» Luciano Coutinho

Luciano Coutinho, Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University (USA) and guest professor at Universidade de Campinas (Unicamp). The major focus of his academic studies has always been the industrial policy and the real side of economy. 

An expert in industrial and international economics, he wrote and organized several books, besides an extensive list of articles, published in Brazil and abroad. In 1994 he coordinated the Study on the Competitiveness of Brazilian Industry, a work by almost one hundred specialists that mapped out the Brazilian industrial sector with unprecedented thoroughness. 

Between 1985 and 1988 he was Executive-Secretary for the Ministry of Science and Technology, and took part in the structuring of the Ministry and in the conception of policies addressed to high-complexity areas such as biotechnology, information technology, fine chemistry, precision mechanics and new materials. 

Born in Pernambuco, Coutinho has a B.A. degree in Economics from Universidade de São Paulo and, during this period, he received the Gastão Vidigal Award for best Economics student in São Paulo. With a Master's degree in Economics from the Institute of Economic Research of USP [University of São Paulo], he was guest professor at the Universities of São Paulo, Paris XIII, Texas and at Instituto Ortega y Gasset, besides being a tenure professor of Unicamp. Until taking office as President of BNDES he was partner at LCA Consultores, acting as consulting specialist in competition defense, foreign trade and economic inspections. 





 

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