Beny Parnes (born May 24, 1959) is a Brazilian economist, former Director for International Affairs of the Central Bank of Brazil.
[2] Parnes graduated in economics in the early 1980s at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, where he was a colleague of Armínio Fraga (BC's president between 1999 and 2002).
[3] From 1986 to 1987, he got his master's degree in economics from the same institution, and then went with his family to the United States, where he earned a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in macroeconomics and international finances.
[3] Parnes was sworn in January 2002 and remained in office during the transition (2002–2003) of the Fernando Henrique Cardoso government to the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
[4] On September 10, 2003, citing personal reasons, Parnes sent his resignation to the Finance Minister, Antonio Palocci.