Javier Santiso

Javier Santiso, began his career in 1995 at the American Center of the University of Oxford. Tenured researcher at the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), for which he worked as a Senior Associate Expert in Emerging Markets at Crédit Agricole Indosuez (now Calyon) before becoming, in 2002, the Chief Economist for Latin America and Emerging Markets at the Economic Research Service based in Madrid of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), where he led a team of 50 economists, spread over 9 countries.

Mr. Santiso holds a BA, MA and PhD from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris and completed his PhD studies in Development Economics at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford University. So he has an MBA from HEC School of Management (École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) in France, and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School (Executive Corporate Program for Business Leaders) in Spain. Member of the Editorial Committee of “Problèmes d’Amérique latine”, Mr. Santiso is the author of more than 30 articles on international economics.