Tony Lambino

Tony Lambino is the President Ayala Foundation, Inc., the social development arm of Ayala Corporation. He also serves as a member of its Board of Trustees. He also sits on the boards of the Philippine Council for NGO Certification, the Association of Foundations, and the Ayala Multi-Purpose Cooperative. He is a Vice Chair of the Philippine Air Force Commanding General’s Multi-Sector Governance Council.

Tony rejoins the Ayala Group after serving government as Director Managing of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, and Assistant Secretary of the Department of Finance where he led stakeholder engagement initiatives in support of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program and related socio-economic reforms.

At Ayala Corporation, he was Head of Public Policy and worked on strengthening the contribution of private enterprise to national development. Other past positions: (a) Head of Communication at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños where he led efforts in communicating the contributions of agricultural research to reducing hunger in the world’s poorest areas; (b) World Bank Governance Specialist, where he helped 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 gained his Masters in National Security Administration, with honors and a bronze medal for best thesis, from the National Defense College of the Philippines and was cum laude in A.B. Communication from Ateneo de Manila where he was an Aquino Scholar. He was also one of 1999’s Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines.