Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva
35 years of experience in public policy, economic development, international macroeconomics, combating poverty and inequality, monetary policy, digital financial innovation, and green and sustainable economy.
20 years of experience in Senior Management positions in Government and International Financial Institutions (World Bank, JBIC) and development. In many positions representing Brazil for many years in international financial and trade negotiations in forums such as the G20, Mercosur, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA), Financial Stability Forum (FSB, and its Latin American regional forum), the Development Committee of the World Bank, the IMF’s International Monetary and Financial Committee, BIS and Basel Committee, Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) (the “green” discussion forum of Central Banks).
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EXPERIENCE
Deputy General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), from 2015 till August 2023. Supervises also, acting as Chief Risk Officer of the BIS, operational and financial risks as well as Ethics and Conduct. Chair of the BIS Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Chair of the BIS Environment and Sustainable Steering Group. Chair of the BIS Pension Fund Committee.
Deputy-Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil (in charge of various areas such as: chief economist of the Monetary Policy Committee, Regulation and International Affairs, Central Bank Deputy at G20) 2010-2015
World Bank Southern Africa 2 Regional Director 2008-2009 (in charge of policy-based lending, budgetary support, project loans and coordination with the donor community)
Chief Economist of the Ministry of Planning and Budget (Brazil) 2007-2008 (in charge of macroeconomic projections for the budgetary process, macroeconomic policy coordination and Public Private Partnership initiatives)
Deputy Finance Minister for International Affairs of the Ministry of Finance (Brazil) 2004-2006
Director, Country Risk Department, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) 1996-2000
Various positions as advisor, project and research economist at the World Bank, 1988-1996, 2000-2003.
EDUCATION
Doctorate in economics, universite de Paris-I sorbonne, Paris (France)
Master of philosophy, universite de Paris-I sorbonne, Paris (France)
Graduate from the ecole des hautes etudes commerciales (HEC), Paris (France)
Graduate from the institut des sciences politiques de Paris (science-po), Paris (France)
RECENT BOOKS
On macroeconomics of inequality, poverty, green economy and monetary policy for developing countries, other references upon request:
“Macro-Financial Policy Analysis in Bank-Dependent Economies: an Operational Manual” (with P-R Agénor), BIS, 2024.
“Inequality hysteresis and the effectiveness of macroeconomic stabilisation policies” (with E Kharroubi, E Kohlscheen, M Lombardi and B Mojon), BIS, 2022.
“The green swan: Central banking and financial stability in the age of climate change”, BIS, 2020.
HONORS
The Order of the Rising Sun (旭日章, Kyujitsu-shō) (Japan)
Ordre National du Mérite (France)
Ordem of Rio Branco (Brazil)
Medal of Merit Tamandaré (Brazil)
INSTITUTIONAL LINKS
CURRENT
Visiting Professor University of Tokyo (Japan)
Research Fellow Getulio Vargas Foundation FGV-IBRE (Brazil)
Senior Fellow European Climate Foundation (ECF) (France)
Visiting Professor in Practice (Grantham Research Institute), London School of Economics (UK)
Professor Sciences-Po Paris (France)