Bernardo Villegas

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Bernardo M. Villegas is a Filipino writer, thinker and economist. He was a member of the
Constitutional Commission that drafted the Philippine Constitution under the government of President

Corazon Aquino.[1] He has been an advisor of the recent Philippine Presidents. As of 2013 he was a
professor and senior vice-president at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), the Chairman of
the Center for Research and Communication, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Makati Business
Club,[2] and visiting professor at IESE.[3]

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Studies
Economist and business consultant
Awards
Written works
References
External links

Studies
He is a Certified Public Accountant. He obtained bachelor's degree in Commerce and the Humanities
(both Summa Cum Laude) from De La Salle University. He earned his doctorate degree in economics at
the Harvard University.[4] He became a teaching fellow at Harvard's College of Arts and Sciences at the
age of 21.

Economist and business consultant

Villegas sits on the boards of a large number of Filipino and international corporations in several sectors
and industries. He is also a consultant on management development and strategic planning.
He was a member of the founding Executive Board of the Makati Business Club, together with Enrique
Zobel and former Ambassador Joe Romero. The MBC is a forum to address economic and social policy
issues which affect the development of the Philippines; Villegas remains a member of the Board of
Trustees.

He has written seven books, articles in Global Nation,[5] several economics textbooks used in Philippine
educational institutions, and books on management.

Awards
Villegas received awards including the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) 1972, Fulbright, Johnson
Foundation, Asia Foundation and the Instituto de Cultura Hispanica.

Written works

State of the Philippine Economy

Strategic Guidelines to Investments in the Philippines
Challenge in Asia
The Philippine Economy after the May Elections
The Outlook of Asia Economic Region
Book of Values, University of Asia and the Pacific, 1998, ISBN 978-971-8527-40-5
The Philippine Advantage, University of Asia and the Pacific, 2001, ISBN 978-971-8527-55-9
A Filipino's vision for recovery: polevaulting to the third millennium, University of Asia and the
Pacific Foundation, 1997, ISBN 978-971-8527-37-5
The Philippines at the threshold of the third millennium, University of Asia and the Pacific in
cooperation with Philip Morris Philippines Inc., 2000, ISBN 978-971-8527-52-8
The Filipino phenomenon, University of Asia and the Pacific Foundation, 1998, ISBN
9789718527443
Economics and society: policy perspectives for the 1990s, Sinag-Tala Publishers, 1989, ISBN
978-971-11-7074-5

References

1. Manila Standard (https://news.google.com/newspapers?

nid=1370&dat=19881215&id=5mwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4856,2420993), December
15, 1988
2. http://www.cuervoappraisers.com.ph/uploads/files/Blurb-81_File-34_cv_villegas.pdf
3. http://www.iese.edu/aplicaciones/faculty/facultyDetail.asp?prof=BV&lang=en
4. http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?
personId=1105543&ticker=BC:US&previousCapId=874170&previousTitle=Tata%20Steel%20Limited
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2010-03-31.

External links

Asia Speaker's Agency on Bernardo Villegas

(http://www.asiaspeakersagency.com/speakersSpeaker.php?mid=2&speakerID=8)
Cuervo appraisers' on Villegas' curriculum vitae
(http://www.cuervoappraisers.com.ph/uploads/files/Blurb-81_File-34_cv_villegas.pdf)
Author's website (http://bernardovillegas.org/)

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