Carlos Serrano

Chief Economist, BBVA Mexico

Carlos Serrano is currently chief economist at BBVA Bancomer in Mexico. Previously, he served as vice president of Regulatory Policy at the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV). There he was responsible for formulating regulations for banks, brokerage firms, investment companies, rating agencies and securities markets as well as the analysis of the financial system. Additionally, he represented Mexico before the Basel Committee and the IOSCO Committee of securities regulators. He was also responsible for the research area at the CNBV.
He has also worked at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He also holds a B.A. in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).
In the academic field, he has collaborated as a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México teaching courses in Advanced Macroeconomics and Finance at both the undergraduate and master's levels. He was awarded the National Economics Prize by the National Bank of Mexico in 1999.