In July 2020, Anita Linda Aquino was appointed to the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, becoming the first female banker in Philippine central bank history to assume the position. She is currently the youngest and the only Monetary Board Member appointed during the Covid Pandemic period on her initial term.

The significant historical events she had been a part of include the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 during her time at Citibank's Foreign Exchange Desk, the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 while working at Citicorp Investment Bank Singapore Limited in Singapore, and most recently, her crucial role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic as a member of the Monetary Board.

During her tenure in the private sector, she acquired three decades of banking experience in the field of financial markets, covering Foreign Exchange, FX Options, Fixed Income, Commodities, and Derivatives. For nearly two decades, her career in Citibank Financial Markets spanned across New York, Manila, and Singapore.

She was also Head of Global Distribution and Advisory Services at Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, and later was Head of Financial Market Sales at Standard Chartered Bank.

Her career in public service includes her appointment as the sole female member of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation. In this capacity, she was designated as a Board Adviser of the United Coconut Planters Bank, a government financial institution. She had also served as the Chief of Staff of then Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez (Department of Finance).

Currently, she serves as an Adviser to the Budget Committee, a Member of the New Clark City Board Committee, and a Member of the Board Audit Committee. She is also an active Mentor in the BSP Senior Mentoring Program.

Ms. Aquino holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Fordham University. She attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York for Accounting and Finance, where she was inducted into the Curian Honor Society. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics degree from the Ateneo de Manila University.