Alfonso Prat Gay
Minister of Treasury and Public Finance of the Argentine Republic
EXPERIENCE
Congressman for the City of Buenos Aires from 2009 to 2013, and Parliamentary Leader for ARI
Civic Coalition Party.
Chairman of the Argentine Lower House Committee on Finance in 2010 and 2011. Deputy
Chairman of the Committee (2012-2013).
Governor of the Argentine Central Bank from 2002 to 2004.
Founder of Andares, Foundation for the Development of Microfinance.
Head of Currency Research at JPMorgan in London (1999-2001).
Member of the JPMorgan economic research team in New York and Buenos Aires (1994-1999).
Director of Macroeconomic Studies at economic consultancy Alpha S.A. in Buenos Aires (19891992).
AWARDS
Central Bank Governor of the Year 2004 (Euromoney Magazine)
Best Economist for Argentina, 1994-1998 (Institutional Investor and LatinFinance).
Best Economist for Chile, 1998 (LatinFinance).
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Economics PhD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, where Mr. Prat Gay earned a Master’s
Degree in Economics (1994).
Degree in Economics from the Argentine Catholic University (1988), where Mr. Prat Gay later
taught several subjects as a professor (1988-1992).
Mr. Prat Gay has also taught graduate level courses at the Torcuato Di Tella University (2005-2008).