Manuel Sánchez González

Manuel Sánchez González is a member of the Governing Board and vice governor at the Bank of Mexico, Mexico’s central bank. Prior to this appointment, he was director of investment at Valanza México, the private equity unit of BBVA. He joined Bancomer Financial Group, now BBVA Bancomer Financial Group, in 1993 as director of financial analysis and investor relations. During 1995-97 he was director of planning and finance at the group’s Service Banking Division. Afterwards and until 2004, he was the group’s chief economist.

Previously, Sánchez was director general of the Center for Economic Analysis and Research (CAIE) at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico City (ITAM.) He was professor of economics there and has also taught economics at several Mexican and American universities, including Boston College and the University of Chicago.

He is the author of numerous articles published in books, professional journals and magazines. He led research for and was the editor of the book Privatization in Latin America, published in 1993, with contributions by research centers from Chile, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina. He is the author of the book Economía Mexicana para Desencantados, published in 2006. He has written op-ed articles for several newspapers and a popular column for the Mexican newspaper Reforma.

He has been a consultant for several corporations and international institutions. Previous posts include chief economist for Vitro Group and economist for the Industrial Alfa Group, both based in Monterrey, Mexico.

Manuel Sánchez holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.