a
Bachelor of Science in Commerce – Major in Accounting at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, and a Master in
Management at the Asian Institute of Management. His solid academic performance fortified by his excellence in the
profession led his alma maters recognizing him as most outstanding alumnus on the years to follow.

Despite all the achievements, nothing is more rewarding from having a wife and children who are successful in their
careers because of the inspiration and motivation they got from a model father.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce to you the Guest of Honor and Speaker for this year’s Graduation Ceremony, a
Certified Public Accountant, an Outstanding professional, an exemplary partner, a natural born leader, and a model
father, let’s give a round of applause to Mr. PROTACIO “COCOY” T. TACONDONG!