José Sidaoui
Deputy Governor
Banco de México

Jose Julian Sidaoui earned a B.A. in Economics from the Universidad de las Americas in 1973, a M.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974, and a Ph. D. in Economics from the George Washington University in 1978. From 1976 to 1978 he worked at the World Bank as economic researcher in the Latin America and Caribbean area. Mr. Sidaoui joined Banco de Mexico in 1979 and has held several positions: Economic Researcher, Deputy Manager of Financial Programming and Macroeconomic Analysis, Deputy Treasurer, Treasurer, Director of Central Banking Operations and General Director of Central Banking Operations. His responsabilities included the management of foreign exchange policy, the Central Bank´s open market operations and management of the Country´s international reserves. On December 5, 1994, he was appointed Deputy Ministry of Finance and since January 1st, 1997, he is Deputy Governor of Banco de México.

Mr. Sidaoui has authored several publications on topics such as Structural Change in the Mexican Economy, Manufactured Exports and Macroeconomic Policy. He has taught different subjects in Economics at Universidad Anahuac and at Instituto Politécnico Nacional.