The Perseu Abramo Foundation, linked to , last year promoted an extension course on development, work and public policies, with one of the teachers being the then chief economist of , Paulo Gala.
The close relationship clashes, which denounces “financial scandals, such as that of Banco Master and others, which expose corruption and promiscuity between part of the market and organized crime”.
The FPA course, carried out in partnership with Unicamp, was aimed at members, party activists, members of social movements and public servants.
“The objective is to train this audience on topics of the national situation, so that proposals, actions and projects can be thought of to address the various problems currently faced by society”, said the Foundation when announcing the course, in January 2025.
Other speakers included names linked to developmentalism such as Elias Jabbour, Ricardo Antunes and the current president of IBGE, Márcio Pochmann.
Gala held the position of chief economist at Master from September 2021 to July 2025. He left in the midst of sales negotiations for BRB, but even before the allegations against the institution came to light. His class took place in September, after leaving the bank.
Currently a professor at FGV-SP, he is linked to left-wing economists, having among his friends the president of FGV, Gabriel Galípolo.
The former Master’s economist appears on Galípolo’s list of acknowledgments in his master’s thesis at PUC-SP, from 2008.
When contacted by the Panel, Gala declined to comment. In a video he released on January 16, he said that he only outlined macroeconomic scenarios in Master and that he had no knowledge of fraud.
The Perseu Abramo Foundation stated that he was invited to the course based on his CV as an Economics professor at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, advisor to the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp) and a graduate in Economics from FEA-USP, with a master’s degree and doctorate in the same area from FGV, among other points.
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