Javier Pérez

Javier Pérez Associate Director General Economics

Place and date of birthSeville, 15 January 1971

Academic qualifications, distinctions and awards

    • 1994
    • Degree in Economics. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
    • 1999
    • PhD in Economics. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. With honours.
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Career details

    • 2025 to date
    • Associate Director General Economics. Banco de España.
      Member of the Monetary Policy Committee. Eurosystem.
      Member of the Board of Trustees of the Complutense Institute for International Studies.
    • 2025
    • Director of the Monetary Policy and International Economy Department. Banco de España.
    • 2021-2022
    • Co-lead of the Eurosystem’s International Relations Committee’s work stream on Open Strategic Autonomy.
    • 2020-2021
    • Co-lead of the Monetary Policy Committee’s work stream on globalisation (review of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy strategy).
    • 2019-2025
    • Director of the International Economics and Euro Area Department. Banco de España.
      Member of the International Relations Committee. Eurosystem.
    • 2018-2019
    • Director of the Economic Developments Department. Banco de España.
    • 2015-2019
    • Member of the Monetary Policy Committee. Eurosystem.
    • 2015-2018
    • Head of the Conjunctural Analysis Division. Banco de España.
    • 2008-2015
    • Head of the Public Sector and Fiscal Policy Unit. Banco de España.
      Member of the Working Group on Public Finance. Eurosystem.
    • 2007-2008
    • Principal economist. Fiscal Policies Division. European Central Bank.
    • 2006-2007
    • Senior economist. Fiscal Policies Division. European Central Bank.
    • 2001-2006
    • Associate lecturer. Economics Department. Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Seville.
      Senior researcher. Centro de Estudios Andaluces. Andalusia regional government.
    • 1999-2001
    • Economist. Fiscal Policies Division. European Central Bank.
    • 1994-1999
    • Assistant lecturer. Quantitative Economics Department. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
      Team leader of the International Economics area, and of the ICAE and ERISTE reports.