Carlos Acosta

Carlos joined the IMF in 2020 and works as a Senior Counsel in the Financial Integrity Group of the Legal Department. A national of El Salvador, prior to joining the IMF, he worked at the World Bank as a Financial Sector Expert in the Financial Stability and Integrity Unit; Deputy Executive Director in the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; Legal Officer/Prosecutor in the International Affairs Unit at the Attorney General’s Office of El Salvador and also as Counselor/Alternate Representative at the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the Organization of American States. He received his LL.M. in International Legal Practice from the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) in Madrid, Spain, and he holds a MSc in Public Governance and Institutional Strengthening from Rey Juan Carlos University and Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid, Spain. He also holds specialized certificates in FinTech from Cambridge University and New York University (NYU), Legal Project Management from Insituto de Empresa (IE) and Financial Intelligence Analysis from the University of Valencia. Mr. Acosta is also a Career Diplomat of the Foreign Service of El Salvador graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of El Salvador.