Rosanna Costa Explained

Rosanna Costa Costa
Office:President of the Central Bank of Chile
Term Start:3 February 2022
Predecessor:Mario Marcel
Office1:Counselor of the Central Bank of Chile
Term Start1:18 January 2017
Predecessor1:Rodrigo Vergara
Office2:Director of the Budget Division Chile
Term Start2:11 March 2010
Term End2:10 March 2014
Predecessor2:Sergio Granados Roldán
Successor2:Sergio Granados Roldàn
Birth Name:Rosanna Maria Assunta Costa Costa
Birth Date:December 6, 1957
Birth Place:Viña del Mar, Chile
Alma Mater:Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Rosanna María Assunta Costa Costa (born 6 December 1957) is a Chilean economist, academic, and researcher. She currently serves as the Governor of the Central Bank of Chile[1] and previously held the position of head of the Ministry of Finance's Budget Office during Sebastián Piñera's first presidency from 2010 to 2014.

Early life and education

Born in Viña del Mar, Costa moved to the capital city at a young age. She attended the Saint Gabriel School and later pursued a degree in Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, following in the footsteps of her father, Horacio, who had also studied the same field and worked at the state petroleum company Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP).[2] [3] [4] Notable contemporaries during her time at the university included Felipe Larraín and Francisco Pérez Mackenna.

Career

In 1984, Costa joined the Central Bank of Chile and worked in the National Accounts Department. She later moved to the Studies department, where she collaborated with economists Juan Andrés Fontaine and Francisco Rosende. One of her responsibilities was to ensure compliance with the limits imposed by the International Monetary Fund during Chile's agreement with the organization. She also led the monetary program team.[5]

In 1992, Costa began working at the neoliberal think-tank Freedom and Development Institute (Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo). Her research primarily focused on macroeconomics, fiscal policies, judiciary matters, and labor issues. During President Michelle Bachelet's tenure, Costa served as a member of both the Pension Reform Commission and the Equity Commission.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nómina de autoridades del Banco Central de Chile desde su fundación. Banco Central de Chile. 2024-04-02. www.bcentral.cl.
  2. Web site: S.A.P. . El Mercurio . Rosanna Costa: La mujer de las finanzas chilenas . 2016-12-08 . diario.elmercurio.cl . Spanish.
  3. Web site: S.A.P. . El Mercurio . La mujer fuerte de la oposición en el debate económico . 2016-12-08 . diario.elmercurio.cl . Spanish.
  4. http://df.cl/portal2/content/df/ediciones/20100216/cont_133739.html Diario Financiero (Santiago), 16 de febrero de 2010
  5. Web site: Biography Rosanna Costa in Central Bank of Chile.