Deputy Chair, Financial Stability Institute (FSI), Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
As Deputy Chair, Juan Carlos’ primary focus are the day-to-day operations of the Institute as well as key strategic projects. He is also responsible for overseeing the FSI work on technology and innovation with special focus on financial regulatory and supervisory approaches worldwide. In addition, he leads the FSI activities on insurance supervision as well as the Institute’s capacity development programme to support financial authorities with their implementation of international regulatory standards and sound supervisory practices.
Since joining the BIS in August 2001, Juan Carlos has held various positions of increasing responsibility, including Technical Adviser, Senior Financial Sector Specialist and Member of Secretariat of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). At the BCBS, his work focused on assessing Basel III implementation in BCBS member jurisdictions; developing supervisory guidance for systemically important banks; and supporting the efforts to further enhance its internal governance arrangements that led to the development of the BCBS Charter and Organisational Regulations.
Immediately before joining the BIS, Juan Carlos served as Head of the Regulation Department at the Peruvian Banking, Insurance and Pension Funds Authority (SBS). Juan Carlos holds an undergraduate Law degree from Católica University in Perú and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the United Kingdom.