The professional network with more than 16,000 finance and treasury professionals has plans to grow its presence in the region from its new office in Singapore.
The Association for Finance Professionals (AFP) is expanding into Asia with the opening of a satellite office in Singapore, the organization announced in a press release on Thursday.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., AFP established and administers the Certified Treasury Professional and Certified Corporate FP&A Professional credentials. According to the statement, a presence in Singapore will increase AFP's ability to educate and train treasury and finance professionals in the region and help them achieve their career goals.
The Singapore office will be headed by Himashi Soriano, AFP regional director APAC. In her role, Soriano will hire and lead a team of sales, services and support staff, while overseeing operations, building customer relationships and developing partnerships in the region, the statement said.