Francesco Bianchi is Professor of Economics and Department Chair at Johns Hopkins University. He is co-editor of the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics and Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University and has held academic positions at Duke University, UCLA, NYU, and Columbia University. His research focuses on macroeconomics, monetary and fiscal policy, asset prices, and the use of machine learning to improve economic forecasting.

He is the Dean of the School of Government and Professor of Economics at Torcuato Di Tella University. He also serves as an external advisor for Banco Galicia and Moore Capital Strategy Group, and was previously an external advisor for the World Bank. Additionally, he is a member of the Latin American Committee on Financial Affairs. He served on the Board of Directors of Caja de Valores, S.A. Previously, Dr. Guidotti was the Deputy Minister of Economy and Secretary of Finance of Argentina. He also co-chaired the G-22 Working Group on Strengthening the Financial System and held various positions at the Central Bank of Argentina (B.C.R.A.), including 2nd Vice President, Director, and Advisor to the President. Dr. Guidotti has also been a member of the Executive Committee of the Bank Capitalization Fund.