{{Short description|Brazilian economist (born 1969)}} {{Portuguese name|second=|suffix=Neto}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = President of the Central Bank of Brazil | term_start = 28 February 2019 | nominator = Jair Bolsonaro | predecessor = Ilan Goldfajn | name = Roberto Campos Neto | image = Roberto Campos Neto (cropped).jpg | caption = Campos in 2019 | birth_name = Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|6|28|df=y}} | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * University of California, Los Angeles * California Institute of Technology}} | relatives = Roberto Campos (grandfather) | term_end = 31 December 2024 | successor = Gabriel Galípolo }} '''Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto''' (born 28 June 1969) is a Brazilian economist and former executive of Banco Santander. He served as the president of the Central Bank of Brazil until 31 December 2024. He is the grandson of Brazilian politician Roberto Campos, who was minister of planning during the Brazilian military dictatorship.<ref name=G1>[https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2018/11/15/roberto-campos-neto-e-indicado-para-comandar-o-bc-no-governo-bolsonaro.ghtml Roberto Campos Neto é indicado para comandar o BC no governo Bolsonaro, G1, accessed 17 November 2018]</ref>

On 15 November 2018, Campos was announced as the future President of the Central Bank of Brazil in the administration of Jair Bolsonaro.<ref name=EBC>[http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/economia/noticia/2018-11/roberto-campos-neto-comandara-banco-central Roberto Campos Neto comandará Banco Central, Agência Brasil EBC, accessed 17 November 2018]</ref> As a Central Banker, Campos was featured in the Pandora Papers, a journalistic leak that exposed secret offshore accounts and he faced calls to resign.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last1=Lafuente |first1=Javier |last2=Martínez Ahrens |first2=Jan |date=2021-10-03 |title=Pandora Papers in Latin America: Three active heads of state and 11 former presidents operated in tax havens |language=en |work=El País |url=https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-10-03/pandora-papers-in-latin-america-three-active-heads-of-state-and-11-former-presidents-operated-in-tax-havens.html |access-date=2021-10-03}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Campos was born in 1969. His grandfather Roberto de Oliveira Campos was a planning minister in the tenure of President Castelo Branco, and previously helped to create the Brazilian Development Bank.<ref name=EBC /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Eloisa Capurro |first1=Maria |title=Brazil's Central Bank Chief Took a Risk With a Rare TV Appearance. It Paid Off |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-17/brazil-s-central-bank-chief-campos-neto-gambles-to-appease-lula |access-date=17 February 2023 |work=Bloomberg News |date=17 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

Campos studied economics and finance at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), from which he received a bachelor's degree.<ref name=Insiders>{{Cite web |url=http://insiders.morningstar.com/trading/executive-profile.action?PersonId=PS00005R1G&flag=Executive&t=0P0000L1GT&region=usa&culture=en-US&productcode=MLE&cur= |title=Profile at Morningstar, accessed 17 November 2018 |access-date=17 November 2018 |archive-date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328010150/http://insiders.morningstar.com/trading/executive-profile.action?PersonId=PS00005R1G&flag=Executive&t=0P0000L1GT&region=usa&culture=en-US&productcode=MLE&cur= |url-status=dead }}</ref> He holds two master's degrees, one in economics from UCLA and the other in applied mathematics from Caltech.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officer-profile/BSBR.K/1554813 Reuters Finance profile, accessed 17 November 2018]</ref>

==Career== From 1996 to 1999, Campos worked at Banco Bozano Simonsen, and from 2000 to 2003, he headed Santander Brasil's department of international fixed income. In 2006 he was named the trading head of Santander, and in 2010 became the chief of treasury and regional and international markets of the bank.<ref name=EBC /> Campos is a close acquaintance of Paulo Guedes, the Economy minister.<ref name=G1 /> On 26 February 2019, Campos' appointment was approved by both Committee of Economic Affairs and the Federal Senate floor, with voting of 26–0 and 55–6, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economia.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2019/02/26/plenario-do-senado-aprova-indicacao-do-campos-neto-para-presidencia-do-bc.htm|title=Plenário do Senado aprova indicação de Campos Neto para presidência do BC|publisher=Uol|language=pt|date=26 February 2019|accessdate=26 February 2019}}</ref>

In January 2021, Campos was elected as the "Central Bank President of the Year" by the British magazine ''The Banker''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economia.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2021/01/02/roberto-campos-neto-banqueiro-central-do-ano.htm|title=Roberto Campos Neto é eleito "presidente do BC do ano" por revista inglesa|website=Uol|language=pt|date=2 January 2021}}</ref> That same year, Campos was featured in the Pandora Papers, a journalistic leak that exposed the secret offshore accounts of people all over the world.<ref name=":2"/>

==Other activities== * Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Directors (since 2019)<ref>[https://www.bis.org/about/board.htm?m=2002 Board of Directors] Bank for International Settlements (BIS).</ref> * International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019)<ref>[http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/memdir/members.aspx Members] International Monetary Fund (IMF).</ref> * World Bank, Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019)<ref>[http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/627731541108831255/BankGovernors.pdf Board of Governors] World Bank.</ref>

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