Association of
Certified Compliance Officers

The Certified Compliance Officer (CCO) credential began in 2019, when the Center for Global Best Practices (CGBP) fully organized the Certification Course for Compliance Officers to address a growing need in the Philippine business community: a formal, standardized way to train and certify professionals responsible for regulatory compliance, corporate governance and risk management.

Under the leadership of Atty. Allesandra Fay V. Albarico, D.C.L, the course was built to equip participants with practical, best-practice-based compliance skills — and to confer a credential that employers could trust. Graduates earned the right to use the title “Certified Compliance Officer” (CCO), a mark that CGBP subsequently registered with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, together with the ACCO mark, to protect the standard the credential represents.

As the number of CCO graduates grew across banking, insurance, real estate, BPO, manufacturing, and government sectors, the need for a unifying professional body became clear. ACCO was established to formally organize this growing community — giving CCOs a permanent professional home, a network of peers who share the same standard of training, and a platform to continue growing as the compliance landscape in the Philippines evolves.

Today, ACCO carries forward the mission that CGBP began in 2019: building and protecting a trusted, professional compliance workforce for the Philippines.