Former Monetary Board member joins PDIC board

THE Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) announced the appointment of former Monetary Board (MB) member, Juan D. De Zuñiga Jr., as member of the PDIC Board representing the private sector. Atty. De Zuñiga, Jr. took his oath of office before Finance Secretary and PDIC Chairman Carlos G. Dominguez via Zoom on August 16.

Prior to joining PDIC, Atty. De

Zuñiga held several key positions at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), where he served as MB Member from 2014 to 2020. He was also the former Deputy Governor for the BSP’S Resource Management Sector and the Security Plant Complex and General Counsel from 2000 to 2010.

De Zuñiga placed fifth in the 1970 Bar Examinations. He earned his Bachelor of Laws and Political Science

degrees from the Far Eastern University.

De Zuñiga joins Rogelio M. Guadalquiver, lawyers Eduardo M. Pangan and Reynaldo F. Tansioco as private sector representatives to the PDIC Board. He replaces former PDIC Director Anita Linda R. Aquino, who was appointed as MB Member in July 2020.

The 58-year-old PDIC is the government instrumentality mandated to insure deposits of all banks. It was created by Republic Act 3591, as amended to achieve the public policy objectives of protecting the depositing public by providing deposit insurance coverage up to the maximum deposit insurance coverage of P500,000 per depositor per bank and promoting financial stability.