With a bachelor of science in computing and master's of business administration, Aristides Cavalcante Neto has worked at the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) for 25 years. He is deputy head of the IT department and chief of Cybersecurity and Technological Innovation Office. He is in charge of fostering and collaborating on initiatives related to cybersecurity and technological innovation in the Brazilian financial system. In the Central Bank of Brazil, he conducted the research about Blockchain technology and quantum computing, as well as serving as the chair of the studying group about CBDC and Cyber Resilience. 

Now, he coordinates the Technological and Financial Innovation Lab (LIFT), an open accelerator to fintech, and the internal accelerator to explore AI and Machine Learning to BCB processes. He also leads the IT team on the Brazilian CBDC initiative and serves as chair of the Open Finance working group in the BIS Innovation Network. He’s in charge of the IT coordination on the Open Finance in Brazil. He also works with the supervision area to improve the cyber resilience in Brazilian financial system.