Affonso Celso Pastore

Affonso Celso Pastore (born 19 June 1939) is an important Brazilian economist and former president of the Brazilian Central Bank.

He serves as Latin Source’s economist in Brazil and is President and Founder of A.C. Pastore & Associados, an economic consulting firm based in São Paulo. Dr. Pastore serves as Brazil advisor for Latin Source, a network of independent advisors.

Dr. Pastore was President of the Central Bank of Brazil from 1983-1985. He previously served as Secretary of Finance for the State of São Paulo, and prior to that as Director of Research for the Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas, a foundation associated with the Department of Economics at the University of São Paulo. He also served as Director of Research at the “Fundação Centro de Estudos do Comércio Exterior” (FUNCEX).

Dr. Pastore received both his Bachelor and his Doctorate degrees in Economics from the Universidade de São Paulo, where he held the positions of Professor and Dean of the Department of Economics from 1978 to 1999. He continues teaching graduate courses at the Fundação Getulio Vargas/RJ on “Open Economy Macroeconomics”, “Money and Banking” and “Econometrics”.

External links

* [http://www.bcb.gov.br/pre/Quemequem/port/presidentes/afonsocelso.asp?idpai=historiapresi Site of the Brazilian central bank ]