Jorge Arbache is the vice president for private sector at the Development Bank of Latin America–CAF, and professor of economics at the University of Brasília. Arbache is an expert on development finance and development economics and has published regularly on those areas and related fields.

Arbache has served as deputy minister for international affairs at the Ministry of Planning of Brazil, chief economist at the Ministry of Planning, executive secretary of the Brazil-China Investment Fund, senior economic advisor to the Presidency of the Brazilian Development Bank–BNDES, senior economist at the World Bank, and economist at the International Labor Organization.

Arbache has also served as member of the board of directors of large companies and banks and as a member of high-profile business and policy committees. He is op-ed business columnist at the Jornal Valor Econômico.