Agustín Carstens
Governor of the Bank of Mexico and former Mexican Secretary of Finance (2006-2009) · Mexico · Academics · Born 1958 · age 68
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Something wrong?Agustín Guillermo Carstens Carstens is a Mexican economist who has served as the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements from 1 December 2017 to 30 June 2025. He served as governor of the Bank of Mexico from 1 January 2010 to 30 November 2017.
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Sitting between the minister of finance and the president of the Bank of Guatemala after an official visit to the country, on 8 July 2005.
U.S. Secretary Janet Napolitano and Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Agustín Carstens signing a Letter of Intent that aimed to increase security in both countries and facilitate the flow of legal travel and trade, June 2009Awards
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Agustín Guillermo Carstens Carstens is a Mexican economist who has served as the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements from 1 December 2017 to 30 June 2025. He served as governor of the Bank of Mexico from 1 January 2010 to 30 November 2017. In 2011, Carstens, along with Christine Lagarde, was one of the two final candidates to become the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. He previously served as secretary of finance in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón (2006-09), as deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (2003-06) and as treasurer of the Bank of Mexico. In 2011 he was included in the 50 Most Influential ranking of Bloomberg Markets Magazine. Carstens took up his appointment as the general manager at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, where he was appointed to a five-year term, starting on 1 December 2017.
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