Manuel Sánchez (economist)
Encyclopedia
Manuel Sánchez is a Mexican economist with extensive experience in banking and academia. On April 23, 2009 the President Felipe Calderón
Hinojosa nominated him as Deputy Governor and member of the Governing Board of the Bank of Mexico for the period ending on December 31, 2016. The Standing Commission of the Mexican Congress ratified his appointment on May 27, 2009.
(ITESM), Monterrey campus (1976), an M.Sc. by the University of Missouri
(1979), and an M.A. and a Ph.D. by the University of Chicago
(1983, 1985). His areas of expertise are monetary economics and econometrics. In 1980, the American Agricultural Economic Association honored him with the Excellence award for his M.Sc. thesis.
and as a professor of economics at the University of Monterrey (UDEM). He joined the Faculty of Economics at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) in 1984 as an exclusive-time professor, and a year later he worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Economics of Boston College
.
From 1986 to 1989 he served as Manager of Economic Studies at the industrial group Vitro. From 1989 to 1992 he was General Director of the Center for Analysis and Economic Research (Centro de Análisis e Investigación Económica) at the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
, ITAM). In addition, for several years he lectured at the UANL and the Monterrey campus of the ITESM, and he is currently a part-time professor in the Department of Economics of ITAM in Mexico City.
He joined Grupo Financiero Bancomer, now Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, in 1993 as Director of Financial Analysis and Investor Relations, and the following year he was named Director of Planning and Finance for the commercial banking unit, a post held until 1997. From 1998 to 2004, he was Corporate Director of Economic Studies and Chief Economist. From 2005 to May 2009 he served as Director of Business Projects and Director of Investment at Valanza the venture capital unit of BBVA.
On April 23, 2009 the President Felipe Calderón
Hinojosa nominated him as Deputy Governor and member of the Governing Board of the Bank of Mexico for the term ending on December 31, 2016. The Standing Commission of the Mexican Congress ratified his nomination on May 27, 2009.
Manuel Sánchez has been a consultant for various international organizations, most notably the World Bank
and the Inter-American Development Bank
. Since 1998, he has written the op-ed column Razones y Proporciones for the newspaper Reforma
, in which he analyzes topics in economics, monetary policy and finance in regard to the Mexican economy. He was a founder and the first president of Amigos de la Universidad de Chicago, an organization aimed at providing financial aid for students pursuing graduate studies at the University of Chicago
.
Since 1989 he has been a member of the Technical Advisory Board for the Centro de Estudios Económicos del Sector Privado, A. C. (CEESP). He was a member of the Editorial Board of the business review Ejecutivos de Finanzas published by the Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas
(IMEF) from 2007 to 2009, and President of the National Committee for Economic Studies and a member of the National Council of IMEF from 1999 to 2000. He was also a member of the Board of Grupo EUREKA (1992–1994) and an advisor to the Foundation for Community Support (Fundación para el Apoyo de la Comunidad, A. C.) (1992–1993).
Manuel Sánchez and R. Corona, eds., Privatization in Latin America, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., 1993.
Manuel Sánchez, ed. Procesos de privatización en América Latina, ITAM-BID, Washington, 1993.
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on September 25, 2011 BIS Central Bankers Speeches: "Policy challenges in a decelerating world economy".
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on August 26, 2011 BIS Central Bankers Speeches: "Monetary policy in time of crisis".
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on July 14, 2011 BIS Central Bankers Speeches: "Three Issues for Mexico’s Economic Outlook".
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on May 11, 2011 BIS Central Bankers Speeches: "Systemic Risk: Policy Challenges".
Manuel Sánchez, "Financial Crises: Prevention, Correction, and Monetary Policy", The Cato Journal, vol. 31, núm. 3, otoño 2011.
Manuel Sánchez, "Financial Innovation and the Global Crisis", International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 5, No. 11, 2010.
Manuel Sánchez, presentation given on October 20, 2010 Mexico’s Recent Road to Stability.
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on October 17, 2010 Lessons from the Financial Crisis in Mexico.
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on February 5, 2010 Mexico’s Economic Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities.
Manuel Sánchez, "Exit Strategies: Bank of Mexico" en Udaibir S. Das and Michael G. Papaioannou (eds.), Unwinding Public Interventions, Preconditions and Practical Considerations, International Monetary Fund, Washington 2010, pp. 28-32.
Manuel Sánchez, "The Recent Stabilization Experience in Mexico", Cato Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter 2005.
Manuel Sánchez, "Two Cheers for Mexico's Tax Reform", The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2001.
Felipe Calderón
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...
Hinojosa nominated him as Deputy Governor and member of the Governing Board of the Bank of Mexico for the period ending on December 31, 2016. The Standing Commission of the Mexican Congress ratified his appointment on May 27, 2009.
Personal
He is son of Manuel Sánchez González (b. 1906, d. 1996) and Josefina González Marquez. He is married to Rosina, and has three sons: Manuel (1989), Eduardo (1991) and Pablo (1995).Education
He earned a B.A. degree in Economics with honors by the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher EducationMonterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education commonly shortened as Monterrey Institute of Technology or Monterrey Tech is one of the largest private, nonsectarian and coeducational multi-campus universities in...
