Eli M. Remolona, Jr.

Dr. Eli 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 and
14 years for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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. Additionally, 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 an
independent director of the Bank for Philippine Islands (BPI) 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.