Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto (born 28 June 1969) is a Brazilian economist, former executive of

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, and current president of

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. He is the grandson of Brazilian politician

Roberto Campos Roberto de Oliveira Campos (17 April 1917 – 9 October 2001) was a Brazilian economist, writer, diplomat, politician and member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, Brazilian Academy of Letters. He served in a number of capacities, including ...

, who was minister of planning during the Brazilian military dictatorship.Roberto Campos Neto é indicado para comandar o BC no governo Bolsonaro, G1, accessed 17 November 2018
/ref> On 15 November 2018, Campos was announced as the future President of the

in the administration of Jair Bolsonaro.Roberto Campos Neto comandará Banco Central, Agência Brasil EBC, accessed 17 November 2018
/ref> As a Central Banker, Campos was featured in the

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, a journalistic leak that exposed secret offshore accounts and he faced calls to resign.

Early life and education

Campos 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

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. Campos studied economics and finance at

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, from which he received a bachelor's degree.Profile at Morningstar, accessed 17 November 2018
/ref> He holds two master's degrees, one in economics from UCLA and the other in applied mathematics from

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Career

From 1996 to 1999, Campos 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. Campos is a close acquaintance of

Paulo Guedes Paulo Roberto Nunes Guedes (born 24 August 1949) is a Brazilian economist and co-founder of the investment bank BTG Pactual. He is also a co-founder of the think-tank Instituto Millenium, and was the economic advisor for the campaign of Presiden ...

, the Economy minister. On 26 February 2019, Campos' appointment was approved by both Committee of Economic Affairs and the Federal Senate floor, with voting of 26–0 and 55–6, respectively. In January 2021, Campos was elected as the "Central Bank President of the Year" by the British magazine ''

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''. That same year, Campos was featured in the

, a journalistic leak that exposed the secret offshore accounts of people all over the world.

Other activities

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(IMF), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019) *

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, Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019)Board of Governors

References

Presidents of the Central Bank of Brazil Brazilian economists 1969 births Living people People named in the Pandora Papers University of California, Los Angeles alumni California Institute of Technology alumni {{Brazil-economist-stub