Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor Eli M. Remolona (left) administered the oath of office of BSP assistant governor Lyn I. Javier as the new deputy governor of the BSP’s Financial Supervision Sector (FSS) on 11 August 2025 at the central bank’s head office in Manila.
Deputy governor Javier succeeds former deputy governor Chuchi G. Fonacier, who retired on 01 August 2025. Deputy governor Javier will lead the BSP in supervising banks and other financial institutions under its jurisdiction, in line with the central bank’s mandate of promoting financial stability.
After joining the central bank as Bank Officer at the BSP’s supervision sector in 1998, Ms. Javier rose from the ranks to assume the position of assistant governor of the FSS’ Policy and Specialized Supervision Sub-Sector in 2021.
As assistant governor, she has overseen the development of supervisory policy and data management, as well as the supervision of financial institutions’ treasury, trust, information technology, and anti-money laundering operations.
Deputy governor Javier earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Ateneo de Manila University and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Accountancy, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines.
She is a certified public accountant and represents the BSP in the Financial Reporting Standards Council. She has likewise served as the designated BSP representative to the Basel Consultative Group, the Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks Working Group on Banking Supervision, and the Network for Greening the Financial System-Workstream on Scaling Up Green Finance.
