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Fred Velayo and Wash SyCip during the early years of SGV & Co.
The first job recruitment letter in the firm’s history – Wash convinced Fred Velayo to return to the Philippines to help him run what was to become SGV & Co.
SGV pioneers: Fred Velayo, Wash SyCip, Enteng Jose, and Joe Quintos.
Vicente Jose, the first SGV tax partner.
Fred Velayo took care of administrative and personnel matters on top of his audit assignments.
Ramon Gorres joined Wash and Fred in 1953.
Fred and Wash in San Francisco, California.
Wash is surrounded by his growing practice at the balcony of the Trade and Commerce Building.
Wash at a meeting of the American Accounting Association in New York in 1947.
Relaxing after an SGV Christmas party in the 1950s. From left: Fred Velayo, Enteng Jose, Ramon Gorres, Wash SyCip, Arsenio Reyes, and Toting del Rosario.
Wash speaks before accountants who were visiting from the region.
In 1965, SGV moved from its building on T.M. Kalaw Street in Manila to a new 14-storey home on Ayala Avenue in Makati. The SGV I Building was drawn by Filipino artist Mauro “Malang” Santos for the SGV Christmas card that year.
In 1967, Malang once again drew the cover design of the SGV Christmas card and included the SGV II Building which was acquired earlier to accommodate the increasing manpower of the practice.
The SGV Development Center on Dela Rosa Street was built in 1977 to house the management services and training groups.
Wash (standing, second from left) with officers and members of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA). He would later serve as its president.
The seven founding members of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP). Seated from left: Sixto Orosa, Eduardo Romualdez, and Sergio Corpus. Standing from left: Delfin Rivera Cruz, Jose Olbes, Washington SyCip, and Ramon del Rosario, Sr.
Wash at work: scenes from SGV events in the 1950s and 1960s. At right, Fred Velayo and Ramon Gorres look on as Wash reads the citation of a service award during an SGV anniversary party.
Wash at work: scenes from SGV events in the 1950s and 1960s. At right, Fred Velayo and Ramon Gorres look on as Wash reads the citation of a service award during an SGV anniversary party.
Training was – and still is – a major undertaking for all SGV staff members.
972 SGV Conference in Baguio City. Wash is seated at the top row (far left) with co-managing partners Jake Jacob and Bobby Ongpin.
Rodolfo Jacob, SGV Managing Partner from 1972 to 1975
Roberto Ongpin, SGV Managing Partner from 1972 to 1982 and former Philippine Minister of Trade and Industry.
Wash attending SGV functions in the 1960s and 1970s.
Wash attending SGV functions in the 1960s and 1970s.
Cesar Virata, former SGV Management Services head and former Prime Minister of the Philippines.
Gloria Tan Climaco, SGV Managing Partner from 1992 to 1996.
Rizalino Navarro, SGV Managing Partner from 1982 to 1992 and former Secretary of Trade and Industry of the Philippines.
At the retirement of Vicente Jose with Jake Jacob and Charlie Alindada.
Wash at the annual SGV anniversary parties.
Wash with SGV partners Jet Jeturian and Linda Villanueva.
Wash with Fred Velayo, Doug Sprague (head of Arthur Andersen New York office) and Rudy Granados.
Wash speaks to guests at a cocktail party while former Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines Jobo Fernandez (next to Wash) listens.
The SGV partners and principals on the 25th anniversary of the founding of the firm in 1971.
Wash at the annual SGV anniversary parties.
SGV partners and principals at the time of the merger with Fleming & Williamson in 1958
Anna and Wash at an SGV event.
Wash, in the early 1970s, giving his traditional address at the SGV anniversary party.
Wash talks to Goh Kee Song, head of the SGV Group Singapore office, while SGV partner Gene Reyes looks on
Wash with Glo Tan Climaco, the first woman Managing Partner of SGV & Co.
Wash having just disembarked from a domestic flight to visit an SGV provincial branch office.
JoyVirata leads the inauguration of the new SGV Development Center in 1978.
Carlos Alindada, SGV Managing Partner from 1996 to 1999.
Joy sings a duet with Fred Velayo during the 50th anniversary program of the firm in 1996.
Cesar Purisima, SGV Managing Partner from 1999 to 2003 and former Secretary of Finance and Secretary of Trade and Industry.
David Balangue, SGV Managing Partner from 2003 to 2009, is the current Chairman.
Roy Navarro between SGV co-founders Fred Velayo and Wash SyCip at an SGV retirement testimonial dinner in 2007.
Celebrating the Centennial of Philippine Independence in 1998. The SGV partners and principals, with Wash SyCip and Fred Velayo, are dressed in traditional Philippine formal wear.
Atty. Cirilo Noel, the current SGV Managing Partner, is a CPA-Lawyer.
Wash on his 85th birthday in 2006 with the partners and principals of SGV & Co.
Wash amid SGV alumni including Senator Manuel Villar (far right) during the SGV Alumni Homecoming in 2006.
At the establishment of the R.S. Navarro Chair of the AIM Graduate School of Business in 1997 with, from left, Cesar Purisima, Wash SyCip, Roy Navarro, and Fil Alfonso.
Partners and principals during the 50th anniversary of SGV & Co. – a golden milestone.
SGV celebrates its 55th year as a professional services firm in 2001.
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