She is a CPA-lawyer and a Career Executive Officer with Rank VI Conferred by the Civil Service Commission.

Atty. Diaz completed a management course at Asian Institute of Management and participated in seminars here and abroad which include the following:

• APEC Financial Regulators Training Initiative

Regional Seminar-Investigation, Enforcement and Prosecution
Manila, Philippines

• Investigating Financial Underpinnings of Terrorism: Investigators Course

Virginia, United States of America

• Good Governance for Effective Risk Pricing Program

Part I : University of Sydney
Part II: PSB academy, Singapore

She is actively involved in the professional development of practitioners (lawyers and accountants) by providing lectures in numerous seminars with varying topics such as corporate laws, SEC accounting rules, corporate governance and capital market.

Atty. Diaz is continuously participating in the drafting, amending and implementation of rules and regulations on securities market, corporate governance and capital market.

She received the following awards:

• CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE given by the Secuties and Exchange Commission in December 2002

• YOUNG ACHIEVERS AWARD IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE given by the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Metro Manila Region in July 2003