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2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Mexico City

In partnership with Mexico’s Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, this year's conference discussed nearshoring and investment prospects.

9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CDMX
10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET

Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico
,
Zoom
Online
Live Broadcast

Live broadcast

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Overview

Nearshoring: Boosting Investment Opportunities in Mexico

Join AS/COA and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in Mexico as we host our fourteenth Latin American Cities Conference in Mexico City. This year’s program will feature Mexican government officials and private sector leaders, from both Mexico and abroad, to present investment opportunities and prospects for nearshoring to Mexico amidst a global trend to relocate value chains. Speakers will also discuss the national agenda for regional economic growth and development.

Nearshoring: Impulsando oportunidades de inversión en México

El Council of the Americas realizará su decimocuarta conferencia anual en la Ciudad de México, este año en colaboración con la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público. En este foro se darán cita funcionarios del gobierno mexicano y líderes del sector privado para presentar las oportunidades de inversión en México dentro de la tendencia global de la relocalización de las cadenas globales de valor, así como la agenda nacional para el crecimiento y desarrollo económico regional.

Speakers

  • Rogelio Ramírez de la O, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
  • Tatiana Clouthier, Secretary of Economy
  • Gabriel Yorio González, Under Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
  • Juan Pablo de Botton, Under Secretary of Expenditures
  • Luz María de la Mora, Under Secretary for Foreign Trade
  • Rodrigo Mariscal Paredes, Head of Economic Planning Unit and Chief Economist, Secretariat of Finance
  • Nymia Almeida, Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Group, Moody's
  • Flavio Cardoso, CEO for Latin America, American Tower Corporation
  • Nur Cristiani, Head of Latin America Investment Strategy, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
  • Oscar Del Cueto Cuevas, President and General Manager, Kansas City Southern de México
  • Horacio Duarte Olivares, Head of Mexico's National Customs Agency
  • Claudia Esteves Cano, Executive Director, Asociación Mexicana de Parques Industriales Privados
  • Luis Miguel González, Managing Editor, El Economista
  • Héctor Orellana, Vice President, Latin America North, Medtronic
  • Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
  • Jordi Tasias, Managing Director, CDPQ

Register to attend in person with Luisa Horwitz at: lhorwitz@as-coa.org
This conference will be held at a reduced capacity in Mexico City.

Regístrate para asistir en persona con Luisa Horwitz: lhorwitz@as-coa.org
Esta conferencia se llevará a cabo en la Ciudad de México de forma presencial con capacidad reducida.

Register to attend virtually on Zoom.
Virtual attendance via Zoom is open to the public and the press.

Regístrese a través de Zoom para participar virtualmente.
La participación a través de Zoom es abierta al público y a la prensa.

This program will also be streamed live. Return to this page at the time of the event for more information.

El programa también se transmitirá en vivo. Regresa a esta página en la fecha y hora del evento para obtener más información.

Follow the conversation on Twitter: #mxCOA | @ASCOA


Event Information: Adán Toledo | atoledo@as-coa.org
Sponsorship Opportunities: Ana Calderon | acalderon@as-coa.org
COA Corporate Membership: Miranda Gastelum | mgastelum@as-coa.org
Press Inquiries: Pia Fuentealba | mediarelations@as-coa.org

Agenda

Get a PDF of the agenda in EnglishTambién en español.

All times are in local Mexico City time (GMT -5), which is one hour behind New York.

9:00–9:35 am: Mexico’s Strategy for Growth and Relocation of Global Value Chains

  • Rogelio Ramírez de la O, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
  • Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (moderator)

9:35–10:10 am: Investment Opportunities in Mexico

  • Tatiana Clouthier, Secretary of Economy

10:10–11:00 am: The Role of the Private Sector as a Catalyst for Growth

  • Hector Orellana, Vice President, Latin America North, Medtronic
  • Flavio Cardoso, CEO for Latin America, American Tower Corporation
  • Rodrigo Mariscal Paredes, Head of Economic Planning Unit and Chief Economist, Secretariat of Finance
  • Luis Miguel González, Managing Director, El Economista (moderator)

11:00–11:45 am: Budget Expenditure: Infrastructure and Regional Development

  • Juan Pablo de Botton, Under Secretary of Expenditures
  • Horacio Duarte Olivares, Head of Mexico's National Customs Agency
  • Oscar Del Cueto Cuevas, President and General Manager, Kansas City Southern de México
  • Claudia Esteves Cano, Executive Director, Asociación Mexicana de Parques Industriales Privados
  • Nymia Almeida, Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Group, Moody's (moderator)

11:45 am–12:30 pm: Financing for Growth and Investment Incentives

  • Gabriel Yorio González, Under Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
  • Luz Maria de la Mora, Under Secretary of Foreign Trade
  • Jordi Tasias, Managing Director, CDPQ
  • Nur Cristiani, Head of Latin America Investment Strategy, J.P. Morgan Private Bank (moderator)

Speakers

Rogelio Ramírez de la O
Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico

Rogelio Ramírez de la O has been Mexico's minister of finance and public credit since 2021. He has served as counsel and advisor to numerous Mexican and foreign companies with investments in Mexico and has made a permanent evaluation of economic policy and its impact on the...

