Carlos Hamilton Vasconcelos Araújo (born August 4, 1964) is graduated in civil engineering and holds an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in economics. Previously, he was a member of the Risks and Capital Committee (2018/2019) and Chief of Services, Infrastructure and Operations Officer (2016–2018), both in Banco do Brasil. Since 2019, he is a member of the Board of Directos of Banco Votorantim, BB-BI, BB DTVM, BB Mapfre SH1, BB Elo Cartões, BB Cartões and BB Leasing.
He was a member of the board of directors of BB Seguridade Participações S.A. (2017–2018), Cielo (2019), Neoenergia (2016–2017) and RME (2017–2018). In 2016, he served as secretary of economic policy of the Ministry of Finance. Carlos Hamilton held the position of director of planning and strategy of Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA.
As a board member of Central Bank of Brazil, he was director of economic policy and director of international affairs (2010–2015), deputy chief and senior advisor of the Department of Studies and Research (2001–2010).
Hamilton holds a PhD and a master's degree in
economics
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from the
Getulio Vargas Foundation in
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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. He is a trained civil engineer from the
Federal University of Ceará
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Hamilton started his career at the Bank of Ceará State (1984–1990); after that he worked at the National Treasury from 1990 to 1992. Since 2000, he has held several positions at the
Central Bank of Brazil
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, such as chief of the Open Market Trade Desk (2000–2001), senior advisor in the research department (2001–2005), deputy head of the research department (2005–2006), head of the research department (2006–2010), deputy governor for international affairs (2010) and deputy governor for economic policy (2010–2015).
Other activities include academic teaching at important business schools in
Brazil
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, having lectured macroeconomics at
FGV and at IBMEC, a business school in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
References
External links
Carlos Hamilton Biography
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1964 births
Living people
People from Ceará
20th-century Brazilian economists
21st-century Brazilian economists
Federal University of Ceará alumni