José Viñals

Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF,

José Vinals is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In this capacity, he is a member of the Financial Stability Board. A former Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Spain, Mr. Viñals has also held the positions of Chairman of the European Central Bank International Relations Committee and Chairman of Spain’s Deposit Guarantee Funds. In addition, he has been a member of the Bank for International Settlements Committee on the Global Financial System; the European Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee; and the high-level group appointed by the President of the European Commission to examine economic challenges in the European Union.

Mr. Viñals holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Valencia; a Master’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics; and Master's and Doctoral degrees in Economics from Harvard University. He is a former Faculty Member of the Economics Department at Stanford University.