Jorge Sicilia

Mr. Jorge Sicilia is a Director & Chief Economist at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA. Previous to this position, He has been BBVA’s Chief Economist for North America supervising the teams conducting economic and regulatory analysis on the US and México, Principal Economist in the Monetary Policy Stance Division at the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Monetary and Financial Markets’ Chief Economist at BBVA in Madrid, Head of the Department of Economic and Monetary Studies in Argentaria, Head of Economic and Market Analysis in Analistas Financieros Internacionales (AFI) and Economist in the Economic Studies Department of the Spanish Antitrust Committee.
He has given lectures on macroeconomics, financial markets and financial systems at CUNEF and Carlos III Universities in Madrid, as well as at post-graduate institutions, academic and non academic conferences, and central banks fora.
Mr. Sicilia was also a member of BBVA Bancomer´s foundation and a member of the Private Creditor-Investor Committee for Greece.
Mr. Sicilia holds a degree in Quantitative Economics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1992, and an MSc.
in Economics and Finance from CEMFI in 1994.
He obtained the Degree in Quantitative Economics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1992, and an MsC in Economics and Finance at CEMFI in 1994.
He is author of several economic and financial papers published in specialized magazines.
He was member of BBVA Bancomer´s foundation and a member of the Private Creditor-Investor Committee for Greece; and is now member of the Financial Studies Foundation at the ITAM.