Practice: Crisis Management and Public Affairs

 

Specialist in public policy design and implementation with extensive experience in the public and private sectors and international organizations.

 

At the World Bank, he led transportation, environment, and air quality projects in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), San José (Costa Rica), Lima-Callao (Peru), and Mexico City, promoting the Clean Air Initiative in major Latin American cities.

 

As Secretary of Social Development and later Mayor of Puebla (2013–2018), he designed and implemented strategies that reduced extreme poverty from 17.6% to 9.0%—equivalent to a 49% reduction—benefiting nearly half a million people. This achievement was recognized by CONEVAL as the nation's leading authority in extreme poverty reduction.

 

During his tenure, he has replicated social and economic development strategies in states with a high incidence of poverty (Oaxaca, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo), where 1.13 million people have overcome poverty or extreme poverty, according to official data. His work has been recognized by the World Bank, SEDESOL, and CONEVAL as a national best practice, and he has received the "Gobernarte" award from the IDB for innovation in social inclusion and technology.

 

He has represented Mexico in international forums such as UN-Habitat III, UNESCO, the World Bank, and the Smart City Expo in Barcelona, presenting innovative local economic development programs.

 

In the private sector, he served as President of the MetLife Foundation and Executive Director of the Public Institutional Business, achieving record sales growth and social impact programs in vulnerable communities.

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Academic Training:

• Georgetown University , Master of International Economics (LL.M), United States, 1996.

• Ibero-American University, Bachelor of Political Science and Public Administration, Mexico, 1992.

 

Publications:

• Master's thesis on income distribution in Mexico, published by the Georgetown Public Policy Review .