Washington Sycip
Founder, The SGV Group
Makati City, Philippines
Advisor for the International Year of Microcredit 2005

"In any developing nation, just as important as democracy or human rights is the need to reduce the extreme poverty of the people. One of the best ways to do this is to make quick financial services available to them without too much red tape or documentations."

Washington Sycip is the founder of the SGV Group. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees & Board of Governors of the Asian Institute of Management and Advisor for Arthur Andersen. He also serves as Honorary Chairman of the Euro-Asia Centre at INSEAD, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Advisory Committee at the New York Stock Exchange, and President of the International Federation of Accountants. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers at Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Board of Governors at the Joseph H Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, the International Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Honorary Life Trustee of the Asia Society, and on the International Advisory Boards of the following companies: American International Group, Chase Manhattan Bank, and VIAG Aktiengeselleschaft.

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