Augusto de la Torre
Senior Regional Advisor
Latin America and Caribbean Region
World Bank

Augusto de la Torre works for The World Bank as Senior Regional Financial Sector Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean. He provides technical and conceptual leadership to World Bank financial sector operations and research in the Region and is actively involved in the joint IMF-World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program. He also works closely with the Office of the Chief Economist for the Latin American and the Caribbean Region, focusing on macroeconomic and financial sector linkages and issues. He headed the Central Bank of Ecuador during 1993–1996. In November 1996, he was chosen by Euromoney Magazine as the year’s “Best Latin Central Banker.” He is a member of the Carnegie Network of Economic Reformers.