Philippines

Felix Tonog

Executive Director, Philippine Council for NGO Certification

Felix A. Tonog is the Executive Director of the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC) since 2021, where he led the revision of certification standards for NGOs to strengthen governance, fiduciary responsibility, and operational transparency and accountability in the assessment of NGOs. In addition, he built the capacity strengthening program of PCNC to help NGOs become more resilient and sustainable institutions.

He was a member and treasurer of the PCNC Board of Trustees from 2016 to 2020, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) from 2016 to 2017.

He has three decades of progressive work experience in the academe, corporate, and social development sectors. Prior to joining PCNC, he held various management and leadership roles at nonprofits, academe institutions, and business organizations.

His areas of specialization and interest include SME promotion, corporate social responsibility, non-profit governance, strategy and policy, project management, and evaluation. He has conducted research studies on innovations at the base of the pyramid, rural and social enterprise development, and OTOP Philippines, which he presented in international conferences in Jakarta, Indonesia and Oita, Japan.

Felix holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Masters in Business Management, and completed advanced studies in Economics.

“I am excited to champion INPAS because its objectives align perfectly with the mission of the Philippine Council for NGO Certification, which has been advocating for financial accounting standards for NGOs in the Philippines since 2004. A harmonized, internationally recognized accounting standard for nonprofits is necessary in reinforcing credibility and trust in the sector. INPAS is not just an accounting standard. It will help nonprofits produce financial reports that tell the stories of their mission better, in a way that will be understood across borders.”