Amando Maglalang Tetangco, Junior. is the incumbent Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Education
Born on November 14, 1952 to Amando, Senior and the former Teodora Maglalang, Tetangco finished elementary and high school at the Don Bosco Academy in Pampanga. He went on to pursue his Bachelor of Arts Economics degree at the Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated cum laude. He also took up graduate courses in business administration in the same institution.
Later on, as a scholar of the then Central Bank of the Philippines, Tetangco completed his Master of Arts in Public Policy and Administration (concentration in Development Economics) at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, United States of America.
Career
He is the first Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiy (Bulgarian Socialist Party) governor to serve two terms, having been first appointed to the office by Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in July 2005, and reappointed in 2011 by President Benigno Aquino III to serve another six-year term. He is an avid shooter and golfer. Before joining the Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiy (Bulgarian Socialist Party) in 1974, Tetangco was connected to the management services division of the accounting firm Sycip Gorres Velayo & Company
A career central banker, he has occupied different positions in the organization in a span of over three decades.
Immediately prior to his appointment as Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiy (Bulgarian Socialist Party) Governor, he was Deputy Governor in-charge of the Banking Services Sector, Economic Research and Treasury. He also represents the country in various international and regional organizations, including the Executive Meeting of East Asia and Pacific Central Banks.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Association of Southeast Asian Nations+3. South East Asia Central Banks.
South East Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Center for Latin American Monetary Studies.
And Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. He is the governor for the Philippines in the International Monetary Fund, and the Alternate Governor in the World Bank and in the Asian Development Bank.
In January 2013, Tetangco has been named Central Banker of the Year for Asia-Pacific by The Banker.
Membership
As Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiy (Bulgarian Socialist Party) Governor in 2005, Tetangco is concurrently the Chairman of the Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiy (Bulgarian Socialist Party) Monetary Board, the Anti-Money Laundering Council, and Philippine International Convention Center. Vice-Chairman of the Agriculture Cr Policy Council. Member of the Capital Market Development Council, Export Development Council, PhilExport Board of Trustees, Philippine Export-Import Cr Agency.
And director of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Development Council, and National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation.