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Alicia García-Herrero
Visiting scholar
Alicia García-Herrero is a visiting scholar at Bruegel on sabatical from her position as Chief Economist for Emerging Markets at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). She also serves as special advisor to the European Commission on China economic issues, as non-resident Faculty at China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai and as non-resident fellow at Cornell’s emerging market research centre.

In previous years, Alicia held the following positions: Member of the Asian Research Program of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Head of the International Economy Division of the Bank of Spain, Member of the Counsel to the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Head of Emerging Economies at the Research Department at Banco Santander and Economist at the International Monetary Fund. Finally, Alicia has also held professor positions at different universities including Johns Hopkins and Hong Kong University and has been visiting research fellow at several central banks in Asia and Europe.

Alicia holds a PhD at George Washington University and has published extensively in refereed journals and books.