Ignazio visco biography examples

Italian economist (born )

Not to be confused with Vincenzo Visco.

Ignazio ViscoOMRI (Italian pronunciation:[iɲˈɲattsjoˈvisko]; born 21 November ) is an Italian economist and central banker and Governor of the Bank of Italy from to ^[1][2]

Early life and education

Visco was born in Naples on 21 November ^[3] He obtained a summa cum laude degree in economics from the Sapienza University of Rome^[3] in with Federico Caffè as supervisor and continued his studies at the University of Pennsylvania (Economics Department), where he obtained an MA in and a PhD in Economics in ^[3]

Career

In , Visco began his career at the Bank of Italy and in he was named head of the research department; from to he was chief economist of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and on 9 January he was named deputy director-general of the Bank of Italy (alongside Giovanni Carosio) and a member of its