Joaquin heads the International Operations Division at Banco de Mexico. He is primarily responsible for the international reserve’s management and for providing global markets intelligence to the Board of Governors. Mr. Tapia has worked as well for the Domestic Operations Division, where he led the FX desk and the Monetary Programming Department. Prior to joining the bank Mr. Tapia was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and also a chief economist for the Mexican Deposit Insurance Corporation (IPAB). Mr. Tapia earned a B.A. degree in Economics from the Universidad Iberoamericana and a M.A. in Math Finance from Columbia University.
