Diwa C. Guinigundo - "Diwa"

DG Guinigundo served the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for 41 years, managing monetary policy and operations, international operations and regional cooperation, and other core functions. From 2001 to 2003, he was Alternate Executive Director at the IMF, and earlier (1992–1994), Head of Research at the SEACEN Research and Training Centre in Kuala Lumpur.

Within BSP, he chaired the Monetary Policy Strategy Committee, vice-chaired the Investment Management Committee and Provident Fund, and represented the institution in various cabinet-level boards and interagency bodies including the NEDA Board and the Development Budget Coordination Committee.

An AB Economics cum laude graduate at the UP School of Economics, he obtained his M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics as a central bank scholar. He also taught economics at UP Manila and St. Scholastica’s College.

Currently, he writes a weekly BusinessWorld column, sits on the Advisory Panel of Singapore Management University’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, and advises International Care Ministries. He is external advisor to Bain & Company, and independent director of AIA Philippines Investment Management and Trust Corporation, MacroAsia Corporation, and Malayan Savings Bank. He has also been a resource expert for the Asian Development Bank.

Since October 2023, he has served as principal advisor for GlobalSource Partners in New York.

DG Guinigundo co-edited Trauma to Triumph (AMRO, 2021–2022) and Redefining Strategic Routes to Financial Resilience in ASEAN+3 (ADB), contributed to Stratbase ADRI’s Beyond the Crisis, and co-authored Economic Adjustment and Growth: Theory and Practice (2023). He was among the authors of Not in Our Watch: Martial Law Really Happened and SERVE.

Email: dcguinigundo@yahoo.com

Education

• M.Sc. Economics, London School of Economics (LSE)
• AB Economics (cum laude), University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE)

Selected Awards and Recognition

• UP School of Economics Golden Jubilee Outstanding Alumnus, 2016
• Promise Governance Leadership Award for Asia, California, USA, 2018
• UP School of Economics Alumni Association Outstanding Alumnus, 2019
• Philippine Statistical Association Tito Mijares Memorial Award, 2019
• Philippine Statistical Association Tribute “In Service of Stability and the Nation,” 1 October 2025
• UP Alpha Sigma Fraternity Award of Excellence, 10 October 2025