Personal finance expert and TV host Suze Orman will visit Manila this weekend. / Courtesy of BPI

MANILA, Philippines - Popular personal finance expert and Emmy Award-winning TV host Susan "Suze" Orman will be dispensing advice to Filipinos on how they can better manage and grow their money during her first-ever visit to Manila this weekend.

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is bringing Orman to the country to give a series of talks on personal finance, as part of the bank's campaign on financial literacy. 

Orman will give a series of talks to BPI clients and employees starting with an invitational customer event on February 25 (Saturday) at the NBC Tent, Bonifacio Global City.

BPI hopes Orman's message will inspire Filipinos who want to become financially well.

Orman is the host of CNBC's "The Suze Orman Show," where she gives practical personal finance advice. Described by USA Today as a "one-woman financial advice powerhouse", Orman is also a best-selling author, contributing editor to "O" The Oprah Magazine and motivational speaker.

She has been named one of Time 100 The World's Most Influential People in May 2009 and May 2008. In October 2010, Forbes included Orman in its list of "The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women."