Reviewers: Maria Luís Albuquerque presides over the inauguration of the President of the Portuguese Bar Association

Lisbon, 15/01/2015 - The Minister of State and Finance, Maria Luís Albuquerquewill preside over the swearing-in ceremony of the President of the Order of Chartered Accountants, José Azevedo Rodrigues, and the other members of the Governing Bodies, elected for the 2015-2017 triennium. The event will take place in the Order's Salão Nobre, in Lisbon, on January 16 at 11:30 am.

According to Dr. José Azevedo Rodrigues, President of OROC, "We are going through a particularly difficult period, with strong social tensions, with a high tax burden, with a financial market that generates great distrust, with companies in difficulty, which substantially affects the exercise of the professional activity of auditing, raising doubts about its credibility, so we cannot neglect the maintenance of high quality standards in all our activities. the services we provide. The Order considers it essential to be demanding in the areas of professional training, access to the profession and the Quality Control process".

If in his first mandate the President made the degree of excellence in the auditing profession the banner of his action, in the three-year period that is now beginning, the Order of Chartered Accountants can be expected to take a position centered on defending the indisputable values of Competence, Integrity and Rigour, which will contribute to the recognition and sustainability of the profession, to growth and to the confidence of the various market agents.