Sukudhew Singh Deputy Governor Bank Negara Malaysia
Dr. Sukudhew (Sukhdave) Singh is Deputy Governor at Bank Negara Malaysia, with responsibility over Monetary Policy, Economics, International, Statistics, IT, Strategic Management and Human Capital Development. He is also a member of Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, Financial Stability Committee and Board of Directors.
Dr. Sukhdave joined Bank Negara Malaysia in 1986 and holds a PhD in Monetary and International Economics from Vanderbilt University, USA. In his service with the Central Bank, Dr. Sukhdave has contributed to various other functional areas including financial stability, payment systems, human resource management, statistical information systems, and in the financial advisory role to the Government. He has chaired a number of regional taskforces and was co-chair of the SEACEN Experts Group on capital flows. He is also Malaysia’s negotiator for financial services in the Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement negotiations.
Diwa C. Guinigundo Deputy Governor Monetary Stability Sector Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Diwa C. Guinigundo is Deputy Governor for the Monetary Stability Sector, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, which he has been serving for over 30 years. He became assistant governor for monetary policy and international operations prior to his appointment as deputy governor in 2005.
In 2001-2003, he was Alternate Executive Director in the Philippines’ constituency at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. Earlier he was Head of Research at The SEACEN (Southeast Asian Central Banks) Centre in Kuala Lumpur in 1992-1994. Since 2000, Deputy Governor Guinigundo has co-chaired with Bank Negara Malaysia the SEACEN Experts Group on Capital Flows and in 2010-2013, the ASEAN Senior Level Committee on Financial Integration. He also chairs the SEACEN Task Force on SEACEN membership.
For the period 2009-2012, he chaired the Executive Meeting of East Asia and the Pacific (EMEAP) Monetary and Financial Stability Committee of EMEAP central bank deputies that is tasked to conduct regional and global surveillance.
Deputy Governor Guinigundo graduated, cum laude, at the top of his AB Economics Class at the University of the Philippines (UP) School of Economics. He earned the M.Sc. degree in Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE) as a scholar of the Central Bank of the Philippines.
Y V Reddy
Y V Reddy was the Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission of India from 1st Feb. 2013 to 31st December 2014, a Constitutional body with the rank of Union Cabinet Minister.
During 2008-13, he has been active in academic arena, and was associated with University of Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and Columbia University, New York.
During September 2003 - September 2008, he was Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
In 2010, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.
On 17 July 2008, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics. He was awarded Honoris Causa by University of Mauritius
He served as a member of the United Nation’s Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System. He was also on the Advisory Board of Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).
Prior to being appointed as Governor, he had served as Executive Director, International Monetary Fund; as Secretary, Government of India; and Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Dr. Reddy was the Conference President of the 97th Annual Conference, of the Indian Economic Association, in 2014. Earlier he was President of Indian Econometric Society.
He has written extensively on economic issues – particularly relating to fiscal policy, central banking, and the global crisis.