João Sayad

João Sayad (1 December 1945 – 5 September 2021) was a Brazilian economist and academic. He was the professor of the Department of Economics, Management and Accounting of the University of Sao Paulo. He was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil.^[1] Sayad was president and chairman of the board of directors of the Inter-American Express Bank in São Paulo and director of the Economic Research Institute Foundation at the University of São Paulo.^[2]

Sayad died on 5 September 2021 in São Paulo from blood cancer at the age of 75.^[3]

References

1. "Brazil Names New Cabinet". New York Times."...João Sayad, 39, who obtained a doctorate in economics from Yale in the 1970s and was until recently Finance Secretary for São Paulo"
2. "New Vice President for Planning and Administration appointed at IDB". Inter-American Development Bank. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2021-09-06...."Sayad is a citizen of Brazil with many years of experience in the fields of planning and finance in the public and private sectors...president and chairman of the board of directors of the Inter-American Express Bank in São Paulo and director of the Economic Research Institute Foundation at the University of São Paulo..."
3. Morre aos 75 anos o economista João Sayad (in Portuguese)