Victor Pontines joined the H. John Heinz III College of Public Policy and Management in Adelaide, Australia as Assistant Professor in January 2007. He is also an adjunct faculty at the Carnegie Mellon Cylab, Japan. For a time he served at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central bank of the Philippines) and taught at the School of Economics of the University of Adelaide (2006–2007).
He obtained his undergraduate degree from De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines; MSc in Economics from De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines; MA in Economics from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom and PhD in Economics from the University of Adelaide, Australia.
