André Lara Resende is the former President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). He is a managing partner of Makalu Participações e Investimentos Ltda., a founding partner of Instituto de Estudos em Política Econômica da Casa das Garças, and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Advisory Board of Itaú-Unibanco.

He worked as Executive Director of Banco de Investimentos Garantia, Unibanco and Banco Matrix, was a managing partner of Lanx Capital Investimentos, and a member of the Board of Directors of Gerdau SA and Metalúrgica Gerdau SA. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Brazil and chief external debt negotiator for Brazil, being an advisor to the President of Brazil during the Fernando Henrique Cardoso administration.

He is an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and was a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). He also wrote “Os limites do possível: A economia além da conjuntura,” the Jabuti Award 2014 winning publication for book of the year in Economics, Finance and Business.