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Tatiana Clouthier
Secretary of Economy, Mexico

Tatiana Clouthier has been Minister of the Economy of Mexico since January, 2021. She has been twice a congresswoman, most recently from 2018-2020 where she acted as deputy coordinator of the MORENA caucus and previously from 2003-2006. Clouthier was campaign manager for...

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Gabriel Yorio González
Subsecretario de Hacienda y Crédito Público, México

Gabriel Yorio González se desempeñó como titular de la Unidad de Crédito Público y encargado de la Unidad de Asuntos Internacionales de Hacienda (diciembre 2018 – agosto 2019). En su carrera profesional ha ocupado posiciones en el Banco Mundial, el Banco Nacional de Obras y...

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Juan Pablo de Botton
Deputy Minister of Expenditures, Mexico

Juan Pablo de Botton is the deputy minister of expenditures for the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in Mexico. He served as head of the Banco de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext) and Nacional Financiera (Nafin) since March, 2022. He also served as the general administrator of...

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Luz María de la Mora
Former Under Secretary for Foreign Trade, Mexico

Luz María de la Mora holds a PhD in Political Science from Yale University, a master's degree in International Political Economy from Carleton University, in Canada, and a bachelor's degree in International Relations from El Colegio de Mexico (COLMEX). She also has a diploma in...

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Rodrigo Mariscal Paredes
Head of Economic Planning Unit and Chief Economist, Secretariat of Finance

Rodrigo Mariscal Paredes is chief economist and head of the Economic Planning Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. Previously he was director general of macroeconomic analysis within the same Secretariat.

He served as a principal analyst at the Institute of...

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Nymia Almeida
Senior Vice President, Moody’s Corporate Finance Group

Nymia Almeida is a senior vice president at Moody’s Corporate Finance Group in Mexico City, leading the credit analysis and rating process for debt issuers in the oil and gas industry in Latin America. Prior to this position, she had similar responsibilities for the Latam media...

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Flavio Cardoso
CEO for Latin America, American Tower Corporation

Flavio Cardoso has been the senior vice president and CEO for Latin America at American Tower Corporation since the end of 2020. In the past, he served as the CEO of American Tower for seven years in Brazil, where he focused on the development, growth, and transformation of the...

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Nur Cristiani
Head of Latin America Investment Strategy, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Nur Cristiani is currently head of Latin America investment strategy for international private banking at J.P. Morgan. Her main responsibility is to direct the narrative of the strategy and communication to clients and investors for Latin America of Private Banking. Prior to this...

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Oscar Del Cueto Cuevas
President and General Manager, Kansas City Southern de México

Oscar del Cueto Cuevas is the president, general manager, and executive representative of Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Kansas City Southern (KCS). He has more than 30 years of experience in the railway industry. He participated as a liaison in the...

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Horacio Duarte Olivares
Head of Mexico's National Customs Agency

Horacio Duarte Olivares holds a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, a master's degree in the study and prevention of gender violence from the University of Salamanca in Spain, and a master's degree in constitutional procedural law from the Universidad...

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Claudia Esteves Cano
Executive Director, Mexican Association of Private Industrial Parks, A.C. (AMPIP)

Claudia Esteves Cano has had an outstanding professional career of more than 33 years committed to the development of Mexico. She has held positions in the banking and international promotion sector at Bancomext and ProMéxico, in the areas of credit, design of financial programs...

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Luis Miguel González
General Editorial Director, El Economista

Luis Miguel González is the editorial general director of El Economista. He holds an economics degree from the University of Guadalajara, a master's degree in journalism at El País, from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 1994, and he specialized in economic journalism at...

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Héctor Orellana
Vicepresidente para Latinoamérica Norte, Medtronic

Hector is Medtronic's current Vice President for Northern Latin America (Mexico and Central America), previously held the same position in Southern Latin America. He also held the position of General Director of Puerto Rico in the same company. At Medtronic he has held positions...

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Susan Segal
President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Susan Segal was elected President and CEO of Americas Society/Council of the Americas in 2003 after having worked in the private sector with Latin America and other emerging markets for over 30 years. Prior to her appointment, Susan was a partner at Chase Capital Partners...

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Jordi Tasias
Managing Director, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Jordi Tasias is a managing director in the private equity team at the CDPQ. He is the head of the Mexico office, from which he oversees the activities in Latin America (outside of Brazil), including CDPQ's private equity activities. He also supports the infrastructure team's...

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