Protacio T. Tacandong
Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer

ABOUT PROTACIO

Cocoy is a co-founder of the Firm. He spent numerous years as an SGV’s Partner-in-Charge of the Mindanao and Visayas branches and concurrently, as Chief Finance and Administrative Officer. He provided audit and advisory services to different companies engaged in agri-business, utilities, financial institutions, real estate & construction, manufacturing, cooperatives, port services, educational institutions, and others. He was also Chairman of the Operational Excellence Committee and member of the Operations, Management and People First Committees of SGV.

Cocoy was actively involved in the business development of Mindanao by serving key positions in various trade and business associations such as being president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, member of Rotary Club of Davao, Mindanao Business Council and Philippine Business for Social Progress.  He also served as national president of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants  (PICPA)  from  2008  to  2009,  and  as  an  independent  director representing the private sector of Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation from 2011 to 2017.

Cocoy is a graduate of the University of San Carlos, Cebu City where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, major in Accounting.  He earned his Master in Management degree from the Asian Institute of Management.

He was conferred the SGV’s SyCip Award, 1995 Most Outstanding Carolinian in Financial Management Award, Ernst & Young Chairman’s Values Award for Far East Area,  the  2005  PICPA  Most  Outstanding  CPA  in  Public  Practice,  the  2012 Professional Regulations Commission ‘s Outstanding Professional of the Year in the Field of Accountancy, the 2014  PICPA Accountancy Hall of Fame Award, and the 2016 Awardee under Professional Services in the Leaders and Achievers in Davao (LEADavao) Awards, the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus of the University of San Carlos, and the 2019 Parangal San Mateo Award by the PICPA Foundation, Inc.,

His dedication and commitment to the accounting profession have been recognized with the prestigious "Accountancy Centenary Award of Excellence" bestowed upon him in March 2023 during the 100th-anniversary celebration of the accounting profession in the Philippines.