Bio

Tony Lambino is Managing Director for Strategic Communication, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (the Philippine central bank). He was previously Assistant Secretary of Finance, Republic of the Philippines, where he led stakeholder engagement initiatives in support of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program and related socioeconomic reforms. He was also Head of Public Policy at Ayala Corporation where he worked on strengthening the contribution of private enterprise to national development. As Head of Communication at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, he led efforts in communicating the contributions of agricultural research to reducing hunger in the world’s poorest areas. At the World Bank in Washington, D.C., he was a Governance Specialist, helping reformers in Asia, Africa, and Europe enhance their effectiveness as change agents and anchored research efforts on the communication dimensions of anti-corruption, accountability, and citizen participation. Tony holds graduate degrees in Political Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, which he attended as a Fulbright Scholar and Osmeña Fellow. He also graduated with a Master in National Security Administration, with honors and a bronze medal for best thesis, from the National Defense College of the Philippines, received an A.B. in Communication, cum laude, from Ateneo de Manila as an Aquino Scholar, and was named one of 1999's Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines. He is a reserve officer, with the rank of Lt. Colonel, Philippine Air Force Reserve, Group Commander of the 21st Air Force Group Reserve in Northern Luzon, and a member of the Commanding General’s Multi-Sectoral Governance Council.