Christian Santos Monsod is a Filipino lawyer who served as chair of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).

Upon returning to the Philippines in 1970, he worked with the Meralco Group and served as chief executive officer of an investment bank and subsequently of a business conglomerate.

He served as secretary-general of NAMFREL during the 1986 Philippine presidential election and eventually as its national chair in 1987.

Monsod was formerly co-chair of the Bishops Businessmen's Conference for Human Development and has worked with underprivileged sectors, such as farmer and urban poor groups, in initiating, lobbying for, and engaging in affirmative action for the agrarian reform law and lately the urban land reform bill.

Since 1986, he has rendered services to various companies as a legal and economic consultant or chief executive officer.