Roberto Campos Neto

Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto (born 28 June 1969) is a Brazilian economist, former executive of Banco Santander, and current president of Central Bank of Brazil. He is the grandson of Brazilian politician and economist Roberto de Oliveira Campos.[1] "Neto" is not his surname, but a suffix that means grandson in Portuguese, and is used for those with the same name as their grandfather.

Roberto Campos Neto
President of the Central Bank of Brazil
Assumed office
28 February 2019
Appointed byJair Bolsonaro
Preceded byIlan Goldfajn
Personal details
Born
Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto

(1969-06-28) 28 June 1969
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
California Institute of Technology

On 15 November 2018 Campos Neto was announced as the future President of the Central Bank of Brazil in the administration of Jair Bolsonaro.[2]

Early life and education

Campos Neto was born in 1969. His grandfather Roberto de Oliveira Campos was a planning minister in the tenure of President Castelo Branco, and previously helped to create the Brazilian Development Bank.[2]

Campos Neto studied economics and finance at UCLA, from which he received a bachelor's degree.[3] He holds two master's degrees, one in economics from UCLA and another in applied mathematics from Caltech.[4]

Career

From 1996 to 1999, Campos Neto worked at Banco Bozano Simonsen, and from 2000 to 2003, he headed Santander Brasil's department of international fixed income. In 2006 he was named the trading head of Santander, and in 2010 became the chief of treasury and regional and international markets of the bank.[2] Campos Neto is a close acquaintance of Paulo Guedes, the Economy minister.[1]

On 26 February 2019, Campos Neto's appointment was approved by both Committee of Economic Affairs and the Federal Senate floor, with voting of 26–0 and 55–6, respectively.[5]

Other activities

References
  1. Roberto Campos Neto é indicado para comandar o BC no governo Bolsonaro, G1, accessed 17 November 2018
  2. Roberto Campos Neto comandará Banco Central, Agência Brasil EBC, accessed 17 November 2018
  3. Profile at Morningstar, accessed 17 November 2018
  4. Reuters Finance profile, accessed 17 November 2018
  5. "Plenário do Senado aprova indicação de Campos Neto para presidência do BC" (in Portuguese). Uol. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. Members International Monetary Fund (IMF).
  7. Board of Governors World Bank.
Government offices
Preceded by
Ilan Goldfajn		 President of the Central Bank of Brazil
2019-present		 Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Rolando Alexandre de Souza
as Director General of the Federal Police of Brazil		 Brazilian order of precedence
48th in line
as President of the Central Bank of Brazil		 Followed by
Marcelo Labuto
as President of Banco do Brasil


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