Sergio Mesquita is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist in the Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection team of the World Bank Group. With extensive experience as a former financial services supervisor, Sergio has provided technical assistance on financial consumer protection and market conduct supervision to central banks and conduct authorities across 20 countries. His expertise spans financial consumer protection regulation and policy, market conduct supervision, consumer dispute resolution, and fintech and digital financial services. Sergio also works on the World Bank projects developing Suptech solutions for financial consumer protection authorities.
Before joining the World Bank, Sergio served as Head of the Conduct Supervision Division at the Central Bank of Brazil, where he was responsible for supervising all segments regulated by the CBB. With 16 years of experience in financial supervision, he contributed to developing risk-based supervisory methodologies and led a variety of activities across prudential, market conduct, and enforcement areas. Earlier in his career, he worked as a management consultant specializing in corporate social responsibility, social accountability, sustainability reporting, and community affairs.
Sergio holds an MBA in Business Administration from Fundacao Getulio Vargas-FGV (Brazil), and a bachelor’s degree in Social Communication from Fundacao Casper Líbero (Brazil). Sergio speaks Portuguese, English, and Spanish.