EDNA G' DE LEON,

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EDNA G. DE LEON, CPA, CIA, CISA Vice President
Chief Internal Auditor Rustan Supercenters,
Inc. Ms. Edna Gawat De Leon may be aptly called
a career auditor, having spent her professional
life in the fi eld of auditing both external
and internal audit practice. Her career, spanning
almost 3 decades, includes external audit work
with SGV, and management of internal audit
services for companies within the Rustan Group of
Companies (RGOC). The various positions and
titles she had held Internal Auditor,
Comptroller, VP for Internal Audit/Systems
Organizational Development, Director for Internal
Audit, and currently VP Chief Internal Auditor
aptly refl ect the evolution of the internal
audit function within the corporate setting, and
the depth of experience gathered at each level.
She also has 20 years of Board Audit Committee
experience as the designated representative of
the RGOC Chairman in his other Board of Director
positions outside the Rustan Group. Edna has
been an offi cer and a member of the Board of
Directors of the IIA-P since 2000, taking the
helm as president in 2004. She is currently a
member of the IIA-P Governance Board, and serves
as a resource for IIA-P as Quality Assurance
Reviewer and as facilitator for the CIA Review
Course, as well as public in-house
seminars. Edna is a Certifi ed Public Accountant
(CPA), a Certifi ed Internal Auditor (CIA), and a
Certifi ed Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
where she was a top scorer, placing second among
the local examinees in 2002. She is an IIA
Accredited Quality Assurance Reviewer for
Internal Audit. She also completed the special
course on Corporate Governance conducted by the
Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), thus
becoming a Reputational Agent for
Governance. She holds a degree in BS Commerce
Accounting from St. Theresas College, QC and
attended the Strategic Business Economics Program
in 1997 at University of Asia the Pacifi c.