Eli M. Remolona Jr., PhD

DR. ELI M. Remolona, Jr. is the seventh Governor of the BSP and Chairman of the Monetary Board.

Governor Remolona has extensive policy and operational experience in monetary policy and international finance, having worked for 19 years at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and 14 years for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. At the BIS, he was Head of Financial Markets and Editor of the BIS Quarterly Review. Later, he became Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific.

From 2019 to 2022, Governor Remolona served as professor of finance and director of central banking at the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur. He also taught at Williams College, Columbia University, New York University, and the University of the Philippines-School of Economics.

Before his appointment to the Monetary Board in 2022, Governor Remolona served as independent director of a universal bank and chairman of its risk management committee.

He earned his PhD in Economics with distinction from Stanford University and obtained his bachelor’s degree in Economics with honors from the Ateneo de Manila University.