(ITESM), Monterrey campus (1976), an M.Sc. by the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
(1979), and an M.A. and a Ph.D. by the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
(1983, 1985). His areas of expertise are monetary economics and econometrics. In 1980, the American Agricultural Economic Association honored him with the Excellence award for his M.Sc. thesis.
Career
Manuel Sánchez began his professional career in 1977 as an economist in the industrial group ALFA (Mexico)ALFA (Mexico)
ALFA is a Mexican conglomerate composed of four business groups: Alpek , Nemak , Sigma Alimentos and Alestra ....
and as a professor of economics at the University of Monterrey (UDEM). He joined the Faculty of Economics at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) in 1984 as an exclusive-time professor, and a year later he worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Economics of Boston College
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
.
From 1986 to 1989 he served as Manager of Economic Studies at the industrial group Vitro. From 1989 to 1992 he was General Director of the Center for Analysis and Economic Research (Centro de Análisis e Investigación Económica) at the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
The Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México , commonly known as ITAM, is a private Ph.D.-granting research university located in Mexico City, Mexico...
, ITAM). In addition, for several years he lectured at the UANL and the Monterrey campus of the ITESM, and he is currently a part-time professor in the Department of Economics of ITAM in Mexico City.
He joined Grupo Financiero Bancomer, now Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, in 1993 as Director of Financial Analysis and Investor Relations, and the following year he was named Director of Planning and Finance for the commercial banking unit, a post held until 1997. From 1998 to 2004, he was Corporate Director of Economic Studies and Chief Economist. From 2005 to May 2009 he served as Director of Business Projects and Director of Investment at Valanza the venture capital unit of BBVA.
On April 23, 2009 the President Felipe Calderón
Felipe Calderón
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...
Hinojosa nominated him as Deputy Governor and member of the Governing Board of the Bank of Mexico for the term ending on December 31, 2016. The Standing Commission of the Mexican Congress ratified his nomination on May 27, 2009.
Manuel Sánchez has been a consultant for various international organizations, most notably the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
and the Inter-American Development Bank
Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean...
. Since 1998, he has written the op-ed column Razones y Proporciones for the newspaper Reforma
Reforma
Reforma is a Mexican newspaper based in Mexico City. It has 276,700 readers in Mexico City. The paper shares content with other papers in parent newsgroup Grupo Reforma. The cumulative readership of the newsgroup is above 400,000...
, in which he analyzes topics in economics, monetary policy and finance in regard to the Mexican economy. He was a founder and the first president of Amigos de la Universidad de Chicago, an organization aimed at providing financial aid for students pursuing graduate studies at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
.
Since 1989 he has been a member of the Technical Advisory Board for the Centro de Estudios Económicos del Sector Privado, A. C. (CEESP). He was a member of the Editorial Board of the business review Ejecutivos de Finanzas published by the Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas
Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas
The Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas was founded in 1961 as a private nonprofit organization for finance executives in Mexico...
(IMEF) from 2007 to 2009, and President of the National Committee for Economic Studies and a member of the National Council of IMEF from 1999 to 2000. He was also a member of the Board of Grupo EUREKA (1992–1994) and an advisor to the Foundation for Community Support (Fundación para el Apoyo de la Comunidad, A. C.) (1992–1993).
Books
Manuel Sánchez, Economía mexicana para desencantados, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 2006.Manuel Sánchez and R. Corona, eds., Privatization in Latin America, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., 1993.
Manuel Sánchez, ed. Procesos de privatización en América Latina, ITAM-BID, Washington, 1993.
Publications and Speeches
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on November 8, 2011 BIS Central Bankers Speeches: "The Strengths and Challenges of Mexico’s Financial System".Manuel Sánchez, speech given on September 25, 2011 BIS Central Bankers Speeches: "Policy challenges in a decelerating world economy".
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on August 26, 2011 BIS Central Bankers Speeches: "Monetary policy in time of crisis".
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on July 14, 2011 BIS Central Bankers Speeches: "Three Issues for Mexico’s Economic Outlook".
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on May 11, 2011 BIS Central Bankers Speeches: "Systemic Risk: Policy Challenges".
Manuel Sánchez, "Financial Crises: Prevention, Correction, and Monetary Policy", The Cato Journal, vol. 31, núm. 3, otoño 2011.
Manuel Sánchez, "Financial Innovation and the Global Crisis", International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 5, No. 11, 2010.
Manuel Sánchez, presentation given on October 20, 2010 Mexico’s Recent Road to Stability.
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on October 17, 2010 Lessons from the Financial Crisis in Mexico.
Manuel Sánchez, speech given on February 5, 2010 Mexico’s Economic Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities.
Manuel Sánchez, "Exit Strategies: Bank of Mexico" en Udaibir S. Das and Michael G. Papaioannou (eds.), Unwinding Public Interventions, Preconditions and Practical Considerations, International Monetary Fund, Washington 2010, pp. 28-32.
Manuel Sánchez, "The Recent Stabilization Experience in Mexico", Cato Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter 2005.
Manuel Sánchez, "Two Cheers for Mexico's Tax Reform", The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2001.
External links
- The Résumé of Manuel Sánchez on the Bank of Mexico's website
- Manuel Sánchez González Wikipedia (versión en Español)
- Bank of Mexico
- Speeches of the Board of Governors of the Bank of Mexico
- Presentations of the Board of Governors of the Bank of Mexico
- Bank for International Settlements: Central Bankers' Speeches