Superintendence and Deputy Superintendence of Financial and Foreign Exchange Institutions

Within the framework of the general policies fixed by the Board of the BCRA, the Superintendence of Financial and Foreign Exchange Institutions (SEFyC) is responsible for: supervising all financial and foreign exchange activity, rating financial institutions, revoking any authorization granted for carrying out foreign exchange transactions, approving regularization or recovery plans of financial institutions, implementing and applying the regulations of the Law on Financial Institutions, adopted by the Board of the BCRA, and establishing the requirements that must be met by the auditors of financial and foreign exchange institutions.

The SEFyC reports directly to the Governor of the BCRA, and its administration is exercised by a Superintendent and a Deputy Superintendent, who are assisted by the deputy general management offices that report to them.

Both the Superintendent and the Deputy Superintendent perform all other duties entrusted to them, and are Members of the Board.

Lawyer
Universidad de Buenos Aires

Master of Laws (LL.M.)
New York University

 

Prior to his current position at the BCRA, he served as President of Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Director of Prisma SA, President of Provincia Microcréditos SA, Vice President of Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Director of Red Link SA, President of Ciudad Microempresas SA and President of the Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions (Asociación Latinoamericana de Instituciones Financieras para el Desarrollo, ALIDE).

He was a partner in the law firm Curutchet – Odriozola; foreign associate at Vinson & Elkins in Houston and at Howrey & Simon in Washington (United States).

He was a director and is currently a member of the Association of Lawyers of the City of Buenos Aires (Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires). He is currently a member of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires (Colegio Público de la Abogacía de la Capital Federal, CPACF), the Bar Association of San Isidro (Colegio de Abogados de San Isidro), and the American Bar Association. He had previously worked as General Secretary of the Assembly of Representatives of the Lawyers’ Social Security Fund (Asamblea de Representantes de la Caja de Seguridad Social de Abogados de Buenos Aires, CASSABA), representative of the General Assembly of CPACF, academic advisor for the graduate senate at the Board of Directors of the Law School at Universidad de Buenos Aires and General Secretary of the University Federation of Buenos Aires (Federación Universitaria de Buenos Aires, FUBA).

Bachelor of Economics
Universidad Católica Argentina

Prior to taking up his current position at the BCRA, he served as Director of Finance in the project Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), and advisor on funding rounds to Fintech companies.

In the course of his career, he held several positions at JP Morgan, where he led Transaction Banking for Latin America, which includes Foreign Trade, Treasury and Acquiring Services. He also led Investment Banking for Argentina and Corporate Banking for Argentina, Peru and Chile. Moreover, he was part of the Risks department for Latin America in Buenos Aires. In New York, he was credit advisor for Latin America and for the transport industry in the United States of America.