José Guilherme Reis is the Practice Manager for Trade and Competition in the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment (MTI) Global Practice of the World Bank Group. He joined the Bank in 2004 and his work program has been focused on trade and the microeconomic agenda for growth. He led several studies on trade, competitiveness, and growth in countries in different parts of the world, including Latin America, Africa, South Asia and Europe and Central Asia.
Before joining the bank, he occupied the positions of Secretary for Economic Policy in the Ministry of Finance in Brazil, 2001-2002 and Chief of Economic Advisors with the Ministry of Planning and Budget, 1999-2001 He holds a Masters degree on Economics and Public Finance from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.