Dr. Pio D. Baconga, CPA, MBA, the Senior Partner of the Firm, is a certified public accountant who has over four (4) decades of experience in audit, commerce and industry, and the education sector. He was a former National President of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), the accredited organization of all CPAs in the country and was conferred upon him the Accountancy Hall of Fame, the institute’s highest award given to an individual CPA in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the profession. He holds an extensive knowledge and experience in financial accounting management being a previous Auditor from Sycip, Gorres Velayo and Co., and as a Finance Manager of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines. He was an accounting and tax professor from such prestigious schools as Xavier University, Notre Dame University and Pilgrim Christian College. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pilgrim Christian College and holds different positions in the education sector at a national level such as COCOPEA, ACSCU, etc. He is the former Vice President for service sector of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also a Doctor Fellow of the Royal Institute of Accountants (RIA) based in Singapore and was the Philippine representative to the ASEAN Federation of Accountants (AFA) and Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) from 2004-2007, thus, giving him wider exposure and learning experience in various international conferences and trainings. He holds an MBA degree at Xavier University and Advanced Management Course at Ateneo de Manila University School of Business. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy at Xavier University and was awarded by Xavier University as Most Outstanding Alumnus in Business and Accountancy during the University’s 75th Diamond Jubilee in 2008.

Lindy C. Patriana, CPA, the Managing Partner of the Firm, is a certified public accountant who has over four (4) decades of experience in audit, tax, and consultancy services in various industries. Her expertise includes external audit, internal audit, systems evaluation, management/tax consultancy, and other special services. She is the former audit manager and consultant of Alba Romeo & Co. CPAs – Cagayan de Oro and Cebu branches (1996 to April 2006). She is a past president of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants-Cagayan de Oro Misamis Oriental (PICPA-CDO Mis.Or.) Chapter for the fiscal year 2015-2016 and the Zonta International – Cagayan de Oro II for the fiscal years 2014-2016. She is also the past Treasurer of the Association of CPA’s in Public Practice – Cagayan de Oro and an active PICPA member. She graduated from the University of San Jose-Recoletos, Cebu City.

Jeserio G. Lonon Jr., CPA, the Junior Partner of the Firm, is a certified public accountant who has over a decade of experience in audit, tax, and consultancy services in various industries. His expertise includes external audit, internal audit, systems evaluation, management/ tax consultancy, and company process manual preparation. He is a past president of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants-Cagayan de Oro Misamis Oriental (PICPA-CDO Mis.Or.) Chapter for the fiscal year 2017-2018. In 2018, he was awarded by the PICPA National Office as the Most Outstanding Chapter President and is the 9th of the ten (10) most outstanding Chapter presidents who completed the Chapter’s PICPA Hall of Fame award in 2019. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Liceo de Cagayan University.