Biography

Vítor Constâncio has been Vice-President of the European Central Bank since 1 June 2010. He was Governor of the Banco de Portugal from 1985 to 1986 and from February 2000 to May 2010.

He graduated in Economics from the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Before taking up his position as Governor of the Banco de Portugal, he was Executive Director of Banco Português de Investimento from 1995 to 2000 and Non-Executive Director of Electricidade de Portugal (EDP), the Portuguese national power utility, from 1998 to 2000.

His long academic career culminated in his appointment as Guest Senior Professor of Economics at the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG) from 1989 to June 2010.