Alvir Alberto Hoffmann's career includes more than 20 years with the Bank of Brazil and was appointed as Senior Advisor to the Board of Directors at Supervision Directorate Office in the Bank of Brazil in March 1999. Among the positions Mr. Hoffmann held prior to his current position are Deputy Head and Senior Advisor to the Supervision and Inspections Department, Advisor to the Supervision Director, and Head of the Financial System Accounting Statements and Financial Reports Division. Since February 1999 Mr. Hoffmann has served as Bank of Brazil’s delegate at the Core Principles Liaison Group of Basle Committee on Banking Supervision and at the Association of Supervisors of the Americas (ASBA). Mr. Hoffmann also worked with the IMF and the World Bank as a consultant. Mr. Hoffmann received his BS in Accounting from Paraná State Federal University, in Curitiba, Brazil. He also holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets in Brasilia, Brazil.