Mansueto Almeida has served as Chief Economist and Partner at BTG Pactual since 2021. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Federal University of Ceará and a master's degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo. He held various positions in Brasília, including General Coordinator of Monetary Policy at the Ministry of Finance (1996), researcher at IPEA, and economic advisor to the Senate's Regional Development and Tourism Committee. In 2016, he was appointed Secretary of Economic Monitoring and Competition at the Ministry of Finance, and in April 2018, he became Secretary of the National Treasury, a role he held until July 2020. In 2014 and 2015, he worked as a private-sector consultant.