As Deputy Governor at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Berna Romulo Puyat focuses on how regular people handle money every day. She oversees regional operations, financial education, financial inclusion, and consumer protection, among others. It means making sure cash reaches every part of the country, while also bringing more Filipinos into the financial system, whether through banks or e-wallets. (Article continues after the video.) Video: “At the end of the day, the only way for a country to improve is for its people to know what to do with their money, to know how to save, to have a bank account,” she says. Berna brings decades of public service to the role. She previously taught at the University of the Philippines, served as Undersecretary at the Department of Agriculture, and later as Secretary of the Department of Tourism, traveling across the country to work with local governments to develop tourist..
