Luiz Alberto Esteves is a senior executive at CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. Mr. Esteves helds a PhD in Economics from the University of Siena, Italy. His former positions include chief economist of Banco do Nordeste do Brasil, chief economist of Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE) - a Brazilian antitrust authority, deputy chief economist of the Brazilian Ministry of Planning, and professor of economics at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil.