Bio
Homero is the Director of the Statistics Department at Banco de Portugal, the Portuguese central bank. He has more than 20 years' experience working as a central banker, having also worked for the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Switzerland.
He currently represents Banco de Portugal at different European Central Bank forums, namely the Statistics Committee. He is also the chairperson of the ESCB Program Steering Group of the Integrated Reporting Framework (IReF) project.
At the national level, Homero is a member of the Statistics Council, the national body that oversees and coordinates the National Statistical System.
Within Banco de Portugal, he is responsible for the implementation of BdP DataHub, a strategic data management initiative aimed at transforming the Bank’s data value chain by maximizing data value while reducing costs for both the Bank and reporting institutions.
Homero holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and a master's degree in Applied Econometrics.