He is currently a Professor of Finance and Director of Central Banking at the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur. The school is a collaborative effort with the MIT Sloan School of Management. Until October 2018, Mr. Remolona was the Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific of the BIS. He also served as Secretary of the Asian Consultative Council, which consists of the Governors of the 12 leading central banks in the region. Until 2008, he was Head of Economics for Asia and the Pacific of the BIS.
Age: 71, Born 1952
Nationality: Filipino
Tenure
- Appointed Independent Director April 2019 to August 2022
Board committee membership
- Chairman of the Risk Management Committee
Career
Relevant skills and experience
Mr. Remolona joined the BIS in 1999 and for 6 years served as Head of Financial Markets in Basel and Editor of the BIS Quarterly Review. Before that, he was Research Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He has extensive policy experience in financial markets, sovereign risk, international finance, central banking, and monetary policy.
Outside interests/commitments
He is also currently Associate Editor of the International Journal of Central Banking.
Environmental, social, and governance
He is an Advisor to the Academy of Finance in Hong Kong.
Education
He sits on the Council of Advisers of the Academy of Finance in Hong Kong and is Research Associate of the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) at the Crawford School of the Australian National University. He also taught at Columbia University, New York University, and the University of the Philippines.