Affiliation: Former General Manager, Bank for International Settlements

Bio

Agustín Carstens served as the General Manager of the BIS from December 1, 2017, to June 30, 2025. 

Prior to this, Carstens was Governor of the Bank of Mexico from 2010 to 2017.  Carstens was a member of the BIS Board from 2011 to 2017, and the chair of the Global Economy Meeting and the Economic Consultative Committee from 2013 until 2017. He also chaired the International Monetary and Financial Committee and the IMF’s policy advisory committee from 2015 to 2017. 

Carstens began his career in 1980 at the Bank of Mexico. From 1999 to 2000, he was Executive Director at the IMF. He later served as Mexico’s Deputy Finance Minister from 2000 to 2003, the Deputy Managing Director at the IMF from 2003 to 2006, and Mexico’s Finance Minister from 2006 to 2009. Finally, Carstens was a member of the Financial Stability Board from 2010 to 2025. 

Mr. Carstens holds an MA and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.