General Management Office | Duties
To manage the Bank and oversee the issues that are the responsibility of the deputy general managers reporting to him—i.e., Financial Regulations Deputy General Management Office, the Economic Research Deputy General Management Office, the Operations Deputy General Management Office, the Means of Payment Deputy General Management Office, the Central Services and Administration Deputy General Management Office, the Information Technology and Organization Deputy General Management Office, and the International Affairs Management Office, the Risk Assessment Senior Management Office, the Legal Affairs Senior Management Office, the Legal Advisory Senior Management Office, the Public Relations and Cultural Heritage Management Office and the Strategic Communications Management Office.
He reports functionally to the Governor.
Agustín Torcassi | General Manager
He holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Universidad de Buenos Aires and a master’s degree in Applied Economics from Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA).
He joined the Central Bank of Argentina in 2002 as Analyst, and was promoted to hold several positions: Foreign Trade and Exchange Statistics Manager, External Operations Manager, Market Operations Senior Manager, Operations Deputy General Manager, and Financial Regulations Deputy General Manager, just to mention a few. Before joining the Central Bank, he had worked at the National Direction of International Accounts of the Ministry of Economy.
He was a professor of Foreign Trade and International Payments at Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), where he had previously taught Public Economy.
