eduardo refinetti guardia (january 19, 1966 – ) was a brazilian economist and politician. he was the finance minister of brazil from 2018 to 2019 during the michel temer presidency. he was executive secretary of the ministry of finance from 2016 and 2018 and secretary of the national treasury in the early 2000s. in 2019, he became a partner in and the ceo of btg pactual asset management. guardia was born in são paulo, brazil.